May 18, 2012

Google’s Street View developer faces summons

The prosecution said Friday it has issued a summons to a developer of Street View, Google’s map service, in its investigation into allegations that the world’s largest Internet company illegally collected and stored personal data here. “We asked a

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Bletchley Park restoration project backed by Google

Google has sent its Street View camera off-road to collect images of the historic codebreaking site Bletchley Park, as part of a campaign to restore C block, home to the master index of intercepted German messages. The web giant sent a trike around

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Google’s Street View Cars Grabbed Locations Of ‘Millions’ Of Phones, PCs

CNET: Google’s Street View cars collected the locations of millions of laptops, cell phones, and other Wi-Fi devices around the world, a practice that raises novel privacy concerns, CNET has confirmed. Read the whole story: CNET

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‘Street View’ appeal Google won a halt to a lawsuit claiming its data collection using Wi-Fi networks for its Street View program violates wiretapping laws, allowing the company to appeal a ruling permitting the case to advance. U.S

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Street View: Google’s legal team meets Karnataka govt

BANGALORE: Google’s legal expert, Geetanjali Duggal and Venkatesh Hariharan, head of public policy and government affairs, Google met with a few BJP leaders in Bangalore where the company launched its controversial Street View feature in May this year.

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Google beats Wall Street expectations as profits soar 36%

by Marc Pinter-Krainer – Google reports quarterly profits of $2.5 billion, beating analyst expectations Internet giant Google defied analysts’ forecasts with a strong set of quarterly results announced on Thursday.

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