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China to track cell phone users
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John Moe
Mar 4, 2011
The government of China says it will track the movements of 17 million citizens in Beijing. The government says they're doing it in hopes of...
Ford launches Sync for Europe
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John Moe
Mar 1, 2011
At a conference in Hanover, Germany, Ford chairman Alan Mullaly introduced a version of the Sync on board assistance program for European drivers....
Social networking to stop street harassment of women
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John Moe
Mar 1, 2011
Women traveling for business have a place to share stories they rarely get a chance to. Ihollaback. Stoptreetharassment.com and other sites create...
Google Street View Trike images revealed
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John Moe
Mar 1, 2011
Tricycles: they're not just for toddlers unable to ride bikes anymore. For a while now, Google has employed a set of cameras mounted to three...
U.S. puts Chinese search engine on "notorious" list
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John Moe
Mar 1, 2011
The U.S. Trade Representative's office released a list Monday of "notorious markets" for counterfeit goods. At the top, China's search engine Baidu...
Groupon expands into China
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John Moe
Feb 28, 2011
Groupon has opened a site called GaoPeng.com in China, bringing their approach to the group buying model to China (and the Chinese market) for the...
Robots will try to solve mystery of plane crash
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John Moe
Feb 25, 2011
Air France flight 447 left Rio May 31, 2009. It was headed for Paris. But, just a few hours after the plane took off, as it was flying over the...
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LinkedIn blocked in China
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John Moe
Feb 25, 2011
Really, China? Blocking the most square and businesslike social networking site in the world? The official social networking site of everyone's dad...
Google Maps map of protests in Libya
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John Moe
Feb 23, 2011
Wired writes about a Twitter activist from Iran, Arasmus, who's put together a Google Maps map that locates reports about "gunfire, killings,...
Justice and FTC looking into Apple's new policy
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John Moe
Feb 18, 2011
The Wall Street Journal reports that the government is very interested in Apple's new policy pertaining to publishers and app developers. It's...