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Microsoft launches UK mapping service to rival Google Streetview
Starting in London, Microsoft has begun taking photographs of the UK for its street-level mapping service, Streetside. Using Bing Maps, Microsoft's Streetside is set to rival Google's similar servi...13 Apr 2011
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US halts Google Wi-Fi data collection probe
Just days after the UK privacy watchdog announced it would re-open its investigation into Google's harvesting of Wi-Fi data using its Streetview vehicles in 2007, US authorities...28 Oct 2010
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Google tightens Android privacy controls following location data controversy
Google has promised to make its terms and conditions clearer and simplify the data-sharing approval process for users of Google's Android smartphone operating system.19 May 2011
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40,000 Wi-Fi UK hotspots open to hackers
In a disturbing echo of Google's mapping of home Wi-Fi networks as part of its Streetview project, an ethical hacker has found nearly half of home Wi-Fi networks can be...18 Oct 2010
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Google blamed for fish disappearance
A Community Support Officer in Humberside has fingered Google Maps as aiding fish thieves in their quest to raid garden ponds for Koi Carp. Is...29 Jun 2009
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Google launches Street View for the UK
Google has launched a service which allows people in the UK to view locations at street level. Street View offers 360-degree views of 25 cities from Southampton to Edinburgh.19 Mar 2009
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Google changes Street view to meet privacy obligations
Google has announced changes to how it stores data for its Street View application to come in line with the privacy requirements of different countries.16 Jun 2009
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Tidal wave of data is heading our way
Brace yourselves, this is going to get rough. The coming tidal wave of data is likely to sweep away old perceptions and practices, leaving many of us floundering, wondering what happened, and profo...27 Oct 2010
