Todd R. Weiss

Google’s YouTube unit will air live online coverage of the 2013 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week events from New York City from Sept. 5 through 12, bringing the latest fashions and trends to the world. The live coverage was unveiled in a Sept. 3 post by Bethann Stenseth, of the Google YouTube partner acquisitions and development […]

Android’s next version will be named Android KitKat, displacing months of rumors about a supposed Android Key Lime Pie version. What’s perhaps more interesting for users is that the next version of the Android mobile operating system is being numbered 4.4, and not 5.0 as also long rumored, meaning that it is perhaps an evolutionary […]

Google has released the latest Version 29 of its Chrome Web browser with various updates and fixes for Windows, Linux, Mac and Chrome Frame platforms. Also released by Google is a new stable channel version of Chrome OS. The stable channel update for the Chrome browser for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame, Version 29.0.1547.62, […]

Google will hold a two-day Chrome Dev Summit in November where Chrome developers can come to get the latest information on new APIs, performance enhancements and more to continue to improve and grow their Chrome apps development. The Summit, which will be held Nov. 20-21, 2013, at Google’s Mountain View, Calif., headquarters, was announced in […]

Google is again expanding its Map Maker program around the world by opening it for the first time to residents in Italy, Bulgaria, San Marino and even Vatican City so that more local color, flavor and details can be added to existing Google Maps. “Share the delights of Bulgaria’s Black Sea Coast by adding all […]

Google has been taking its 360-degree, high-quality Street View cameras into some of the world’s most spectacular zoos and wildlife parks in recent months so that online viewers can see a wide assortment of wild animals from around the world right on their own computers and mobile devices. “Animal-lovers, rejoice!” wrote Deanna Yick, the Street […]

Google Street View is adding a wealth of new information to the most spectacular image collections in its Street View galleries to give online visitors even more to explore and learn as they peruse the images from remote and fantastic locations. The new facts, notes, details and behind-the-scenes stories are being added by Google to […]

Google’s Keep note-taking app for Android has just been upgraded with some useful new features, including a “navigation drawer” that makes it easier to keep notes organized and a streamlined process for adding photos to a Keep note. The new features were unveiled in an Aug. 21 post by Erin Rosenthal, the Keep product manager, […]

Google is taking the popular television “Do-It-Yourself” concept to a new level with its upcoming new Helpouts video instruction and “how-to” service, which will help match experts with people who need assistance fixing up their homes, repairing cars, cooking or improving their lawns. The new Helpouts service isn’t live yet, but Google has begun searching […]

Google’s Project Loon wants you—if you live in California’s Central Valley and would be willing to let Google install some Loon equipment on your property and will help test out the fledgling Internet service that aims to bring Internet access to remote users around the world. After hearing from residents around the United States and […]

Google+ users will now be able to quickly get basic translations when other users make posts in languages other than their own. The new Google+ translation feature, which will roll out gradually for desktop users, was unveiled in an Aug. 20 post by research scientist Ed Chi and software engineer Lichan Hong on the Official […]

Google’s YouTube online video service now lets users watch multiple videos in a row through playlists and even lets users watch a video while conducting a search at the same time using a Web browser. The new capabilities and several other new features were unveiled for YouTube Android and iOS apps users in an Aug. […]