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Street View showing hidden images in Germany by error

Published on: 10th November, 2010

Only one day after violating UK regulations through its Street View data collection methods, Google is accused in Germany for failing to blur images that should not be shown. The newly launched Street View feature in Germany was expected to prevent users from being shown properties that their owners had opted out of the program. [...]

Dell replaces BlackBerry with Windows Phone 7 for its workers

Published on: 10th November, 2010

Dell has hurt Research in Motion recently by switching its entire BlackBerry-equipped staff to the company’s own phones. More than 25,000 workers currently using BlackBerries will switch over to the Venue Pro based on Windows Phone 7. David Frink, representative of the company, said that the switch would start in the near future, but the [...]

Wi-Fi available soon in London underground

Published on: 8th November, 2010

Wi-Fi trials have been announced by UK provider BT in London, at the Charing Cross underground subway station, according to BBC. The technical test will last for six months and will be free for BT broadband customers as well as for those with free Wi-Fi minutes at the ticket hall, Bakerloo and Northern line platform. [...]

The 14th suicide reported by Foxconn in 2010

Published on: 8th November, 2010

Reuters says the electronics producer Foxconn has already reported fourteen worker suicides this year. The most recent is that of a person not yet identified by name, aged 23 and found outside one of the dormitories in Foxconn’s campus in Shenzen. An investigation is carried out by police and Foxconn claims to fully cooperate with [...]

Apple lost chances to get Kinect technology

Published on: 8th November, 2010

Apple did not use the appropriate approach to negotiations and this may have cost it a technology that is now powering Microsoft’s Kinect. Inon Beracha, CEO at PrimeSense, the creator of the technology, explained that he had first addressed to Apple with the new technology, but the company had required signing some “crippling” legal deals [...]

Steve Jobs wanted by Google as first CEO, documentary unveils

Published on: 8th November, 2010

A new Bloomberg documentary called Game Changers, reveals that Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page had visited the Cupertino campus of Apple for a meeting with Steve Jobs and had offered him the CEO position at Google. Google’s founders are said to have interviewed about thirteen candidates in all. Finally, Brin and Page selected [...]

AdMob and Google Maps leaders leaving Google

Published on: 8th November, 2010

Two major staff leaves have been announced by Google, as the company will lose two of its important leaders. Omar Hamoui, AdMob CEO, is leaving for personal reasons. The departure was considered amicable and contributing to the mobile revenue of $1 billion across iOS, Android and other platforms that Google serves with ads. Niren Hiro, [...]

Sony hints at PlayStation phone, possible tablet

Published on: 8th November, 2010

During a call discussing the latest results, Sony seriously hinted that it was developing a PlayStation phone. The company did not mention the device itself, but said that the Network Services group, which handles computers as well as the PlayStation brand, would deliver the hardware. The PlayStation division, Sony Computer Entertainment, would be moved into [...]

PSP2 counting on Xbox-level power could regain lost position

Published on: 3rd November, 2010

The rumored PSP2 may count on Xbox 360-like performance to give Sony the position it lost in favor to Apple. The processor chosen has not been mentioned, but it is expected that the design would have 1GB of RAM, which is twice the memory of Microsoft’s TV console. The new device is supposed to be [...]

Microsoft gives Windows Phone 7 handsets to all its 89,000 workers

Published on: 3rd November, 2010

Guy Gilbert, Windows Phone executive at Microsoft, revealed that the company would give a Windows Phone 7 handset to each of its employees. He did not specify which devices were in question, but said that all 89,000 Microsoft core workers were eligible to receive a phone. According to Network World, Microsoft could also cover cellular [...]

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