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And according to CNBC, Google may be next. There are two separate groups initiating a class action suit, both in California, made up of iPhone and iPad users. They allege that apps for the devices are passing on user information to advertisers, without the consent of the users. The intent of the suits are to [...]

WHAT a disgusting disgrace! Bank Sends Sensitive E-mail to Wrong Gmail Address, Sues Google. A Wyoming bank sent an e-mail containing sensitive customer data to the wrong Gmail account, and now wants Google to reveal the identity of the account holder who received the data. According to a court document in the case, in August [...]

Bing is the new search engine, released by Microsoft. I’ve been reading about it but I never checked it out thoroughly until today. It’s so great to see Google get some really healthy competition, and I had high hopes that Bing just do that… but there’s a caveat to Bing. CNet did a nice review [...]

Ever wonder where it “all” happens? I found this really neat video about Google’s vast data center base, located in Mountain View, California. This is the Google-released video of their data centers tour. The guy speaks like he’s is from Upstate New York. Hm. The next video is a compilation of photos with an independent [...]

This is SO COOL. It’s called Click2Map. It’s like a “skinning” program– a software editor, really– for the very popular Google Maps. I love Google Maps, I admit. I use it all the time, especially to map out my travels for my travel blog. I have a very nice map of all the places we’ve [...]

Here’s another example of why any serious blogger– or even the casual blogger who cares for his blog– should consider leaving Blogger and going with one’s own domain and web host service. Google Deletes Blogger Posts Ryan Spaulding: Beginning last summer, I slowly began to notice that several older posts were beginning to disappear. This [...]