Google creates a spectacle with ‘smart glasses’ project
If you think it’s hard to keep students’ attention in class now, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google’s futuristic, internet-connected glasses.
After Gmail adoption, some college students aren’t making the switch
Gmail is unquestionably popular with college students, but IT staffers on some Google-friendly campuses have had to formulate carefully concocted public relations campaigns to get students to make…
Colleges laud Google+ age restriction change, safety features
Campus technology officials said they are more likely to create an official Google+ presence after the nascent social network announced Jan. 26 that the former Google+ age requirement…
Google to merge user data across more services
Google announced a plan Jan. 24 to link user data across its eMail, video, social-networking, and other services that it says will create a “beautifully simple and intuitive”…
Colleges join Wikipedia in SOPA blackout protests
Syracuse University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) joined several of the web’s most visited sites, including Wikipedia, in a partial blackout to speak out against pending…
Google search gets more personal, raises hackles
Google is sifting through the photos and commentary on its blossoming social network so its internet search results can include more personal information.
Eric Schmidt envisions a home where every gadget knows you
Google wants to do a little remodeling over at your place. Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt said the company's Android software, which already powers smartphones, tablets, TVs, and…
Google’s most popular colleges of 2011
Two of the universities on Google’s top-10 most searched list for 2011 made the cut thanks to far-reaching scandals, campus tragedies, and public relations nightmares.
Online piracy bill could be major burden for colleges
Campus librarians and IT staffers could be legally required to comb through digital traffic for signs of copyright violations if Congress passes online piracy legislation that has met…
Google kills Knol, Wave, and others to focus operations
Google continued to kill off businesses Nov. 22 as it streamlines operations, axing its would-be Wikipedia rival, Knol, and Wave, a real-time collaboration tool, CNET reports. Earlier this…