Todd R. Weiss

After Google recently made a deal with French publishers to invest $80 million to help them promote their online content and show them new ways to increase their revenues, Google officials might have believed they had finally put out a firestorm that had been brewing for some time. Instead, Google is now being pressured by […]

Google is looking to add to its mobile ad revenues with enhancements to its AdWords tool. AdWords, which lets Google send out ads to online users on behalf of advertisers, will soon get useful new capabilities that will serve up the ads with proper formatting whether they are going to tablet computers, smartphones or other […]

Google is looking to bolster its online sales capabilities by acquiring a company, Channel Intelligence, that lets consumers buy products directly through product pages on Websites. The $125 million acquisition of the company is aimed at stretching Google’s abilities to reach consumers in online marketplaces. Channel Intelligence is an existing partner of the Google Shopping […]

Google’s win in an Australian courtroom could have far-reaching impact in the mobile advertising space for the search engine giant. An Australian court ruled in favor of Google by saying the company didn’t mislead online users through its ad sponsored-links and that Google can’t be held liable for messages contained in online ads. The ruling, […]

Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers can for now for the first time work together for video chats without the installation of enabling plug-ins, giving users more flexibility in the browsers they choose. The development, which has been in the works since last fall using WebRTC technologies, means users of either browser will be able […]

Another intriguing Google Glass detail has been revealed: The wearable eyeglasses-mounted computer will apparently transmit sound to its user via vibrations through human bones, rather than using traditional speakers. Google filed a U.S. patent application Jan. 24 for its “wearable computing device with indirect bone-conduction speaker,” which calls for a sound transmission system that transmits […]

Google has again sent a list of proposals to the European Union for how it can change its business practices to resolve EU concerns about Google’s conduct in the marketplace. The development, which has been awaited for weeks, was reported in a Jan. 31 article by The Register. Google had sent previous lists of proposals […]

Hewlett-Packard and Acer are looking to market more laptop computers that run Google’s Chrome OS, rather than Windows 8, which both companies say have had disappointing sales, according to recent reports. HP is about to launch its first-ever Chromebook in February, according to a Jan. 28 report by The Verge. The information came from a […]

Google officials want the world to know how much of an impact the digital mapping industry is making on helping businesses become more efficient and how the technology is assisting global economies to grow. To do that, Google commissioned research studies from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Oxera to put those contributions into perspective. […]

Google Earth has added another 100,000 virtual tour sites around the world to its listings, building on a provocative “virtual tour” feature that launched in October 2012 as part of the latest Google Earth 7 release. “Today, we’re launching a major update to the popular tour guide feature in Google Earth for desktop, iOS and […]