Taking on Amazon prime, Google has launched its $10 same-day delivery service called Google Express in Greater Boston. The service will allow customers to browse the offerings of local merchants online, order, and get the items delivered within hours. The service will be available in parts of Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Somerville, Arlington, Everett, Malden, and Medford. So far, google has partnered with Babies R Us, Barnes Noble, Costco, Guitar Center, LiOccitane, Staples, Stop Shop, and Walgreens. Google is hopeful Continue reading >>>

By Lynn Schindler on October 14, 2014 Google Express launched today in the Greater Boston area, and will attempt to cash in on those who aren’t convinced Amazon Prime is the way to go. While Amazon has had great success with the shipping venture, Google is looking to cash in, in a rather unique way. Google will be offering a service which will deliver products from participating merchants within hours of order. Instead of getting the usual next-day shipping that most are accustomed to, Google is going to attempt to win over individuals and small business owners by making the wait time even Continue reading >>>

<!-- METADATA FOR EMTAF With funding low, many cant get legal aid for poor Globe Staff State legal aid groups turned away nearly two-thirds of people qualifying for assistance, a study found. By Megan Woolhouse 20141015001920 --> Share via e-mail Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Print Comments Massachusetts legal aid organizations turned away nearly two-thirds Continue reading >>>

Harvard Law School students with the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program (HIRC) were working with Greater Boston Legal Services on a case involving a Guatemalan man in the summer of 2013 when they collectively had an “aha” moment. The pressure was high, and everybody was working on two sets of legal briefs that were due before the court. “We were having a meeting here, and all of a sudden everybody understood what was on the table, and the writing was very powerful,” said John Willshire Carrera, co-director of the HIRC site at Greater Boston Legal Services. The HIRC Continue reading >>>

BOSTON — A troop of public health officials at a Logan Airport press conference reemphasized Tuesday that there are no current cases of Ebola in Massachusetts and that the virus poses a very tiny risk to residents. Gov. Deval Patrick and Mayor Martin Walsh reassured the public that even though recent Ebola scares in Greater Boston were false alarms, they showed that public health officials have the tools in place to handle any possible outbreak, however rare it might be. "I want to assure everyone that each of these situations is being take very seriously but there is not a cause for alarm," Continue reading >>>

Google Inc. brings its same-day delivery service to Greater Boston Tuesday, allowing customers to browse the offerings of local merchants online, order, and get the items within several hours.The service, called Google Express, will be available in parts of Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Somerville, Arlington, Everett, Malden, and Medford. So far, eight companies have partnered with Google: Babies R Us, Barnes Noble, Costco, Guitar Center, L’Occitane, Staples, Stop Shop, and Walgreens. Continue reading below Google said it expects more retailers to participate Continue reading >>>

Posted Oct. 13, 2014 @ 12:01 am