Report alleges Google overrode Safari browser security to track Internet usage
thenextweb.com
The ongoing tech privacy debate, which began when Path was exposed for accessing user data without permission, took a new twist after Google, and a number if advertising firms, were revealed to have been overriding privacy settings to track Internet usage on Apple’s Safari browser. According to a report from...
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Samsung's Chromebox: A dead ringer for Apple's Mac Mini
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Is there anything Apple makes that Samsung won't copy? FORTUNE -- Since it was introduced in May there have been at least half a dozen reviews of Samsung's Chromebox Series 3, a $330 keyboard-and-screen-free computer running Google's (GOOG) Chrome OS that Amazon (AMZN) began promoting in e-mails to customers this...
Doodle friday: End your week with a penalty shootout
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Relive the nail-biting insanity and inherent unfairness of soccer's penalty shootout over at Google right now, as you try to match our first-attempt score of 18 points and two gold stars. (We'll update this post as soon as an Engadget editor gets a result we can be proud of.)...
London 2012 soccer - Friday's Google doodle game
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Google may not realise that most of the world calls it football, but the final Olympian doodle of the week challenges the web searching millions to a game of goalkeepingAnother day, another doodling Olympics challenge. And after hurdles, basketball and canoeing/kayaking, here comes ... goalkeeping.This one is pretty simple. Just...
Exclusive: Yahoo's Mayer Eyeing Twitter's Stanton for Big Media Role
allthingsd.com
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has been trying to recruit Katie Jacobs Stanton, Twitter’s head of international markets, to take a major job on the media side of the Silicon Valley Internet giant, according to multiple sources close to the situation. While she holds that globally-focused role at the social...
Don't Be Evil Dead, Indeed
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Obviously, there’s no benefit to Google. But it’s important to the company to help our families through this horrific if inevitable life event. –Google “chief people officer” Laszlo Bock in an interview with Forbes, on the death benefit paid to the spouses or domestic partners of deceased Google employees: With...
WatchESPN Android app update finally brings access for Comcast subscribers
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While the WatchESPN app for iOS got an update that opened up mobile streams for Comcast cable customers back in May, it's taken until now for Android devices to enjoy the same access. Along with unspecified bug fixes, version 1.6.0 worked on the Nexus 7 and Galaxy S II...
Samsung's US tablet and phone shipments revealed in Apple court battle
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Just 1.4m Galaxy Tab and related devices shipped since middle of 2010, and 4.1m Galaxy S2 phones, while iPhone and iPad rocketed, documents showSamsung has sold a total of 21m smartphones to carriers in the US since April 2010 and retailers have taken just 1.4m of the three tablets that...
How Google's stealth support is buoying Samsung in Apple fight
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The company has been quietly providing support to several Android partners, CNET has learned. [Read more]...
Google gives mobile search a makeover for quick-answer queries
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If you're looking for flight times, currency conversions, word definitions and more, you'll notice that Google has dressed up the responses in new, Now card type clothing. On top of being prettier, the look is designed to make the data easier to parse and also adds an interactive element...
Google Earth adds detailed 3D imagery for Denver and Seattle, might not render the local Starbucks
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Google only launched detailed 3D maps in Google Earth for a handful of cities, but it's branching out to provide that extra dimension to a wider swath of the public. Today, it's Denver and Seattle: Android and iOS app users can immediately see the dense, textured 3D City View...
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