Todd R. Weiss

Innovative and fun maps are always being built by creative Web developers using Google Maps APIs, and several discovered recently by eWEEK are being brought together here in another of our occasional maps roundups. San Francisco Literary History This city is famous for so many things, from the Golden Gate Bridge to its lovely cable […]

Google will soon use profile photos, online recommendations and other details about Google account holders in online ads that will be seen only by their friends who are also using Google services such as search, Google Maps and Google Play. The broader use of user information was announced in a “Terms of Service update” by […]

Google Maps left out one of its most useful features—the ability to create a map with multiple destinations—when it redesigned its user interface earlier this summer, but Google is now returning the capability and adding two other useful tools in its latest update. The changes, which came largely due to user feedback about the new […]

Google is looking for great young software developers to participate in its upcoming Google Code-in 2013 and Google Summer of Code 2014 events. The latest editions of the Google Code-in, which is for 13- to 17-year-old students, and the Summer of Code 2014, which is for college students, were announced by Carol Smith and Stephanie […]

Google has added several new developer tools to its maturing Google Play Games platform so that developers can continue to improve and grow their game apps for consumers and gaming fanatics. The upgrades, which include new alerts to developers for errant coding or other problems that are found in the apps they are building for […]

Google Shopping has recently unveiled several new capabilities to make it easier for online shoppers to buy what they are seeking from stores close to where they live and work. The updates, which include product listing ads that display where the items can be purchased locally, as well as local storefronts where shoppers can peruse […]

Google is giving Google Docs users their first-ever capability to share a document, slide or drawing created in Docs with another user who no longer needs a Google account to access the file. But while the files can now be shared and viewed without the recipient signing in, they cannot be modified or edited until […]

Amazon thinks its new ‘Login and Pay with Amazon’ service will make it simpler and less risky for online buyers to make purchases from other businesses by using Amazon’s existing transactional system that customers already trust—the same system through which customers make tens of thousands of purchases each day. The new service, which Amazon is […]

Google and Hewlett-Packard have unveiled the latest Chrome OS device, the HP Chromebook 11, an ultra-thin Chrome-powered tablet that weighs about 2.3 pounds and includes a micro-USB charger that can also recharge a user’s Android phone or tablet. The release of the new device, which is priced at $279 and available for purchase starting immediately, […]

Google has joined a new global coalition that aims to help people in developing countries find affordable Internet access so they can become more involved in new opportunities in the global economy. The new group, called Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), was unveiled in an Oct. 7 post by Google Access Principal Jennifer Haroon on […]