Todd R. Weiss

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 the search giant as a group in a class-action lawsuit. Instead, they’ll have to take Google on individually if they want to sue over the email scanning done by the company. […]

Google has announced new updates for its Chrome Web browser, Chrome for iOS and Chrome OS stable and beta releases as part of its normal schedule of application updates for users. The regularly scheduled updates repair bugs, improve stability and add new features. The biggest news in the latest round of updates is the release […]

Google’s Chromecast television dongles will now be sold in Canada and 10 nations in Europe as the company expands the global reach of the low-cost video-streaming devices. The availability of Chromecast devices in Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom was announced by Mario Queiroz, vice president of […]

Google’s Cloud Platform has just received some new features for developers, including a new Google APIs Client Library for .NET and improved documentation for using third-party Puppet, Chef, Salt and Ansible configuration-management tools. The new Google APIs Client Library for .NET, which is now generally available from the company, was announced by Dan Ciruli, Google […]

Google wants to get Android wearable computing devices into the lives of more consumers and is launching a new “Android Wear” effort to help make it happen, starting with new developer tools to build smartwatches. The new initiative was announced today by Sundar Pichai, the head of Google’s Android, Chrome and Apps divisions, in a […]

After a seven-year court fight over copyrights, Viacom has reached a settlement with Google’s YouTube unit that finally puts an end to the legal battle between the two sides. The two companies announced the settlement in a joint statement on March 18, but noted that the terms of the deal will not be disclosed. No […]

Google is launching myriad new gaming capabilities for Android fans as well as expanded new capabilities for Android game developers at this week’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco. The new features and tools are part of Google’s continuously expanding efforts to bolster the Android ecosystem for gaming lovers and for app developers who […]

Google bought the Wildfire digital marketing platform back in 2012 and has maintained it as a separate unit since then, but now Google will integrate Wildfire into other existing corporate platforms. The announcement was made by Victoria Ransom, Wildfire’s product management director, in a March 13 post on the Wildfire by Google Blog. “In 2012, […]

Google Drive has just slashed the prices of its cloud data storage to entice more users with rates of $1.99 per month for 100GB, down from the previous rate of $4.99, and $9.99 per month for 1TB, down from the previous rate of $49.99 per month. The new lower prices were unveiled by Scott Johnston, […]

Google Wallet has just gained some new features that allow users to see receipts and purchase and shipping information right on their mobile devices. The new Google Wallet enhancements were unveiled by Amit Litsur, product manager for Google Wallet, in a March 12 post on the Google Commerce Blog. So far, the improvements are available […]

Google Street View Captures Hawaiian Beaches, Spectacular Scenery by Todd R. Weiss Pololu Valley Cliffs On the Pololu Valley Awini Trail on the Big Island, the spectacular cliffs and ocean views are stunning, with rich colors and amazing natural light. Visitors can park their cars and walk out onto the trail at the end of […]

Google has unveiled a new feature that brings in simple add-ons to streamline some common document and spreadsheet tasks for users, such as printing address labels or sending customized emails. The new add-on capabilities were announced by Saurabh Gupta, a Google Apps product manager, in a March 11 post on the Google Drive Blog. Some […]