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A report by Google has revealed that searches for 4G devices saw a spike of 200% with all the upcoming 4G services by telecom operators. While search for 4G increased, the search giant witnessed a drop of 35% for 3G. 4G devices constitute one third of the shipments in the July-September period.

It is a collaborative effort with publishers and key technology companies. Google claims that AMP loads an average of four times faster and use 10 times less data than equivalent non-AMP pages. Publishing houses such as Network18, NDTV, India Today, Hindustan Times and DNA among others have come on board.

Google has added 13 more languages to its Google Translate. The total number of languages Google Translate now supports to is over 100. Sindhi can now be translated and the speakers can type a phrase on their phone or computer and it will be translated into English, or vice versa.

Passengers travelling from Mumbai Central railway station will be able to use Google’s wifi service starting from today. The deadline set by Pichai was January for the first railway station. The first hour of the service will be free but then the speeds will be limited to give equal access to all passengers.