Todd R. Weiss

Yahoo is doing away with the practice of allowing account holders to log in to their Yahoo accounts using their Facebook or Google personas instead of having to enter their dedicated Yahoo account credentials. Reuters reported the changes March 4, and Yahoo confirmed them in an email response to an eWEEK inquiry March 5. Under […]

Digital marketers who use Google Analytics can gain new insights and lessons about the platform by participating in a free online Google Analytics Platform Principles course being offered by the company from March 11 to 27. Registration for the course was announced by Justin Cutroni, an analytics evangelist for Google, in a March 4 post […]

Google announced two new Samsung Chromebooks for schools and educators at the fourth annual SXSWEdu conference in Austin, Texas, as the Chromebook for education marketplace continues to expand. The new Samsung Chromebooks include an 11-inch Chromebook 2, priced at $320, and a 13-inch Chromebook that’s priced at $400, according to a March 3 post by […]

Google is expanding its involvement in medical science around the world by joining the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health as part of an effort to expand and advance genomics research that could keep humans healthier. Google’s new membership in the group, which was formed in 2013, was announced by Jonathan Bingham, a Google product […]

Google Maps wants to be your one-stop source for maps so it is upping its game with its new Google Maps Gallery, where everything from historical maps to maps of school districts and more are being assembled to help users find just the information they are seeking. The new maps gallery was announced by Jordan […]

Google’s Chrome beta browser has just been updated with new hands-free voice search capabilities that will allow users to do more with their browsers employing nothing other than voice commands. The new capabilities were unveiled by Ji Adam Dou, a Google software engineer, in a Feb. 27 post on The Google Chrome Blog. “If you’ve […]

BARCELONA, Spain—As the use of mobile devices has proliferated wildly in the last few years among consumers and business users, it’s easy to think that we are today at the pinnacle of the mobile marketplace. But Peter J.L. Griffiths, head of the enterprise solutions and technology group at CA Technologies, begs to differ. “We are […]

BARCELONA, Spain—Mobile users love their apps, but if the apps they download and install don’t work reliably, they are quick to move to a different app and never go back to the one that failed them. That fickleness of app users, and the wide assortment of alternative apps that they can choose from, means enterprises […]

BARCELONA, Spain—For more than 50 years, Almex Group has been making and selling heavy-duty industrial equipment to assemble custom-made, specialty conveyer belts in remote locations around the world for a wide range of businesses, from minerals mining to factory use. To do that in remote outdoor locations, users have to work with special equipment that […]

BARCELONA, Spain—A new enterprise mobile management suite was unveiled by CA Technologies here at Mobile World Congress today to give more freedom to mobile workers so they can get their work done while still protecting the critical business data handled by companies. One of the keys for the new product, CA’s Management Cloud for Mobility, […]

Google’s YouTube online video service is getting a bit easier to use now that user playlists are being given more attention as part of a YouTube home page update. The changes were unveiled by Yining Zhao, a YouTube Web developer, in a Feb. 20 post on the YouTube Official Blog. “The way you watch YouTube […]

Google’s Map Maker services, which allow local residents and visitors to add pertinent local details and flavor to Google Maps to make them even more accurate, is now being expanded to Greece, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia. The wider coverage of southern and eastern Europe was announced by Nicole Drobeck, the Map Maker […]