Todd R. Weiss

Apple and Amazon have been fighting a legal battle for almost two years over the use of the term “app store” to describe their online stores that sell apps and other content to consumers and businesses. Now a federal judge is ordering the two companies to try to reach a settlement to put the disagreement […]

Google is working to transform its Chrome Web browser by adding the ability for users to give voice commands to complete an assortment of tasks in the browser. The nascent new feature is included in the latest Chrome 25 browser beta release, according to a Jan. 14 post by Glen Shires, a Google software engineer […]

Google is awarding a $2.65 million grant to help fund energy conservation efforts by The Energy Foundation, a group that works to advance energy efficiency and renewable energy in the United States and China. In a Jan. 14 post on The Official Google.org Blog, Michael Terrell, senior policy counsel for energy and sustainability at Google, […]

Two Java security vulnerabilities that can affect Java used within popular Web browsers received emergency patches Jan. 13 from Oracle to prevent unsuspecting users from being affected by malicious processes from attacking Websites. In a weekend post on The Oracle Software Security Assurance Blog, spokesman Eric P. Maurice wrote that the company released Security Alert […]

Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft and Samsung headline a well-known group of technology companies that have joined together to buy the digital-imaging patent assets of the Eastman Kodak, which have been up for sale through bankruptcy proceedings. The sale, for $527 million, was approved Jan. 11 by Judge Allan L. Gropper of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court […]

Inventive Google Maps developers are always finding cool new ways for people to virtually learn more about the communities, sites and fascinating possibilities around them, through the use of Google Maps APIs and some amazing creativity. Here are some of the latest examples, cultivated by the folks at Google Maps Mania, an unofficial blog that […]

Google is giving Android developers and other users—at least those running Android 4.0 or later on their devices—the chance to install and try out beta releases of the Google Chrome browser before they are made available as stable releases to the general public. The new Chrome beta channel has been created for Android phone and […]

Google has invested about $200 million in a wind farm in western Texas near Amarillo, as the company continues to expand its involvement in the renewable energy marketplace. Google’s latest investment is at the Spinning Spur Wind Project in Oldham County in the Texas Panhandle, according to a Jan. 9 post by Kojo Ako-Asare, Google’s […]

Google is being sued in the United Kingdom for allegedly helping its own business by steering customers away from competitors in search results. The lawsuit has surfaced just a week after the U.S. Federal trade Commission cleared Google of similar conduct in the United States, and as European regulators conduct their own investigation. Foundem, a […]

Internet giants like Google and Facebook may find more limits on what they can do with the personal information they collect from their customers if the European Union tightens regulations, according to a story from Reuters. The leaders of several EU nations are continuing their push for stricter controls, and proposed rules would give users […]

Lenovo is rolling out an expanded new line of smartphones to take on iPhones, Microsoft Windows phones and Android devices, but American consumers are going to have to wait to see them because the new handhelds are not immediately headed to U.S. shores. The six new smartphone models will initially be sold only in China […]

Google’s recent antitrust skirmish with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is now coming under scrutiny by a congressman who is angry about media leaks that occurred during the proceedings. U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter Jan. 3 to the FTC’s investigator general, Scott […]