2013年6月18日 星期二

Google has a constitutional right to speak about information it is forced to give

Google’s Purchase of Waze Invites More Scrutiny
Google’s Purchase of Waze Invites More Scrutiny
 
Tech Industry Enters Era of Design
Tech Industry Enters Era of Design
 
 
微軟和Facebook公開政府要求公開個人信息次數,總數以千為單位
美國微軟和美國Facebook於當地時間2013年6月14日分別發布了2012年下半年從美國政府收到的要求公開個人信息的總次數。圍繞美國政府秘密收集個人信息的問題,兩家公司要求政府允許其公開與國家安全相關的執法質詢情況…… (詳見全文)
美國政府:“NSA調查的通話內容不到300起,但在20多個國家阻止了恐怖活動”
關於美國國家安全局(NSA)和美國聯邦調查局(FBI)從美國大型通信公司等秘密收集個人信息的問題,美國政府公布了一份文件,顯示NSA實際上只對不到300起通話進行了詳細調查,調查對象僅限於與恐怖活動相關…… (詳見全文)
 
谷歌公布高速互聯網項目“Project Loon”,使用氣球為新興市場國家提供高速接入
美國谷歌於2013年6月14日(當地時間)發布了使用氣球構建互聯網接入環境的項目“Project Loon”。主要目的是促進新興市場國家普及高速互聯網接入…… (詳見全文)
 
Google challenges US gag order, citing First Amendment
Washington Post
Google asked the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests the court makes, arguing that the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it is forced to give the ...
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Google X working on green energy project
The Guardian
The latest "moonshot" innovation from Google X follows hot on the heels of Google's Project Loon, its experimentation with solar-panelled balloons to bring Wi-Fi to remote regions of Africa and the Asia Pacific. Google Glass also emanated from Google X.
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Google's Effort to Skirt Regulation May Invite More Scrutiny
New York Times (blog)
Google's motto is “don't be evil.” But its recent acquisition of Waze, reportedly for $1 billion in cash, shows that just because you're not evil, it doesn't mean you can't be aggressive in pushing the boundaries of the law. The question now is whether ...
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Google puts $7M into fighting child porn, abuse
Computerworld
Computerworld - Google said it's spending $5 million to wipe images of child abuse off the Internet and another $2 million to create tools to find the images and eradicate them. "We're in the business of making information widely available, but there's ...
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Google settles shareholder lawsuit, clears way for stock split
NDTV
The class-action by the Brockton Retirement Board in Massachusetts and another Google shareholder, Philip Skidmore, alleged that Page and Brin engineered the stock split in a way that unfairly benefits them while shortchanging the rest of the company's ...
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Google Defends Efforts Against Rogue Pharmacies
InformationWeek SMB (blog)
But last month Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood sent a letter to Google CEO Larry Page inviting him to a June 18 meeting of attorneys general to address ongoing concerns about the presence of unlawful content in Google search results. The May 21 ...
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Google Glass raises international privacy concerns
Computerworld
IDG News Service - The Canadian privacy commissioner and 36 other data protection authorities on Tuesday raised privacy concerns about Google Glass in an open letter to CEO Larry Page. Jennifer Stoddart, Canada's privacy commissioner, signed the ...
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Google, SD company team up on balloon project
USA TODAY
Sioux Falls-based Raven Industries is partnering with Google to provide high-speed wireless Internet accessibility to rural, remote and underserved areas. Raven Aerostar division contributed 30 translucent helium balloons that span 60 feet in height ...
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Google officially launches Product Listing Ads aka Google Shopping in India
NDTV
Google has officially launched Product Listing Ads in India that include richer product information, such as product image, price, and merchant name, without requiring additional keywords or ad text from the advertiser. We had earlier reported that ...
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Google adds more retailers for Chromebook
Computerworld
IDG News Service - Google's Chromebook laptop will be carried by more than 6,600 stores around the world, as the company signs on more retailers. Starting Monday, Walmart is offering an Acer Chromebook, which has a 16GB Solid State Drive, in about ...
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