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NewsEU to rule on whether Google abused its dominant position in April
A ruling from the European Commission on allegations that Google abused its dominant market position is expected after April 9, the competition commission...
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NewsiPhone app developers questioned on privacy
Ranking US Democrat politicians Henry Waxman and G.K. Butterfield of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee sent letters on Friday to developers...
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NewsGoogle’s privacy policy faces class action lawsuit
Google faces consumer complaints in federal courts in New York and California which claim that its new privacy policy violates the company’s...
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NewsGoogle says it will cooperate with any Safari privacy investigations
Google will cooperate with any investigations into allegations that it bypassed privacy settings in Apple’s Safari browser, the company said, after...
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NewsApple named in privacy suit over mobile apps
Facebook, Apple, Twitter, Yelp and 14 other companies have been hit with a lawsuit accusing them of distributing privacy-invading mobile applications....
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News 1iOS 5.1 adds geofencing indicator
iOS 5.1, released last week, brought a few additional features, but you might have missed a subtle new one if you’re not a heavy user of the Reminders...
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BlogsGoogle…evil?
Few tech company-names ever become common English-language terms. No one ever asks you to “Microsoft” a document or “Apple”...
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NewsGoogle goes ahead with privacy changes
Google has implemented its highly controversial new privacy policy, despite requests from EU regulatory bodies to delay it until further investigations...
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Help5 Apps to control your privacy
Don’t bet on the new agreement between the US State of California, Apple, Google and others to protect information on your iPhone from data-snooping...
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NewsWhat you need to know about Do Not Track
As the US White House pushed a privacy bill of rights this week and readied new online privacy legislation for the American Congress to consider,...
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NewsGoogle defends privacy changes as questions mount
Following a flurry of criticism over its privacy policy revamp, Google is attempting to clear up misconceptions about its actions. Users still have...
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HelpRegulate what you share on Facebook’s Timeline
Facebook launched the next stage of its Open Graph and Timeline ;ast week, offering more than 60 new third-party applications that let users share...
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NewsWikipedia shuts down website in piracy protest
Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia has confirmed it will shut down its English language site for 24 hours beginning 4pm today (AEDST)) to protest anti-piracy...
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NewsApple loses case to block Mac OS X secrets
A US federal judge this week denied Apple’s request to keep secret the technical information that describes how the company locks Mac OS X to...
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BlogsCarrier IQ is a threat, no question
Carrier IQ isn’t the bad guy. The mobile device and network diagnostic firm issued a detailed report earlier this week explaining what its software...
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NewsFacebook Timeline launches worlwide
Remember that photo of you at last year’s company Christmas party? It was so embarrassing the day your Facebook friends kept commenting on...
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NewsFacebook flaw exposes Zuckerberg’s private photos
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s personal photo archive has been made public after a privacy flaw on the social networking site allowed access...
