Talking Business: On Day Care, Google Makes a Rare Fumble
July 5, 2008
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A battle between employees and their company over in-house day care may be representative of greater changes at Google.
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Google 'faces Street View block'
July 4, 2008
Boon.co.uk News
Google's plans to launch a mapping tool in the UK could be referred to the Information Commissioner.
Celebrity Passport Records Popular
July 4, 2008
Washington Post / Glenn Kessler
Government workers repeatedly snooped without authorization inside the electronic passport records of entertainers, athletes and other high-profile Americans, a State Department audit has found. One celebrity's records were breached 356 times by more than six dozen people.
Google must hand over YouTube data
July 3, 2008
guardian.co.uk home | guardian.co.uk / Bobbie Johnson
User details to be handed over to entertainment company Viacom include every video on the website
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How Do You Track It All?
July 5, 2008
Six Pixels of Separation - Marketing and Communications Insights Blog and Podcast - By Mitch Joel at Twist Image
I got an interesting email from Kevin Behringer from the Fly-Over Marketing Blog: "I was listening to SPOS 110 and your point about a system to manage content and ideas really tied into a question I had for Foreword Thinking.
Viacom's Statement on YouTube User Data Controversy
July 5, 2008
Privacy Digest - News that can impact your privacy. / MacRonin
Viacom's Statement on YouTube User Data Controversy - Via EFF.org Updates: Viacom released the following statement today in response to the YouTube user data controversy (first reported on this blog): "It is unfortunate that we have been compelled to go to court to protect Viacom's rights and the rights of the artists who work with and depend on us.
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Finding Fault With Google's Privacy Policy
July 5, 2008
Slashdot: Your Rights Online / timothy
orenh writes "Viacom has recently obtained a court order that requires Google to hand over a complete list of every video watched by YouTube users. These logs will include the login names and IP addresses of the users.
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A privacy link on Google.com
July 4, 2008
Google Public Policy Blog / Google Public Policy Blog (noreply@blogger.com)
Google wants to bring Street View maps to UK, raises privacy concerns
July 4, 2008
Tech Digest / Andy Merrett
Google would like to bring Street View maps to the UK, according to an enthusiastic spokesperson at the company, but their keenness has been overshadowed by privacy concerns...
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July 4, 2008
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YouTube order: Does it threaten your privacy?
July 4, 2008
Technology - Apple / editor@mercurynews.com (Mercury News staff and wire reports)
A federal judge in New York has ordered Google to turn over to Viacom a database linking users of YouTube, the Web's largest video site by far, with every clip they have watched there.
Google's Independence Day Home Page Layout Apparently Breaks Tradition
July 5, 2008
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias / Tom Blumer
In October 2007, amid the controversy over search giant Google's redecorating its home-page logo for the 50th anniversary of the Soviet Union's launch of the Sputnik satellite, the Los Angeles Times noted that (bold is mine): The Mountain View, Calif.
How to run Android on your Nokia N810 easy
July 4, 2008
Unwired View / David Gonzales
with due diligence and a little time, you’ll find that it’s very easy to swap the outer casing of your Nokia N810. But have you ever thought about swapping its operating system for another one?
Judge orders Google to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom
July 3, 2008
Hot Air TV / Allahpundit
Brave new world.
Google Makes Employee Information “Universally Accessible,” “Useful” to Data Thieves [Digital Daily]
July 3, 2008
All Things Digital / John Paczkowski
How ironic. The personal data of some Google employees may be as “universally accessible” as the world of information Google claims it is its mission to organize.
After at Least Six Years, Google Abandons Stars and Stripes in July 4 Home-Page Design
July 5, 2008
BizzyBlog / TBlumer
In October 2007, amid the controversy over search giant Google’s redecorating its home-page logo for the 50th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s launch of the Sputnik satellite, the Los Angeles Times noted that (bold is mine): The Mountain View, Calif.
