Google has lined up a few things, that is to say beneficial plans that it is going to introduce in India. It cuts across the barriers of the age-old Google strategies to suit India’s needs and focuses on building a brand for India altogether. There have been a paradigm shift from what Internet had once been in India and now it has touched upon the 40 crore internet user level. Among those, at least 23 crores are using Google in their own vernacular languages, while 28% of them are using the voice search feature in regional languages which is commendable.

It is proved hence, the country is a sucker for internet and data now and Google is committed to bring a new set of facilities to provide the user meaningful access to the internet.

Internet Saathi:

Google’s Internet Saathi has allowed 1.2 crore women access to Internet data in the remote areas. Overall, it has benefited 1 million women across India and the figures are expected to rise in the coming year.

Internet data usage is likely to soar up higher:

Indian internet users are more than 400 million while 330 million of them use it through their smartphones. In an average, a connected user absorbs 4 GB date every month which is likely to grow up to 11 GB per month in the coming years.

YouTube:

YouTube have thrown television out of gear and over 225 million smartphone users watch videos on YouTube every month and the recent spate of viral video contents will notch up the figure in coming years.

RailWire Wi-Fi:

More than 50 lakh Indians enter Google’s free RailWire Wi-Fi on 227 Railway Stations throughout the country. There are 7.5 million monthly users and data will surge up in all likeliness.

Tez Payment Platform:

Google’s Tez Payment platform is slowly gaining momentum in Indian market. There are 12 million users in it, 140 million transactions ad counting and 5.25 merchants making already their presence count in Tez. Google is expecting a bigger number of people drawing benefit from this app in the coming year.

Android Oreo:

It is a remarkable step taken by Google to launch Android Oreo for not so efficient Android handsets in India. It gives 15% faster performance boost to the device with 2 times better storage and some notable security features like Google Play Protect. This Android Oreo (Go edition) will wear new feathers and provide better features in 2018.

Google collaborated with Jio Phone:

Jio Phone users are being able to talk totheir Google Assistance in Hindi which is having a major draw among the customers. The Jio Phone Google assistance having special features has already been launched in India too.

Presence of Two-wheeler mode in Google Map:

There is a ‘Two-Wheeler’ mode introduced in Google Maps exclusively for India which indicates the ‘shortcuts’ that are not accessible to cars and trucks. The customized traffic and arrival time estimations.

Free Wi-Fi in the cities:

As divulged by Caesar Sengupta, head of Google’s Next Billion Users (NBU) division, there will be 7.5 million users connected with Google’s High Speed Internet through the station project in across 227 locations around the country. What’s more, Google is planning to launch the public Wi-Fi hotspots in the city with which you can enjoy easy access in the internet and save the phone data.

Google’s foresight about and efforts for making a better India wins thunderous applaud.

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Google and Apple have descended into a cut-throat competition with the car companies to rule the automobile market. The standout feature about these rivalling tech giants with the other automakers are, the former offer alternative with high-end packaging and they are more intuitive to say the least while the latter only the car’s native infotainment software. So, Google’s propriety projection standard is called ‘Android Auto’. Here are some kickass pointers about Android Auto that might catch your fancy.

Insights into Android auto:

This technology is designed to ensure lesser distractions hence safer driving. According to Google, it is made in the same lines as Apple Car Play which was develop to encourage motorists to keep their eyes on the road and hand on the steering wheel.

What does it do?

Android Auto accepts the features from your Android-driven smartphone and keeps them directly into your car’s dashboard. It plays information on an easy-to-handle interface, decipherable menus and larger thumbnails.

How it works on Google Maps?

Android auto’s navigation is powered by Google which provides successive directions and leads you into an alternate route from the busy traffic.

You can save destinations in Android auto:

You are able to save destinations in Android auto like ‘Home’ or ‘Office’ and without even manually typing the destination you are headed for, Android auto absorbs all the information from your phone and navigates to the desired location. Also, there is a software from where you can access millions of songs and podcasts whenever you like.

