Todd R. Weiss

Samsung has unveiled five new notebook and tablet computers at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2014 show in Las Vegas this week, offering consumers and business users a wide range of screen sizes and configurations that will help them find the right devices for their needs. The new notebook, the ATIV Book 9 2014 Edition, […]

Two Facebook users are suing the company to fight what they say is the company’s practice of scanning their personal, private messages to other users so the company can then target personalized on-screen ads to users based on keywords used in their posts. In a 36-page, three-count lawsuit, plaintiffs Michael Campbell, of Pulaski County, Ark., […]

Google has acquired Bitspin, the Swiss maker of the free Timely alarm clock app for Android, according to a post by Bitspin on the company’s Website. “Good news. Bitspin is joining Google,” the post reports. “We’re thrilled to announce that Bitspin is joining Google, where we’ll continue to do what we love: building great products […]

Google is joining a new effort with several automakers to make Android a key platform to add high-technology features into the vehicles of tomorrow. The new Open Automotive Alliance (OAA) is a partnership between Google, Audi, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai and graphics vendor Nvidia that is “aimed at accelerating auto innovation with an approach that […]

Google Glass and other wearable devices will be able to be used by drivers to remotely and wirelessly operate some of the features of the 2015 Hyundai Genesis automobile. Hyundai will spotlight the new capabilities Jan. 6 at the PEPCOM Digital Experience event in Las Vegas, just before the huge 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) […]

Ikea has appointed a former head of Google in Sweden as a member of the company’s board of directors with the idea of capitalizing on the experiences of Google in e-commerce and progressive new technologies. The move was unveiled in a Jan. 3 report by The Local, which said that former Google Sweden executive Stina […]

Google is once again expanding the availability of early Google Glass units to more users by sending emailed invitations to some subscribers of the Google Music All Access streaming music service. The existence of the latest round of invitations was unveiled Dec. 31 in a report by Gizmodo, which stated that some Google Music All […]

Google is again sharing a new collection of what it sees as beautiful app designs to help Android app developers integrate more creativity and beauty into their projects, making them even more striking. The latest design examples were unveiled by Marco Paglia of the Android Design Team in a Dec. 26 post on the Android […]

Google is discontinuing the Bump data transfer app in the Google Play store only four months after the company acquired Bump in a $40 million deal last September. The shuttering of the project was unveiled in a Dec. 31 post by David Lieb, the CEO and co-founder of Bump, on the Bump Blog. “Back in […]

After 100 years of baffling clues, intriguing themes and head-scratching word use, crossword puzzles are still beloved by legions of fans around the world. And this month, as crossword puzzles celebrated their 100th birthday in December 2013, puzzle writer and editor Ben Tausig commemorated the occasion with his recently published book, The Curious History of […]

As 2013 comes to a close, Google is working to remind enterprise organizations and their business users about the security safeguards and options that are available to them if accounts are hacked or if mobile devices are lost or stolen. “Most businesses these days rely on technology to get their work done,” Eran Feigenbaum, director […]

Google has for some time been working with automakers to provide and develop in-car maps and navigation systems, but now the company is preparing to unveil bigger plans to create an in-car infotainment system based on Android in partnership with German automaker Audi. The plans for the joint development project are to be unveiled at […]