Is Google ready - or willing - to become a library? Librarians, academics, and privacy advocates will gather Friday on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley to discuss the ...

Arol is a tech journalist who worked as a news and feature writer for Android Police from 2021 to 2023. He first began writing online for the short-lived portal of Spanish-language gaming forum ...

Stung by critics and a possible Justice Department investigation of its attempt to create the world's greatest online library, Google has re-negotiated its book digitization agreement with one of its ...

Google Search can now show you both e-book and physical hardcover book availability at a library near you. In 2017, Google offered this feature for e-books but now it seems available for physical ...

Haroun joined Android Police in 2021, reporting on the latest stories in the tech world. Since then, he’s gleefully covered everything from the most mundane Google Docs features to more mainstream ...

For those who have been by our office at 300 Spring Street in recent months, or followed us on social media, a colorful, repurposed HER Magazine rack has greeted patrons from the sidewalk.

Nearly 20 years ago, Google made an ambitious play to digitize the content of some of the world’s largest research libraries. It seemed like the beginning of a new era, when scholars and the public ...

First-graders Ethan Tang, left, and Elijah Muhammad pick out a free book at the Carmichael Library on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in Carmichael. The young students from Starr King school visited the ...

You've probably seen those free book boxes around town where you can take a book or leave one, or maybe a CD by BJ Leiderman, who writes our theme music. Many of them are associated with a nonprofit ...