Todd R. Weiss

Amtrak is using Google Maps to offer its first-ever real-time, interactive train locator maps for mobile users so they can check train arrival and departure times on the run. So far, the early version of the maps Website is aimed at Android and iPad tablet users because of the larger screens on those devices, but […]

Google’s Chromecast television dongle just got even more useful for watching online video with its newly announced compatibility with Hulu Plus service from Hulu. The addition of Chromecast support in the Hulu Plus app was unveiled by Shanna Prevé, the global head of content partnerships for Google, in an Oct. 2 post on the Google […]

Google has released a new professional HTML5 design application, Google Web Designer, to give advertisers and others powerful and easy-to-use tools to create interactive and vibrant content for the Web. The beta version of Google Web Designer is available now and is part of Google’s efforts to help developers and designers find new tools that […]

Google’s latest Chrome Web browser, Version 30.0.1599.66, is now available to Web users for free download, featuring some 50 security patches and fixes and easier search capabilities for finding images. The new Stable channel release was announced by Karen Grunberg of the Chrome team in an Oct. 1 post on the Google Chrome Releases Blog. […]

Google’s long-awaited settlement with the European Union to put a 3-year-old antitrust case behind the company appears to be in its final stages, according to a speech given to the European Parliament Oct. 1 in Brussels by the EU’s Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia. A settlement could finally be reached by both sides within the next […]

Performers Lady Gaga and Eminem will be among the star attractions of YouTube’s first-ever live-streamed, online YouTube Music Awards show when it is broadcast on Nov. 3. The event, which will tally viewers’ votes for their favorite performers to determine the award winners, was announced by Danielle Tiedt, vice president of marketing for Google’s YouTube […]

Google has unveiled a new version of its popular Google Analytics app for Android devices so that business users can track how their audiences are responding to their online ad campaigns. The new version was announced by Russell Ketchum, the lead product manager of Google Analytics for Mobile Apps, in a Sept. 30 post on […]

Google is now launching its secure BufferBox kiosk delivery services in San Francisco as a pilot project through its BufferBox division, which Google purchased in December 2012 as a way to offer locked, secure package deliveries to customers. The San Francisco BufferBox deployment was announced by Mike McCauley, the product manager and former CEO of […]

Google has apparently missed a 90-day deadline given in June by France’s data protection agency that asked the search giant to comply with France’s data protection law. The agency, angered by Google’s inaction, says it will now begin a process of fining Google for the company’s indifference. In a terse statement posted on the agency’s […]

Google’s team of judges selected three students, one each from the United States, Canada and Australia, as the winners of its 2013 Google Science Fair competition. The results were unveiled by Clare Conway of the Google Science Fair team in a Sept. 23 post on the Google Official Blog. “The top 15 projects were selected […]