Todd R. Weiss

Google has been hit with a $204,200 fine by France’s National Commission for Computing and Civil Liberties (CNIL) in connection with changes Google made to its data policies in 2012 that continue to be in conflict with the French Data Protection Act. The fine, which is the highest financial penalty assessed so far by the […]

An Iowa insurance executive has filed a lawsuit against Google for allowing a copyrighted photograph of the woman to remain on a satirical blog site that mocks the physical appearance of the woman and other business executives. The Website, Sexy Executives, published the copyrighted photograph on Dec. 7, 2009, without permission, according to ARAG North […]

Toshiba and LG Electronics have unveiled new Chromebook devices at CES, including LG’s all-in-one desktop machine, called a Chromebase. The new offerings mean that eight manufacturers are now building Chromebooks around the world, according to a Jan. 7 post by Caesar Sengupta, vice president of product management for Google Chrome. The new LG Chromebase all-in-one […]

Google, Apple, Facebook and other businesses, from universities to hospitals, have been using private buses in San Francisco to pick up employees and bring them to their workplaces for years, but in the past, those companies have not contributed money to the city for the upkeep of the stops. That’s about to change later in […]

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 […]