Google to Pay 8.7 Million in Damages Over Chromecast Patent Case, Rules US Jury

Google to Pay $338.7 Million in Damages Over Chromecast Patent Case, Rules US Jury

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Alphabet‘s Google violated a software developer’s patent rights with its remote-streaming technology and must pay $338.7 million (nearly Rs. 2,770 crore) in damages, a federal jury in Waco, Texas decided on Friday. The jury found that Google’s Chromecast and other devices infringe patents owned by Touchstream Technologies related to streaming…

Google Brings Matter Support to Android Devices, Nest Home Products for Smart Device Interoperability

Google Brings Matter Support to Android Devices, Nest Home Products for Smart Device Interoperability

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Google has announced that its Android, Google Nest, and Google Home devices will, starting today, be interoperable with smart ecosystems from other brands. This has been made possible by the search giant through support for the Matter protocol on the aforementioned devices. Matter is an open-source, royalty-free, next-generation unifying protocol…