Google, Inc. has been running a hot streak or is the one ever success story in the world of technology. The California-based organization has brought us the internet in a whole new dimension, with products that we never knew we needed. Starting with a search engine, Google has now become a technology giant, a Silicon-Valley […]
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That should have been the reason why now Gmail serves 425 million people all over the globe with its free mailing servers. Another thing, its mailing servers are considered the fastest in the world. The world seems to suffer from short term memory loss ailment and Gmail is the clear evidence of the fact. The […]
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“In the digital personal assistant world, it’s not human-like qualities — aka the uncanny valley — that makes these programs creepy, but rather the kind of information they have,” Rebecca Greenfield wrote in The Atlantic Wire. “That Google Now knows about us in a more than Google-search-able way makes the service feel like an intrusion.” […]
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The camera on the device can take picture of whatever comes to the user’s liking at the disposal of a single command, “Take Picture.” This has enraged the public on the privacy issues it raises, for instance, it can take picture of someone with his/her knowledge of the action. Well, if it hasn’t dawn on […]
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In September 2008, Google made ??what then seemed a strange move, launch of a browser for PCs called Chrome. After the Mac version Google began its work into the world of software. Shortly following the browser, Google launched Chrome OS that was not a big success for netbooks. However, its other mobile operating system Android […]
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Facebook is on the verge of going pubic this summer. The new name, Facebook, Inc., will certainly help the company in getting to the dazzling heights with extra cash worth around $5 Billion. On the other hand the social network also has other tricks up its sleeve to compete not only on internet but also […]
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There was a time when just drawing the window shades ensured a private sanctuary. But the digital age is less shade and more glaring light, and it is shining brightly on personal data. “There has never been another time in history where privacy was under the kind of assault it is today,” said Rainey Reitman, […]
Jan 31 2012 | Posted in
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But its not just Google and Facebook mixing data to find trends and make decisions, it’s data collected by any technology and used by automobiles, high-tech home sensors, insurance providers, employers, retail sites and political parties. Lately, however, it is social sites, fed with user-created content, dominating the privacy news. Those sites have a thirst […]
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This week, the European Commission proposed new online privacy rules that give users among other protections the right to ask for the deletion of information about them on sites such as Facebook and Google. The proposal, which if passed into law would go into effect in 2014, would have global implications. “Companies will have to […]
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Simpson is working with the World Wide Web Consortium on a “do not track” standard. Giving that sense of control back to users might just be a wave that could catch on. This week in the wake of Google’s new privacy policy, an informal Washington Post survey of nearly 14,000 readers showed nearly 66% were […]
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3. Twitter App Twitter is considered not only a social networking platform, but recently it was name the fastest source of news, first hand mostly. Most of the news these days spur from this website and even majority of them are incited by the parties involved in the news themselves. We wouldn’t be the least […]
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2. Google + App Although it has been only seven months since the launch of Google’s own social networking website, it has been embraced warmly by networking enthusiasts. In the light of the social demand, Google has developed its own application for its own operating system. Google+ for Android is a clean and intuitive mobile […]
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