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Hackathon team's GoogolPlex gives Siri extra powers
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2014-04-18 09:15
L33tdawg: Speaking of hackathons, registration for #HackWEEKDAY at HITB Haxpo is still open with some awesome prizes up for grabs including of course EUR1337 for the 'most l33t coder' sponsored by Mozilla!
All sent and received e-mails in Gmail will be analyzed, says Google
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2014-04-17 05:28
Google added a paragraph to its terms of service as of Monday to tell customers that, yes, it does scan e-mail content for advertising and customized search results, among other reasons. The change comes as Google undergoes a lawsuit over its e-mail scanning, with the plaintiffs complaining that Google violated their privacy.
Failure Is the Best Thing That Could Happen to Google Glass
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-04-16 06:59
Today, for one day only, Google Glass goes on sale to everyone in the U.S. Everyone, that is, with an extra $1,500 to spare and a desire to become a guinea pig in a hotly contested social experiment. It’s not a stretch to say that this little test, the first that hasn’t been geared to the already converted, could steer what Google ultimately decides to do with the entire project.
Too big to trust? Google's growing credibility gap
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-04-16 06:45
Remember when we all loved Google? Its search engine was both simple to use and an unbiased portal to anything you wanted to know. It was founded by two college students at a time when Silicon Valley was a shining beacon of what was right in the world, during sunny economic and political times.
Journalist: I was assaulted on street for wearing Google Glass
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2014-04-14 04:55
There's a temptation to believe that San Francisco is in the middle of severe social tensions around tech.
When Yahoo buses are vomited upon and Google lawyers are the targets of a protest for allegedly evicting teachers from their homes, you'd conceive that things can only get worse. And then there's Google Glass.