A Year With Google Glass: ‘I’m Not a Huge Fan of It’
When Google announced that it was introducing a wearable, hands-free gadget to the market, capable of taking photos, videos, and helping people navigate a city’s […]
‘Google Naps’ Tells You Where to Publicly Snooze in Boston
The return of spring in Boston brings many possibilities, among them the chance to take a nap in public without freezing to death. That’s probably […]
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Partners with Google Cultural Institute
Exciting news out of the Gardner camp this morning: the museum has announced a new partnership with the Google Cultural Institute, a collaboration that makes […]
More Police Officers Are Trying Out Google Glass
Now that many police departments across Massachusetts have mastered the use of platforms like Twitter and Facebook to get alerts and updates out to residents […]
People Ask Google: ‘Why Is Boston So Great?’
Nothing reveals a stereotype quite like the stuff people Google en mass in the privacy of their own homes. And Boston, as frequently stereotyped a […]
Boston Has Officially Moved Into the Google Cloud
As Boston welcomed incoming Mayor Marty Walsh on Monday, it also ushered in another big change: The city has officially moved everyone into the Cloud. […]
Is Google Building a Robot Army?
With the purchase of a Waltham-based robotics company that spun out of MIT, Google may have just grounded Amazon’s vision of using autonomous machines to […]
Citizens Disconnect: Let Us Google That For You
With the Citizens Connect app and website, Boston allows its residents to take a picture of a problem, send it to the city along with their precise location, […]
‘Google, You Autocomplete Me’
Why is Boston so boring? Why is Boston so windy? Why is Boston so humid? These are all, apparently, questions that people are asking the […]
Boston City Hall Goes Google
Mayor Menino’s City Hall has been teased in the past for being old-fashioned—the city, after all, didn’t get voicemail until February—but lately has proved to […]
You Can Thank Google For the Free WiFi at South Station
As if sitting around South Station and people watching wasn’t enough fun, thanks to a recent partnership between Google, the Biederman Redevelopment Ventures Corporation, and […]
For Some, Google Glasses Raise Privacy Concerns
Just a decade ago, people around the country worried about their personal privacy as cell phones and portable electronic devices started featuring small cameras, allowing […]
Here’s What Boston Looks Like on a Google Treasure Map
Google seems to have had a very fun time planning for this year’s April Fools as you can see by visiting Google Maps, where the […]
Twitter and Google Help Migraine Studies
Splitting headache? Researchers are using social media to study headaches. Photo via Shutterstock. Boston Children’s Hospital knows where people turn when they need medical information: Google […]
Moby Dick Gets the Google Doodle Treatment
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the 161st anniversary of the publication of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. The woodcut-inspired graphic depicts Captain Ahab, the notorious one-legged Quaker, […]