Google putting its digital library to the test
Google Inc. is giving researchers nearly a half-million dollars to test the academic value of its rapidly growing online library.
Google launches do-it-yourself app creation software
Google is bringing Android software development to the masses, reports the New York Times.
Brown University expands Google services, could save $1M per year
Reports of Gmail’s demise, it seems, have been greatly exaggerated. After a spring that saw at least three prominent universities move away from Google’s eMail and applications, technology…
Stores see Google as ally in eBook market
Independent bookstores were battered first by discount chains like Barnes & Noble, then by super-efficient web retailers like Amazon.com. Now the electronic book age is dawning. With this…
Business school swaps Google Apps for Microsoft Live@edu
A French business school plans to trade Google Apps, used by around half its staff and students, for Microsoft's rival Live@edu service, IDG News Service reports.
Connecticut heads up 30-state Google Wi-Fi probe
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal plans to head up a 30-state investigation into Google's Wi-Fi data gathering scandal, CNET reports.
Google music store could launch this fall
With the iTunes' banner waving supremely over the digital music landscape, Google continues to build its own music service, CNET has learned.
Google tells lawmakers it never used Wi-Fi data
Google Inc. is telling lawmakers that it never dissected or used any of the information that it accidentally sucked up while collecting data about public Wi-Fi networks in…
Some colleges have second thoughts on Gmail
A small-scale backlash against Google's free eMail service and applications has included at least three prominent universities this year, after many colleges had begun moving to the outsourced…
Google Wave: Now open to the public
Google Wave, a web-based tool to let people chat and collaborate in real time, is now open to the public, CNET reports.