Todd R. Weiss

Google is bolstering its fight to block online images of child abuse by fine-tuning its search engine to prevent such links from appearing in searches, while bringing in more than 200 people to find even more ways to put an end to this kind of exploitation. That’s the message from Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, who […]

Google has created a new section of its Google Play store where teachers can find innovative apps that can help them teach their students and ease their administrative responsibilities. The new Google Play for Education section of the Play store was unveiled in a post by Shazia Makhdumi, the head of strategic education partnerships for […]

Google is launching online shopping improvements in its mobile Chrome browsers for Android and iOS to help users more quickly and easily fill out on-screen forms using upgraded autofill capabilities on a multitude of mobile devices. The faster autofill features were unveiled by Google software engineers Ruslan Abdikeev and Jim Blackler in a Nov. 14 […]

Google’s nine-year-old project to scan millions of published books so that they can searched online by Internet users has been ruled to be legal by a New York judge, ending a case that has dragged through the courts since 2005 even as the technology landscape has continued to change. In his decision, U.S. Circuit Judge […]

Google has moved its latest Chrome Web browser, Version 31, to its Stable release track, making it the default version for users who want the latest release edition of its popular browser. The new Chrome Stable browser is officially known as Version 31.0.1650.48 and is available for free download for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome […]

Google is launching inexpensive language translation services to Android developers to help them get their apps translated so they can sell them in other countries. The new service, which is expected to cost about $75 for a small app to about $150 for a large app for each language translation, was unveiled in a Nov. […]

Google has created an online Typhoon Yolanda Crisis Page to help victims of the destructive, powerful storm reconnect with friends and family members around the world. The Crisis Page harnesses a wide range of Google services, from a person locator to relief maps and more, according to a Nov. 12 post by Aileen Apolo, the […]

Google has released its latest Google Cloud Endpoints project for general availability, which aims to make it easier for mobile developers to tie their apps into Google’s APIs. For mobile developers, Endpoints provides a simple way to develop a shared Web back end and also provides critical infrastructures, such as OAuth 2.0 authentication, eliminating a […]

Orlando, FLA.—At San Diego State University, some 600 students work in the school’s Aztec Shops Ltd., which includes the campus bookstore, the school’s dining halls and restaurants, several convenience stores and other retail operations, where they serve fellow students and get work experience to put on their resumes. Managing the time cards, work hours and […]

Google is making it easy for anyone to tell great stories by adding video, photos and text to Google Maps so that it can all be shared with others. The new project, called Tour Builder, was inspired by earlier efforts by Google to help U.S. military veterans share their incredible stories using Google Earth in […]