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When BlackBerry Reigned (the Queen Got One!), and How It Fell By IAN AUSTEN and JENNIFER DANIEL A short history of the device from a tiny Canadian company that created and, for a long time, dominated what became the smartphone market.

國際在專稿：據韓國YTN電視台9月29日報導，因谷歌地圖中有關有爭議領土的名稱，與日本的立場相左，日本中央政府日前通知地方政府和大學不宜使用。
通知上寫道，主頁上使用的電子地圖中出現了不符合日本政府立場的標識，例如將韓日爭議島嶼(韓國稱“獨島”；日本稱“竹島”)標記為“獨島”，將“北方四島”標為俄羅斯稱為的“千島群島”。通知上還提到了中國釣魚島的標記問題。

據日本共同社報導，雖然日本政府在通知中並沒有明確點名，但對被廣泛使用的谷歌地圖而言實際上是一紙禁令。不過，不少地方政府等可能為方便瀏覽者仍繼續使用。還有國立大學相關人員表示，谷歌地圖非常方便，難以找到替代它的東西，政府通知似乎實際效果不佳。
據悉，今年4月，日本環境省和海上自衛隊等由於使用谷歌地圖相繼遭外界批評。而這成為了日本政府發出通知的契機。
日本內閣官房負責信息技術的部門等5月向各省廳發出通知，8月也提醒部分機構加以注意。
對此，谷歌方面表示，為站在公正立場上提供信息，原則上會同時標注各國主張的名稱。無法就個別情況作答。(泰和)

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