Todd R. Weiss

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 a “Security Advice Survey” online, asking IT security experts for their best tips and tricks about how to stay safe on the Internet—from not clicking on links in emails to […]

The presence of “hate speech” online, where a person or group posts hateful and ugly comments about other persons, countries, religions or groups, has been around on the Internet since its widespread use by the public started about 1994. Hate between humans and cultures is sadly nothing new in our world. But to help fight […]

The seventh annual Google I/O developers conference—the most important and hotly awaited Google developer event of the spring—has just launched its Website for the June 25-26 gathering, but this year there are some new rules in store for application developers who might want to attend. The biggest change, and the one that will be welcomed […]

Google’s Cultural Institute has just unveiled a new online exhibit about the fascinating colonial history of Nigeria as part of the Institute’s efforts to preserve cultures that are in danger of being forgotten in the future. In the new exhibit, Nigeria’s Pan-Atlantic University presents its collection of rare historical documents and photographs spanning the years […]

With all the critical and valuable data that businesses generate today, they’d do themselves huge favors if they took advantage of all that information to better connect with consumers by sharing the fascinating stories behind the data. That’s the conclusion of a March 26 post by Daniel Waisberg, an analytics advocate from the Google Analytics […]

Google’s DoubleClick ad platform is looking to teach digital marketers how to use DoubleClick more effectively to help their businesses generate more clicks and more revenue through a series of free webinars being offered through June. The webinars will range from the fundamentals of DoubleClick Campaign Manager (DCM) for rookies, presentations on platform changes from […]

Google Glass could someday offer trendy frames from famous makers such as Ray-Ban, Oakley, Vogue-Eyewear and Alain Mikli under a partnership unveiled with eyeglass frame vendor The Luxottica Group. The deal was announced on the Google Glass Google+ page on March 24, giving future Glass owners some very cool fashion possibilities as the development of […]

Google wants to help and encourage more small, local businesses to get a presence online through its “Get Your Business Online Week” events going on virtually through Saturday, March 29. Through a series of two-hour virtual workshops being conducted online in communities in 43 states, Google is presenting business cases for being online, helping with […]

Google is seeking college applicants for its seventh annual Google Policy Fellowships program, which offers students unique opportunities to work on Internet and technology policy matters in locations around the world while on summer break. Applications for this summer’s 10-week program must be received by Google by 3 a.m. ET on April 15, according to […]

All incoming and outgoing Gmail messages will use encrypted HTTPS connections to better protect them from interception by attackers or spying under a new policy Google recently announced for its Gmail services. The new policy was unveiled by Nicolas Lidzborski, the security engineering lead for Google’s Gmail service, in a March 20 post on the […]

Google Glass devices have been available to beta users since April 2013 when the first early test units were distributed for use outside the company, but the devices continue to have a mixed reaction from the general public. Glass devices have received some serious criticism while being used in public, including outright bans in some […]

Google Street View Takes On the Wild Colorado River by Todd R. Weiss 36-Mile Rapid Start here and feel the power and the majesty of the Colorado River by sitting in a motorized raft with the Trekkers in this incredible action shot. You can almost feel the splash of cold water on your face. Vulcan’s […]