Todd R. Weiss

Google is now making its Street Views images library viewable using mobile browsers, adding a big improvement for mobile users who rely on online maps, whether they use Apple’s iOS 6 or Google’s Android. The move, which certainly will assist many Apple iOS 6 users who have been disappointed by the new Apple Maps service […]

Google is again looking at more ways to trim costs in its Motorola Mobility subsidiary, less than two months after the company announced an initial round of 4,000 Motorola layoffs in August. In an Oct. 4 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Google reported that it has “continued to refine its planned restructuring […]

Paying customers of Google Apps just got a big new benefit: Google is now offering phone and email support when users access Google Apps through Google’s Chrome Web browser. “The Chrome browser helps businesses get onto the Web securely and quickly—and today, we’re adding phone and email support for Chrome for Google Apps customers,” wrote […]

A patent-infringement lawsuit filed by Google’s Motorola Mobility unit against Apple in August before the U.S. International Trade Commission has been dropped without comment, according to a published report. “Motorola Mobility reserved the right to refile claims against the iPhone maker, and said there had been no agreement between the two companies,” according to an […]

Google wants to be a marketer’s best friend online. That’s why the search company just created its new Google Tag Manager tool to make it easier and faster for online digital marketers to “tag” content on Websites so it can be connected to online users. The free Google Tag Manager is now available in English […]

Google is worth more than Microsoft on paper for the first time since Google splashed onto the technology scene in 1998, marking a financial milestone for the search engine company as it continues to grow. Google’s stock price rose 1 percent to $761.78 at the close of the stock markets in New York on Oct. […]

Google’s year-long project to cut out little-used services so the company can focus on its most popular offerings to customers continues with a new round of features that are on the chopping block. The latest upcoming service cuts includes a myriad of Google ideas that just didn’t catch on with enough users, from AdSense for […]

Google’s Gmail service is now functioning again in Iran one week after government officials blocked it after the company refused to remove a controversial anti-Islam video clip from its YouTube streaming video Website. The restoration of Gmail service came starting late Sept. 30, according to an Oct. 1 report from Reuters. “The council on Internet […]

Apple CEO Tim Cook just did what some analysts say Steve Jobs would never have done: Cook just issued a five-paragraph apology to its customers for the performance of the new Apple Maps service, which has been roundly criticized by many users since its Sept. 19 launch as part of the new iOS 6 software. […]

The Google Docs built-in exporting feature that allows users to export Docs files into Microsoft Office will only support the latest Microsoft Office file formats starting Oct. 1, which could cause potential file export hassles for users who still use older 1997 to 2003 versions of Office. The change will only relate to the use […]

Google will soon start buying green wind power for its expanding data center in Mayes County, Okla., as the search company continues to grow its use of renewable, green energy at its facilities. The agreement was unveiled by Gary Demasi, director of Google’s Global Infrastructure team, in a Sept. 26 post on the Google Blog. […]

When asked why Google Maps was dropped from Apple’s iOS 6 mobile operating system, both Apple and Google regularly refer to the end of the original five-year partnership the two companies signed in 2007 when the first iPhones debuted. Skeptics, however, have always felt there was certainly more to the change, including the increasing competitive […]