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Senate Bill Aims to Replace Federal Agency With Google Search

A little-known federal agency, the National Technical Information Service, works quietly behind the scenes, collecting scientific, technical and engineering information and selling reports on...

The Good News and Bad News of Getting a Google Glass Invite

Since Google Glass first began being distributed to early Glass "Explorers" in April 2013, I've wanted to try one personally to see how it...

YouTube Live-Streaming Coachella Music Festival April 11-13

YouTube is live-streaming the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival starting at 6:30 p.m. EDT April 11, bringing music fans...

Chrome Desktop Browser’s Latest Release Gets Google Now Card Feature

Google Chrome desktop Web browser users are just now receiving one of the coolest features that's been available to Android smartphone users since June...

Google’s Chromecast TV Dongle Gets a Chrome Experiment

Google's innovative $35 Chromecast television dongle often gets cool new features, but a new add-on from Google's Chrome Experiments project is slated to be...

Google Seeks Security Experts’ Help in Teaching Online Safety

If you're an IT security expert, Google is asking for your help in making the Internet safer for everyone.The search giant has just posted...

Google Won’t Face Class-Action Lawsuit in U.S. Over Scanning of Gmail

Gmail users who wanted to band together to take Google to court over its scanning practices of Gmail messages won't be able to fight...

On Web’s 25th Anniversary, Web Inventor Berners-Lee Speaks Out

The 25th anniversary of the creation of the World Wide Web was marked on March 11, and just in time to commemorate that special...

Google Cultural Institute Adds ‘Women in Culture’ Project

Google's Cultural Institute has launched an online "Women in Culture" project that tells the stories of known and unknown women who have impacted our...

Farewell, Google Watch

This is my final post on Google Watch. Today, I've moved on to the next leg of my career at the Wall Street Journal,...