Microsoft has released five free apps for the new Office 365 Home Premium suite. The vendor said that the new apps make it easier to insert images and information from Bing into documents. Office 365 is the subscription version of Office ...
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Researchers from Boston University have invented a unique way of using LED lights to transmit location information to mobile devices within buildings. Researchers Dan Ryan and Aaron Ganick’s start-up, ByteLight, is based entirely ...
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Verizon's attempt -- unsuccessful so far -- to secure a patent for a so-called 'snooping technology,' which in this case would let television advertisers target individual viewers based on what they're doing or saying in front of their ...
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Mobile carriers and app providers do not consistently or clearly disclose to customers how they use location information and other personal data, according to a new report from government auditor the U.S. Government Accountability Office ...
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Computerworld - Individuals have no reasonable expectation of privacy in historical cell phone location data collected and maintained by phone companies, a federal prosecutor said in oral arguments Monday before a three-judge panel from the ...
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California's attorney general has sued Delta Air Lines for failing to include a privacy policy within the company's mobile application, an alleged violation of the state's Online Privacy Protection Act. The lawsuit, filed in Superior ...
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Anubii is an intelligent app that helps you meet the right people, find the best spots, and enjoy life a little more. The longer you use Anubii, the better your matches will be. Lahnstein, Germany October 1, 2012 - Anubii, an innovative ...
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The simplicity of data analysis tools developed by Topo.ly makes it stand above the rest. Learn how businesses can easily build maps for free from Excel spreadsheets. Building maps with multiple addresses is far from being simple. It can ...
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Apple rarely admits anything is amiss, but in an email to an Australian iPhone 5 user, the company has apparently conceded that the iOS Maps app needs improvement. The Apple Maps application replaces Google Maps on the iPhone, but it is ...
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Instagram has denied that it will start selling its users' photos, and tried to explain its updated privacy policy as it aims to put its disillusioned user base at ease. The website, which has about 100 million users, with roughly a third ...
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BAE Systems has developed technology it claims could replace GPS for creating location data. Named "Navigation via Signals of Opportunity" (Navsop), the technology uses existing signals from radio, TV, mobile and Wi-Fi to pinpoint ...
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Apple has received rare praise from a leading rights advocacy group for incorporating important new privacy enhancing features in its recently released iOS 6 operating system. In a blog post on Monday, the Center for Democracy and ...
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From Google Maps, the U.S. National Security Agency's parking lot has a larger footprint than the building itself. And for the high secrecy surrounding what goes on inside, there is plenty of information flowing just outside. In a ...
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Instagram is preparing to start selling its users' own photos, according to its updated privacy policy published this week. The new policy for the photo-sharing service suggests that members' photos may be sold to advertisers in paid ...
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WeRecoverData.com, a world leader in data recovery services, announced a breakthrough in XSAN Data Recovery. WeRecoverData.com has developed proprietary software that is now able to analyze fragmentary records on the XSAN/StorNext "metadata ...
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