Todd R. Weiss

Google’s Chrome browser once again has an option for the addition of an RSS extension after a “mistake” late last week removed the RSS subscription extension from the Chrome Web Store. A note about the errant deletion of the extension was placed in the Chromium developer’s Website March 19 by Finnur Thorarinsson, the developer of […]

Open-Xchange is again expanding its longstanding mail server product with more features, this time adding capabilities for users to create and edit documents without having to leave the company’s recently released and Web-based App Suite. The new document-creation and -editing features are part of Open-Xchange’s new OX Text offering, which will be available starting April […]

Google Fiber’s rollout of high-speed Internet and cable television services is expanding with the announcement that Olathe, Kan., will be the next community to receive Google Fiber. “A few minutes ago, the Olathe City Council approved an agreement to bring Google Fiber to their city,” Rachel Hack, community manager for Google Fiber, wrote in a […]

Google Maps Street View has just added spectacular images of the world’s tallest mountain peaks, including Everest and Kilimanjaro, to its ever-expanding collection of photos from destinations around the globe. The peaks were among destinations that Google’s Street View teams wanted to highlight for some time, Dan Fredinburg, a Google adventurer and expedition team member, […]

Chromebooks will soon be offered for sale in six more nations around the world as Google and its Chromebook manufacturing partners continue their efforts to popularize the smaller, lighter and inexpensive Internet-centric computers. “Starting Tuesday, the Acer, HP and Samsung Chromebooks will begin rolling out in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands,” Caesar […]

Google apparently released a new Google Keep note-taking app a bit earlier than planned on March 17, and then quickly pulled it from distribution—leaving nary a trace. The mysterious app had appeared briefly on the Google Drive data-sharing service after its debut was first spotted by Carlos Jeurissen, an 18-year-old student and software developer in […]

Google Reader isn’t the only RSS product to be getting the ax at Google. The RSS extension for Google’s Chrome Web browser has also been cut, which means that Chrome users can no longer use it to quickly subscribe to RSS feeds as they browse the Web. The demise of the RSS Chrome extension comes […]

Google has removed at least four apps from its Google Play Store that had allowed users to block advertisements that appear when using their Android devices. The reports of the ad-blocking app removals have come from the developers of several of the apps, including at least one developer, Adblock Plus, which issued a March 14 […]

Google will end its Google Reader RSS service July 1, citing declining usage. Fans of the news and information aggregation service, however, were quick to criticize Google’s decision, with at least one online petition collecting almost 50,000 signatures within 24 hours of its creation on Change.org. Several other petitions also were created and are gaining […]

Google is offering a new series of “how-to” articles and videos to help the owners of hacker Websites regain control of their online properties and keep the Internet safer for users. The project was put together by Google to explain the technical and procedural steps that have to be followed to halt the malicious activities […]