Todd R. Weiss

Google’s ongoing two-year antitrust investigation by the European Union involving its business practices apparently will continue through at least late August before any decision is reached on how next to proceed. That’s the opinion of EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia, who made the announcement at a recent conference, according to a report by Reuters. The […]

Google Glass hasn’t even hit the retail market yet, but already rumors have begun to fly about what its eventual successor will look like in Google’s next iteration of its innovative eyewear-mounted computer. In what’s purported to be a look inside a recent patent application for Google Glass 2, a Feb. 23 report on the […]

Google has unveiled an updated version of its Google Maps Software Developers Kit (SDK) for iOS, which will give iOS map developers additional features they can build into their maps applications for iPhone and iPad users. “This version of the SDK includes support for ground overlays, gesture control and geodesic polylines,” wrote Andrew Foster, a […]

Google wants to be an Oscar Night viewer’s best friend with the creation of its first-ever “Google The Oscars” website, just in time for the live broadcast of the 85th annual Academy Awards on Feb. 24. The new website is offering Oscar watchers a bit of everything, from information about the films, actors, actresses, directors […]

Google is again looking for interested college and university students to spend their summer immersed in the world of Internet policy as Google Policy Fellows. This will be the sixth year for the Google Policy Fellowship program, which brings qualified student applicants together to work on myriad policy issues, including cyber-crime, government surveillance and security, […]

Google’s Chrome OS has been updated to Version 25 and released through the open-source project’s “stable channel,” making it available for users who want to run the latest stable version of the innovative and lightweight operating system. The latest version, 25.0.1364.87, is for all Chrome OS devices, except for Samsung Chromebooks, according to a Feb. […]

Leaders from Google, Facebook and Mail.ru Group have come together to fund five $3 million prizes annually for innovations in life sciences research around the world to fight stubborn human diseases. The new awards program, the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, is being organized by the nonprofit foundation of the same name, according to a […]

Google is expanding the nascent test project for its Glass eyewear-mounted computer by inviting interested applicants to submit proposals for a chance to buy an early model and become a part of its continuing development. “We’re looking for bold, creative individuals who want to join us and be a part of shaping the future of […]

Google is continuing to fight hard to keep the email inboxes of its users free from the annoying, fraudulent and scam-peddling spam that hackers churn out. To do that, Google says it constantly changes its methods to keep up with and stay ahead of the spammers. Now the company wants to let its users know […]

Microsoft’s newly revamped Outlook.com free email service is now available to all users, some seven months after it was introduced in a limited preview mode to replace Hotmail, Microsoft’s longtime email offering. With the new and refreshed Outlook.com service and its updated and friendlier user features, Microsoft hopes to continue to lure users over from […]

Google reportedly could potentially be fined $1 billion for shortcomings in its data privacy policies under new laws being finalized in the European Union. The new rules will allow European nations, which have stricter data privacy rules than in the United States, to force companies like Google to adhere to those tougher rules or face […]

Google is in the midst of planning its own branded brick-and-mortar stores in an unknown number of major cities across the United States, just in time for the 2013 Christmas shopping season, according to a report by 9to5google.com. “An extremely reliable source has confirmed to us that Google is in the process of building stand-alone […]