It gels with the third party apps:

The array of third party apps like Pandora, Skype, WhatsApp etc are those third party apps that work with android auto.

Phones that are compatible with Android Auto:

Android Auto works with all Android powered phones that run 5.0 lollipop or higher, just you need to download the Free Android Auto App and connect your phone to your car using a data cable.

Cars that are compatible with Android Auto:

There are a huge range of cars that are compatible with Android Auto including Mercedez Benz, Chevrolet, Kia, Honda, Volvo, Volkswagen models. However, some manufacturers charge buyers extra for the feature.

Toyota is in loggerheads with Android Auto:

Toyota continues to antagonize Android Auto and Apple’s rival software, CarPlay citing safety and privacy concerns. It rather gets the infotainment software from a small California-based company named Telenav.

The first car companies that collaborated with Android Auto:

Hyundai, Kia and Chevrolet were those first companies who joined hand with Android Auto. The software became available in early 2015 while pioneering manufacturers like Kenwood, Panasonic, Sony built compatible head units for Android Auto.

It’s easy to connect your car to Android Auto:

With the vehicle in parking, you will have to turn your car and phone on then plug in your smartphone via USB, review the safety notice and Terms and Conditions. Conversely, you can also pair it with your Bluetooth.

These are the key featured about Android Auto you needed to  know.

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On this pious occasion of Guru Pournima, let’s all come together to bow down to our most revered Guru… Google!

We start with this most heartfelt Aarti, offered to our Guru Google Dev.

“Om Jai Google Deva..

Swami Jai Google Deva..

Tum Hi Batao Tumri..

Aap hi batao Aap Ki…

Kaise Karein Seva…

Om Jai Google Deva…

Tum ne hi hum ko GENIUS banaaya…

Saara world ghar se hi dikhaaya…

We are so indebted to you ever…

Om Jai Google Deva!”

And with this, we admit, that we are so in the awe of our respected teacher Guru Google Dev!

And why not indeed?? Google has “Gyan” on everything for everyone.

May you be a 5 year kid, you can actually learn how to eat your cereal without letting it fall on your clothes.

Or if you are a 70 yr old person, you can gain knowledge on how to cure your varied ailments.

In fact, you don’t even have to visit a doctor, just try all the remedies available on Google, given by the “Experts” … of course, at your own risk.

And Google has all the qualities that a Teacher should have too. Here is what I can think of:

• A Teacher should be good at explaining things to others. And Google excels at that. It not only explains you, but gives you so many options. You want to know about soft drinks and it will give you 100 different views on it. Even your regular Teacher can’t do that.

• A Teacher should be enthusiastic!! And Google is definitely enthusiastic, in fact its overenthusiastic. Before you even finish asking your questions, Google is jumping up and down trying to finish your question with a “Do you mean…” and giving you 10 options too. Sometimes you end up changing your question coz the other option sounded a lot better.

• And like any good teacher, Google also has a strong knowledge in the subject areas. In fact, it has so much knowledge that you can spend your life researching just one subject. You want to know about Milk and Google will tell you how Cows are born too!!! The only person who has more knowledge than Google is probably your wife (okay, okay, ladies, don’t beat me up for that :P)

• And finally, like every good Teacher, even Google is calm under pressure. You might get frustrated because you aren’t getting what you are looking for, but Google will keep directing you to different options. Seek and thou shall receive, sounds like its motto.

At the end of it, one has to wonder why send your child to school anyways, when such an efficient teacher like Google is already in your house.

Just stop paying those fees and start paying for a high speed internet connection instead.

Once day, your child might even pass out with flying colours from the IIN University Jhumritalaya.

Like the wise men said:

“Google Bramha Google Vishnu

Google Devo Maheshwaraha

Google Sakshat ParaBramha

Tasmai Shri Googleye Namah”

May you all have a strong Internet Connection, Always!!

Disclaimer: Any offence meant to IIN Univ or any Teacher or anyone’s wife, is highly regretted. BRB Busy looking up different ways to apologize to someone … on Google 😉

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Social media sites – can’t ignore them, can’t live without them!

