Apple and Google warned about flying ‘military grade spy planes’ over major U.S. cities

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2161981/Apple-Google-warned-flying-military-grade-spy-planes-major-U-S-cities.html Officials met Google on Monday and will meet with Apple on Friday Senator Charles Schumer wants firms to understand privacy concerns He has written to both accusing them of ‘unprecedented invasion of privacy’ By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 03:01 EST, 20 June 2012 | UPDATED: 03:01 EST, 20 June 2012 U.S. officials have warned […]

Beware the spy in the sky: After those Street View snoopers, Google and Apple use planes that can film you sunbathing in your back garden

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2157150/Apple-reveal-3D-mapping-service-week-campaigners-say-privacy-window-thanks-high-resolution-images-spy-home.html Software giants will use military-grade cameras to take powerful satellite images By Vanessa Allen PUBLISHED: 07:04 EST, 10 June 2012 | UPDATED: 16:36 EST, 10 June 2012 Spy planes able to photograph sunbathers in their back gardens are being deployed by Google and Apple. The U.S. technology giants are racing to produce aerial maps […]

‘They’re a lot further along than people imagine’: Google co-founder reveals that hi-tech Project Glass techno-goggles could be on sale next year

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2152140/Googles-Sergei-Brin-reveals-Project-Glass-techno-goggles-sale-2013.html Google co-founder now working exclusively on glasses Could be released as early as 2013 Have been in development for 2-3 years Glasses have built-in camera, GPS and offer email and web searches on surface of glasses Prototypes now being tested outside Google’s offices Pictures taken while running and on trampoline Hi-tech Android glasses ‘layer’ […]

No more ‘ring ring’: Company plans to replace dial-tone with audio adverts for companies like Vodafone and Fox

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2144210/No-ring-ring-Company-plans-replace-dial-tone-audio-adverts-companies-like-Vodafone-Fox.html By Eddie Wrenn PUBLISHED: 07:55 EST, 14 May 2012 | UPDATED: 08:02 EST, 14 May 2012 A new advertising agency has been branded ‘evil’ for trying to replace the ‘ring ring’ tones of Android smartphones with ten-second advertisements for established brands. SellARing is trying to entice app developers with the promises of riches by […]

Nevada Issues a Driver’s License to Google’s Self-Driving Car

http://www.popsci.com/cars/article/2012-05/nevada-issues-drivers-license-googles-self-driving-car By Paul Adams Posted 05.08.2012 at 10:53 am Google Drives Autonomously Nevada DMV The applicant had to drive flawlessly on highways, through neighborhoods, and on the Strip, while Department of Motor Vehicles officials rode along sternly monitoring its skill. When it passed the test, it became the first autonomous vehicle officially licensed to drive […]

Your texts, emails and passwords stolen: Google Street View’s data harvesting was NO accident

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137145/Your-texts-emails-passwords-stolen-Google-Street-Views-data-harvesting-NO-accident.html By Emily Anne Epstein PUBLISHED: 20:14 EST, 29 April 2012 | UPDATED: 20:17 EST, 29 April 2012 Google’s collection of sensitive and personal information from unsecured WiFi networks around the world was a deliberate and repeated choice, a new report alleges. The Federal Communications Commission has found that the search engine giant knew that […]

Google in space: Search giant reveals plans to mine asteroids for ‘human race’s prosperity’ in project headed by James Cameron

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2132797/Asteroid-mining-company-form-backing-Google-chiefs-director-James-Cameron.html Scientists due to unveil plans to extract raw materials from space rocks Mining could replenish stocks of natural resources running low on Earth By Kerry Mcqueeney PUBLISHED: 15:08 EST, 20 April 2012 | UPDATED: 10:47 EST, 21 April 2012 It could be the plot from a Hollywood movie: After exhausting the Earth’s supply of […]

Google in new privacy row after asking users to access accounts by identifying house numbers from Street View photographs

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2130343/Google-new-privacy-row-asking-users-access-accounts-identifying-house-numbers-Street-View-photographs.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 23:16 EST, 15 April 2012 | UPDATED: 23:16 EST, 15 April 2012 Google has found itself embroiled in a new privacy row after asking users to decipher blurry images of house numbers to access certain accounts on the search engine. Certain users trying to access business or personal email […]

Rise of Apple and Facebook is putting Internet freedom at risk, says Google co-founder

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2130338/Rise-Apple-Facebook-putting-Internet-freedom-risk-says-Google-founder.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 22:26 EST, 15 April 2012 | UPDATED: 07:45 EST, 16 April 2012 The internet is facing its biggest ever threat, thanks in part of Facebook and Apple, the co-founder of Google has claimed. Sergey Brin said government attempts to control web access and the rise of the increasingly ‘restrictive’ […]

Apple will become world’s first $1TRILLION company, analysts predict as share price overtakes Google

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2126453/Apple-worlds-1TRILLION-company-analysts-predict-share-price-overtakes-Google.html By Leon Watson PUBLISHED: 04:05 EST, 7 April 2012 | UPDATED: 04:05 EST, 7 April 2012 Apple will become the world’s first trillion-dollar company when its shares top $1,000 each, Wall Street analysts have predicted. The technology giant’s shares were worth $633.38 last week as its stock price rose above Google’s for the first […]