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US to EU – PRISM isn’t mining Europeans’ personal data in bulk
Europe wants to know to what extent the US National Security Agency (NSA) is tapping into internet companies to spy on its citizens – and has received an assurance that Europeans’ personal data at
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Get kids into coding – Code Club World kicks off with support from Codecademy, Mozilla and Google
Codecademy, Google and Mozilla are throwing their weight behind Code Club World, a new non-profit global initiative to get kids aged nine to 11 into coding. The initiative is based on existing scheme Code Club
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Google officially closes on Waze acquisition: “Outsmarting traffic together”
Google officially announced yesterday that, yes, it has closed on the Waze acquisition and that Google and Waze will be “outsmarting traffic together”. While Google did not confirm the purchase price, it is likely $1.3 billion. Here’s the
Read More »Google may have won the battle for Waze with a $1.3 billion price tag
The long courtship for Waze may finally be over — with Google as the victor. Sources tell the Israel-based newspaper Globes that Google has acquired the traffic and navigation app for $1.3b. The news comes after Google, Facebook,
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Google Maps expands bike directions and interior business photos in Europe
Google is expanding Google Maps’ interior business photo and bike direction features in a range of new countries in Europe including Germany. As announced today, the Business Photos programme has arrived in Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Russia and Switzerland.
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Top tips for startup HR from SoundCloud’s Caoimhe Keogan
It’d take a lot to leave a job at Google to work for a much smaller-scale internet company, but SoundCloud‘s new HR expert Caoimhe Keogan has no regrets about her decision. She was drawn away from
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Google I/O Conference – Google makes sending cash to a friend as easy as sending an email
Google’s I/O Developer Conference in San Francisco kicked off with a three-hour keynote yesterday. Our partners at VentureBeat were on the ground to get a piece of the action. Among the major announcements for
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Google Glass hands-on: This isn’t and never will be a good device for consumers
As a Google Glass owner, I can immediately see how it will be incredibly useful for so many kinds of people. Doctors, mechanical engineers, any sort of field worker. But for us layfolk, the device only
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Digs, delays and secret bunkers: Berlin’s tech epicentre The Factory one year on
A year since plans for Berlin’s ultimate tech hub The Factory were announced, we go on tour with its visionary – angel investor and entrepreneur Simon Schaefer as he reveals construction frustrations, tenant ideology
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The Top 50 iTunes apps of all time – as Apple counts down to 50 billion downloads
Apple announced a countdown to 50 billion app downloads today, signaling that iOS downloads are north of 49 billion already. “Apps have revolutionised the way we play video games, consume news, do business, educate,
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