This is the digital era and being connected socially to what’s hot and happening and what is currently the ‘in-thing’ is highly critical and matters if you do not want to be called a social media ‘dud’!

Thanks to social media sites, your hunger for new, cutting-edge and viral content is satisfied with a slurry of quirky posts, write-ups, funny videos, informative blogs, DIY videos, spiritual stuff and what not!

If it is different, funny or interesting it is visible on social media websites around the world!

But then, some sites develop a hideous pattern of posting the same content over and over again in a new avatar. To be exact, there are more than a thousand social media websites that cater to different kinds  of audiences like Fb, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, Google+, Tumblr, Flickr, Vine and Ask. Fm. India itself has more than 100 of them, but they didn’t really take off as well as the above mentioned ones did.

Let’s take some quips at some of our fellow social media website buddies and how are they using and misusing them…

Twitter 

Was supposed to be a Microblogging site!

But today, this website is like the ‘hue and cry’ centre of most celebs; national and international alike! Every profile you see will sport a funky name with lots of posts and retweets that mostly matter nothing to the world! For example, KRK’s tweets about actresses – who even cares?!

PM Modi’s tweets are not even written by him! A team handles all the posting! Twitter is nothing but a cry-centre for most people. Very few genuine posts appear on the site, but yes, breaking news always breaks first on this microblog always!

Facebook

A place where we could connect with people from far and wide and do some real social networking!

To be apt, Facebook now, or fb as we call it lovingly is like our ‘chuddy buddy’. We post cute pictures, selfies, poems, love statuses, heartbreak rants, hate messages, inspirational quotes, videos, recipes, details about every check-in to a place… even while boarding a flight at the ‘domestic’ airport!

What does a guy in America have to do with you flying from Delhi to Mumbai?! Just think about it… posting everything about your life on a website that is headquartered in a foreign country…. Feeling scared about privacy?

Google+

Don’t know why and what this is for!

Wait! Don’t laugh! You dare not smirk! Google+ is a social media website after all! People don’t visit it as much as the aforementioned culprits, but then, it entered the arena quite late…

Just like after Whatsapp everything else seems too cumbersome to install on your smartphone… Even then, Google+ holds on like the army of Sparta… We just hope it doesn’t die the death Orkut or Google Wave died…

Instagram 

Well, objective was to create a photo sharing platform! Some intresting and genuinely adorable photos to be precised!

Now, Instagram is like the daily log-book for people who love (irritating level of love) taking pictures… Posting every damn picture of your food, the menu, your shoes, your selfies, dogs, cats, insects, sofa, bed and what not! … Why not post a picture of yourself taking a poop! Ohh so you know where to draw the line.. do you? 😛

Well, other celebs mainly the ‘phorenmaal’ posts nude selfies and what not on Instagram just to rake in publicity…after all nowadays ‘skin’ sells. Just Google the ‘Free the Nipple campaign’ and get to know what kind of ruckus Instagram causes for deleting naked pictures of people.

LinkedIn

LinkedIn was for the business class, but it has been reduced to a mere ‘telephone directory’ like junction where people just visit to verify someone’s professional credentials and hiring people when consultancies give you zilch! :/

The new interface of the website was meant to do more, but somehow the website simply doesn’t cater to people’s love for posting mindless crap. After all, you cannot post your ‘cheesecake wala picture’on the website, your boss will give you a mouthful for being unprofessional! 😛

Oh yes, the viral pictures of Om Sai Baba and Emotional Photo Message Shares can be seen on LinkedIn too, these days of course! Save the business world!

Well, to be frank, these websites were made for many different purposes, it is we the humans who have taken control on how they should work. The Facebook ‘Like’ button matters to most people more than food!

This is a good thing and bad thing alike. The good thing is that the world is getting connected more socially each day, the bad thing? We share so much crap that privacy is non-existent and productivity in real life takes a toll.

After all, who remembers who you were dining with last year this day or which flight you took to God knows where and what squabble or break-up you had! 😛

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