VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

In an attempt to make inroads into the Chinese market, which it had been unable to past several years, Google is reportedly launching a censored version of its search engine in the country. Code-named ‘Dragonfly’, the product has been secretly planned by the tech giant for almost a year. China has blocked Google's search engine, Gmail and YouTube since 2010, when federal regulators, often referred to as China's 'Great Firewall,' shut down more than 1.3 million websites. Development of the search engine sped up after Google CEO Sundar Pichai met with a top Chinese government official in December 2017, as revealed by sources. Several versions of an Android app, called 'Maotai' and 'Longfei' have been created by Programmers and engineers Google and presented to the Chinese government for review. The app would have to comply with China's rigid censorship laws, which would mean restricting access to content that government officials ...

Sundar Pichai, who has been associated with Google for the past two years, has now been appointed as a board member of Alphabet Inc., parent company of Google.  Prior to his appointment, he has served Google as its Chief Executive Officer and now has got another role as Alphabet’s board member. His appointment represents a vote of confidence and trust founders place in him.  “Sundar has been doing a great job as Google’s CEO, driving strong growth, partnerships, and tremendous product innovation,” Larry Page, Chief Executive Officer of Alphabet Inc., said in a statement. “I really enjoy working with him and I’m excited that he is joining the Alphabet board.” Read More