Google, privacy and Street View
July 4, 2008
BBC NEWS | dot.life / Darren Waters (BBC News)
As soon as Google launched Street View, its innovative photo-mapping tool, people began complaining that their privacy had been compromised. From the man walking out of a sex shop, to the sun-bathing girls - had Google compromised their privacy by taking photographs of streets that also captured people going about their daily lives?
Willcom 9 - a Google-friendly mobile phone that's smaller than a business card
July 4, 2008
Tech Digest / modculture
Never quite sure about miniature mobile phones, but if that's what you like, you might like the Willcom 9 - just launched in Japan...
Download Google Talk for iPhone
July 4, 2008
Cellphone9 / Jayvee
Yay, finally Google’s released the new Google Talk (GTalk) for the iPhone. It’s sleek and cool and gets the job done. You want it? Download it here. [image c/o Google Mobile Blog] Tags: Google Talk, GTalk, iPhoneShare This
Google homepage adds privacy link [Raw Story Breaking News]
July 4, 2008
The Liberal Blog Network
The word privacy now appears on Googles home page, with a link to the companys privacy policy. With that one word, the Web search giant heads off the growing controversy over whether its previous practice ran afoul of a California law, the California Online Privacy Protection Act of 2003, which requires the operator of a commercial Web site that collects personal information to link to its privacy policy from its home page.
GOOGLE FAKES COMPLIANCE WITH PRIVACY LAW. OBSCURE BLOGGER DEMANDS INVESTIGATION. DEVELOPING . . .
July 4, 2008
Technology Liberation Front / Jim Harper
Google has changed its homepage, providing a link to its privacy policy “Privacy Center” on the homepage. So ends one of the highest dramas to grip the privacy world in a generation. I’m being facetious.
Google Uses 613 Words About Adding 1 -- Privacy -- To Its Home Page
July 4, 2008
Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing / Danny Sullivan
Google's finally added a privacy link to its home page, explaining in 613 words why the company apparently can't have more than 28 words on its home page. So important is this number that adding the privacy link was an issue that had to go up two Google's cofounders.
Google Talk finds a home on iPhone
July 4, 2008
silicon.com : News / editorial@silicon.com (Marguerite Reardon and Robert Vamosi )
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Brin says Google social network ad business improving | Technology | Reuters
July 5, 2008
Newsvine - technology / The Other Africa
Google co-founder Sergey Brin said advertising on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace was getting better, but was still not perfect.
Google Strikes Deal with Family Guy Creator
July 5, 2008
Beyond Madison Avenue / Brian Yalung
Don???t be surprised if you see Google being endorsed through a similar sitcom as the Family Guy. It has been reported that a deal was struck between Family Guy creator Seth Macfarlane and Google executives.
Google forced to hand over YouTube user data to Viacom
July 5, 2008
DV Hardware
ARS Technica reports a judge has ruled Google must hand over a database with 12 terabytes of information about its users to Viacom:Next up is a 12TB database containing logging information on every video ever watched at YouTube.
Cost of day-care sparks miscontent at Google HQ
July 5, 2008
OTB News
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is under fire from a handful of parents who work at the company’s Silicon Valley offices for price hikes in the cost of on-site day care services, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
It’s Not That You Can’t Trust Google- You Can’t Trust the Law
July 5, 2008
Mike's Lookout / mike
In the Viacom vs Google lawsuit, a judge has ordered that Google turn over a set of information which borders on personally identifiable information. Although Viacom and the lawyers are supposed to keep all this data private, there is obviously new opportunity for this information to be leaked, abused, or used for other purposes.
Google links to Privacy Policy page from homepage
July 5, 2008
Tech News at TechWhack / Ankur
Google links to Privacy Policy page from homepage Search engine giant Google has made a change on their homepage and it is big news. The new addition on the Google homepage is a link to their privacy policy.
Facelifts for Gmail and Google Calendar
July 5, 2008
Solo Technology / Chris
There are quite a few different ways to get new looks for the plain old (blah) Gmail and Google Calendar pages. Not that blah is all bad, mind you. But sometimes it is nice to mix things up a bit, and that’s just what I’ve done on my home computer this holiday weekend.
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