Todd R. Weiss

Google stock today did what has been rumored for months: It surpassed the magic $1,000 per share mark, coming less than 24 hours after the company on Oct. 17 unveiled its generally positive earnings numbers for the third quarter of 2013. Google stock opened at $976.31 on NASDAQ, according to figures being tracked by Yahoo […]

Google Fiber is enabling subscribers to take some of their favorite cable television viewing on the road with the introduction of two new mobile apps that will let customers watch ESPN and Disney programming from anywhere via smartphones and tablets. “It’s the 5th time your kids have asked ‘are we there yet?’ from the back […]

Google has beaten analysts’ estimates for its revenue and profits for the third quarter of 2013, posting revenue of $14.89 billion and profits of $2.97 billion, according to figures released Oct. 17 by the company during an earnings call with financial analysts. The $14.89 billion revenue total was up 12 percent from the same quarter […]

Google is increasing its efforts around the world to help entrepreneurs make their ideas and dreams come to life through an increased partnership with UP Global, a nonprofit group that works to foster entrepreneurship. “Today we’re announcing a new partnership with UP Global, which will double their impact over the next three years,” wrote Mary […]

Google is going after one of its biggest competitors with a cannonball by announcing that its Chrome browser will support Windows XP users until at least 2015. That’s a year longer than Microsoft plans to continue to support XP, which has been one of the most popular and rugged Windows operating systems built by Microsoft […]

The upcoming Android KitKat mobile operating system is going to deal differently with SMS apps that use hidden APIs, so Google is advising developers of the changes so they can adjust their SMS apps for the next version of Android. “Some of you have built SMS apps using hidden APIs—a practice we discourage because hidden […]

Google is adding a new Native Messaging API to its Chrome Web browser to replace the capabilities of a formerly popular Netscape-era NPAPI Web browser plug-in that will no longer be supported starting in January 2014. In September, the Chrome team announced that support for the old Netscape Plug-in API (NPAPI) is being dropped in […]

Google Fiber Gigabit Internet and cable television service in Overland Park, Kan., has now been put on hold indefinitely by Google, a month after city leaders on Sept. 16 delayed an imminent contract agreement and raised a last-minute liability concern with the pending deal. At the city’s council meeting on Oct. 15, two local attorneys […]

PHILADELPHIA—Changing roles for CIOs are not just occurring in private and public companies, but also for CIOs who build and run technology systems for the U.S.’ 50 states and its territories. These CEOS are finding that their jobs increasingly involve collaboration with other states and agencies and also incorporate new requirements for bolder leadership and […]

Google Fiber high-speed Gigabit Internet and cable television services have been spreading into more than a half-dozen communities around the nation since the service debuted in Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., in the fall of 2012, but it’s still fairly unknown in most parts of the country. To help educate prospective users about […]