Representative Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, the co-chairman of the Congressional Bipartisan Privacy Caucus, is demanding information from the country’s biggest cellphone companies about their role in helping local police departments conduct surveillance and tracking, reports the NY Times. In a letter sent Wednesday to eight major wireless carriers, Markey said that he was “deeply [...]
The F.C.C. recently closed its 17-month inquiry into the Street View inquiry that scooped up personal data from WiFi, with a finding that Google broke no laws but had obstructed its investigation, reports the NY Times. The FCC said it was unable to resolve all the issues it was considering because the engineer cited his [...]
Nokia is using TV white spaces to determine indoor location. The three-year research project provides wireless networking and location-based information on unused tv spectrum. At the Imperial War Museum near Cambridge, UK, researcher Scott Probasco has set up a network. As Probasco roams the floor of the hangar his Nokia N9 detects his location and [...]
Charlie Rose got a demo of Google Glasses, their heads-up display. Project Glass was announced a few weeks ago. Rose interviewed Sebastian Thrun, the Founder and head of Google X about the self-driving car and his online University project called Udacity.
Google today introduced photo tours, a feature of Google Maps that guides you through a 3D photo scene. Photo tours are available for more than 15,000 popular sites around the world. They can be initiated from Google Maps in two ways. First, when you search for a place, such as Trevi Fountain, the results indicate [...]
Boston rail commuters will soon have a mobile alternative to traditional paper tickets. mTickets will let commuters use almost any mobile phone as a ticket. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), which serves 1.3 million people a day, will launch the U.S.’s first smartphone rail ticketing system this fall through a partnership with Masabi, a [...]
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