Todd R. Weiss

Some Google search users are seeing something very strange when they use Google to find things lately: They’re seeing banner ads displayed on the company’s plain-vanilla search page where they’ve never seen them before. And that’s causing quite a commotion online, where Google is being accused of breaking a promise it made in a 2005 […]

Google’s Street View image collection project is always finding new fascinating and unique destinations to capture and present online for viewers around the globe. Right now Street View crews are in the field at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia and have recently completed collecting images in the countryside of Swaziland in Africa to add to […]

Google is letting users know that a feature formerly found in Google+, the ability to save one’s searches, will be dropped as of Nov. 15. The announcement is being made when existing Google+ users click on their saved searches and find a brief drop-down note from Google that advises them of the coming changes. Google […]

Google wants cloud developers to be able to take advantage of the tools it offers through its Google Compute Engine, so the search giant has released several technical papers to help developers get better acquainted with the services. “Did you know that every Google Compute Engine instance, regardless of region and zone, can communicate to […]

Google’s latest beta Chrome Web browser includes settings that now allow parents to designate their youngsters as “supervised users” so they can oversee their browsing and other online activities. The new capabilities are included in the latest beta Chrome browser version, which is being refined as an eventual stable release of the open-source Web browser. […]

Google Maps is making it easier for businesses to use online maps to attract customers and new revenue through its new Google Maps Engine Pro capabilities, which are accompanied by a related slew of Google Maps Engine updates. The new capabilities and features were unveiled by Brian McClendon of the Google Maps team in an […]

Google+ Hangouts has updated its iOS app to include free calling to any phones in the United States and Canada for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users in the U.S. The new feature, which is part of a Google+ mobile app upgrade package for iOS, was unveiled by Kate Cushing of the Google Android team […]

Rivals Google and Facebook have created a first-time partnership that will soon allow Google to sell ad space through Facebook’s FBX ad-bidding exchange. In the past, customers buying ad space from Google could purchase space through a wide assortment of advertising platforms, but never before directly through its competitor, FBX. The new arrangement will remove […]

Google stock today did what has been rumored for months: It surpassed the magic $1,000 per share mark, coming less than 24 hours after the company on Oct. 17 unveiled its generally positive earnings numbers for the third quarter of 2013. Google stock opened at $976.31 on NASDAQ, according to figures being tracked by Yahoo […]

Google Fiber is enabling subscribers to take some of their favorite cable television viewing on the road with the introduction of two new mobile apps that will let customers watch ESPN and Disney programming from anywhere via smartphones and tablets. “It’s the 5th time your kids have asked ‘are we there yet?’ from the back […]

Google has beaten analysts’ estimates for its revenue and profits for the third quarter of 2013, posting revenue of $14.89 billion and profits of $2.97 billion, according to figures released Oct. 17 by the company during an earnings call with financial analysts. The $14.89 billion revenue total was up 12 percent from the same quarter […]

Google is increasing its efforts around the world to help entrepreneurs make their ideas and dreams come to life through an increased partnership with UP Global, a nonprofit group that works to foster entrepreneurship. “Today we’re announcing a new partnership with UP Global, which will double their impact over the next three years,” wrote Mary […]