Todd R. Weiss

Google is back in the legal crosshairs of the Authors Guild over its practice of scanning books so that their content can be searched online. In a 67-page legal brief, the Guild has appealed a U.S. District Court decision from November 2013, when a judge dismissed the Guild’s claims against Google and halted a legal […]

A little-known federal agency, the National Technical Information Service, works quietly behind the scenes, collecting scientific, technical and engineering information and selling reports on those topics to the public and industry, just as it has since the 1950s. But now its very existence is being challenged by a proposed federal law that would eliminate the […]

When the Google I/O 2014 developer conference begins on June 25 in San Francisco, it’s theme will be all about helping developers to “design, develop and distribute” their applications and innovations using Google tools and resources. The theme, and the opening of a four-day registration window for the event, was highlighted by Billy Rutledge, director […]

Google Glass devices are slated to receive a new software update this week that brings Android KitKat, improved battery life and myriad other improvements and new features to Glass devices. The updates were unveiled April 14 in a post on the Glass Google+ page. “You’ve been asking us when the next round of updates were […]

Google is now making its Google Cloud Platform services available in the Asia Pacific region as it moves to expand the reach of its cloud services to more developers around the world. The expansion was announced by Howard Wu, head of Asia Pacific marketing for Google Cloud Platform, in an April 14 post on the […]

Since Google Glass first began being distributed to early Glass “Explorers” in April 2013, I’ve wanted to try one personally to see how it works and explore its possibilities. Of course, that was impossible unless you had some luck being selected in one of the rounds of invites and contests that Google announced as it […]

Google is getting into the high-altitude drone business with its purchase of Titan Aerospace in a move that is closely linked to Google’s Project Loon efforts, which use high-altitude balloons to build a high-speed Internet network. The Titan Aerospace acquisition by Google is being made as the company continues to assemble “more aerial technology to […]

Google’s latest Chrome 34 Web browser was just released on April 8, but Google is already excited about the latest Chrome beta Version 35 browser that is being built to eventually succeed Chrome 34 in the future. The latest Version 35 beta edition of Chrome includes a wide range of features that will enable developers […]

Google has patched some of its key user services in response to the Heartbleed security vulnerability, including updates to Search, Gmail, YouTube, Wallet, Google Play and App Engine, but some other services are still in the process of receiving patches. The patch updates were announced by Matthew O’Connor, a Google product manager, in an April […]

YouTube is live-streaming the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival starting at 6:30 p.m. EDT April 11, bringing music fans three days of music and live performances from a wide variety of bands at the gala in Indio, Calif. The live-streaming of the event was announced by Brian Anderson and Craig […]