If you’ve ever thought about ditching your existing wireless carrier, you now have a new option: Google. The Mountain View, Calif. firm’s wireless service, Project Fi, is widely available for the first time as of March 7. Monday’s release follows an invite-only program launched last year. Google’s Project Fi distinguishes itself from most other wireless...Read More
Google is debuting a new tool for celebrities and businesses to share information directly to Google’s search results. Called Google Posts, the invite-only tool allows businesses and celebrities to post text, images, and videos directly onto Google. Once published, Google said the posts will appear in search results related to any searches for the celebrity...Read More
A vaccine would be a priceless weapon in the fight against Zika, a virus currently tearing through the Western Hemisphere and linked to devastating birth defects and paralyzing neurological conditions. But a vaccine wouldn’t be everything, of course. If the frustrating wars against measles and polio have proven anything, it’s that eradicating an infectious disease...Read More
As first reported by The Verge yesterday, Google’s monthly self-driving car report for February — published today — offers details of the very first collision involving one of its cars that it’s responsible for. Fortunately, it was a relatively minor crash, caused when one of Google’s Lexus RX SUVs sideswiped a bus at low speed while attempting...Read More
Google Fiber’s road to Portland has included a pair of city council votes, two bills in the Oregon Legislature, nearly a year of state utility rulemaking, and an unfavorable state Supreme Court ruling that nearly derailed the whole thing. Now, two years after Google Fiber first announced interest in serving Portland, the way looks nearly...Read More
Bryan Stevenson speaking at a Black History Month celebration at Google’s Mountain View, Calif., where his Equal Justice Initiative nonprofit received a $1 million racial justice grant to educate the country about it racial past from Google.org(Photo: 510Media) SAN FRANCISCO — Google.org is teaming with Bryan Stevenson and his non-profit Equal Justice Initiative to push America to...Read More
Google Fiber is heading close to home for its next location:Â San Francisco. Google announced this morning that it intends to bring its fast gigabit internet to “a portion of San Francisco,” specifically to apartments, condos, and affordable housing units. Details on exactly where and when are nonexistent for now, and Google suggests that we may...Read More
Further Reading Comcast begs Atlanta customers not to switch to Google Fiber Comcast touts more on-demand video, voice remote; leaves out price and data caps. Google Fiber said on Monday that it plans to bring its gigabit Internet service to Huntsville, Alabama. But instead of laying its own fiber, Google will offer service over a network that...Read More
Google is switching up how it displays ads on desktop searches, removing them from the right-hand side of results and putting them only at the top and bottom of the page. The change was first reported by The SEM Post with Google later confirming the move. Usually Google’s ads are shown all over the page —...Read More
Back in 2013, Google launched Play for Education, a program that made it easier for educators to purchase apps and books and distribute them to their students’ Android tablets. Now, this program is coming to an end. As first reported by CRN and also confirmed by us today, Google will stop selling Play for Education licenses...Read More
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