In a major move, Google is set to delete hundreds of thousands of Gmail accounts globally by December 2023 if they remain inactive for more than two years. The company cites security concerns, explaining that dormant accounts are vulnerable to password breaches, potentially compromising user data. The deletion process will extend to Gmail, Drive, Photos, … Read more
A security officer guarding tech giant Google’s Barrow Street base in Dublin was dismissed after being accused of falling asleep on the job. Donatus Okafor disputed falling asleep and said that he “just had his eyes closed for a long duration of time”. Mr Okafor stated that after taking anti-depressant medication on 4 April 2022 … Read more
As part of job cuts planned by its parent firm, Alphabet, globally, Google is expected to eliminate 240 positions in the nation. Over 5,000 employees in Ireland are directly employed by Google. Around 4% of the workforce will be affected by the cuts. Google informed employees via email that 85 jobs in sales, 80 in … Read more
Google plans to invest up to $1 billion (£745 million) in partnership with India’s Airtel for providing affordable access to smartphones to over a billion Indians and accelerating the cloud ecosystem for businesses. The investment will help India’s small businesses adopt digital tools as India works to adopt digital education, payments and e-commerce amid the … Read more
Google has unveiled their new series of smartphones Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. The phones will be available in the Irish market from October 28 and cost €649 and €899 respectively. The company has made a lot of changes in these succeeding models from series 5 including all new dedicated processor and big battery. … Read more