Europe tells Google what to do to better protect people’s privacy
To say Google’s had problems in Europe would be an understatement. If it’s not been battling fines over its illegal WiFi snooping or trying to handle people’s rights to be forgotten, it’s faced numerous sanctions over its privacy policies. In a bid to ease the pressure on the search giant, privacy regulators from numerous European countries have issued set of guidelines that they believe will help it sidestep any future action. They expect Google to provide clearer reasons why it collects customer data, which include YouTube, Gmail and Google Maps, and let users know if it intends to share that information with third parties. The company came under fire in 2012, after it decided to consolidate more than 60 privacy policies into one and combine the information it collected across its popular services. The company is ready to work with authorities, though, noting that it’s open to feedback and looks forward to discussing the guidelines, suggesting Europeans may soon better understand if Google is being evil (or not).
Source: Reuters
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Goodreads on iOS looks and acts a lot like Facebook now
Short of appearing on Kindle products, since Amazon bought Goodreads we haven’t seen much new in the application. That’s all changed, however, as the iOS app has gotten an overhaul. As TechCrunch notes, upon opening it you’re greeted with a news feed that’s filled with your pals’ activity (including books reviewed and read), and you can like or comment on it as such. There’s a new navigation pane at the bottom of the application, too, that offers quick access to the home screen and a barcode scanner for adding tomes to your “to read” list, among other things. What’s more, creating a custom bookshelf for, say, your list of favorite tween-zombie-romance-nonfiction books is apparently pretty easy now as well. There isn’t an update for the Android version just yet, but we’ve embedded screenshots after the break if you want a preview of what the app’ll look like on your iDevice.
[Image credit: Shutterstock / Tony Taylor stock]
Filed under: Cellphones, Software, Mobile, Amazon
Via: TechCrunch
Source: iTunes
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More HBO and Showtime channels can now stream via the FiOS app
Attention all ye FiOS subscribers: Verizon’s announced more new channels for the service’s mobile app. While you’re still at home, now you can stream FOX Sports 1, HBO Latino HD, MAX Latino HD and More MAX HD to the Android, iOS or Kindle Fire device of your choice. If you’re out and about, you’ll be able to check out Showtime’s Family Zone, Showcase HD and Women channels in addition to Encore’s Black and Western channels. Need more? How about making your autumn family road-trip a little easier with Starz’s Kids & Family HD option? That’s an almost sure-fire ticket to backseat silence. Sure, there are still plenty of channels missing, but it’s pretty hard to complain when you can delay hearing “are we there yet?” for at least a little while.
Filed under: Cellphones, Home Entertainment, Tablets, HD, Mobile, Verizon
Source: Verizon, Google Play, iTunes
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Motorola Nexus 6 Poses for Pictures! – ManDroid Daily
ManDroid Daily is here, and I apologize for not having one the past couple days. Of course when family rolls into town and I get super busy; the Motorola Nexus (Shamu) allegedly posed for pictures, and it looks like a bloated New Moto X. Let us know if you plan on getting the new Nexus, or do you plan on getting the smaller New Moto X. Enjoy the Daily.
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Argentine cops put police drones to work finding undeclared mansions
A lot of people fear that drones might invade their privacy (and for good reason), but put to good use, UAVs can help monitor crops, film spectacular aerial views and, in this case, capture tax-evading millionaires. Law enforcement agencies in South America have been using drones widely to aid in their investigations, such as finding drug smuggling routes. So, when they suspected that some properties registered as empty lots in a wealthy Buenos Aires area aren’t exactly “empty,” they dispatched some of their $10,000 drones equipped with cameras to take pictures of the properties. As you might have guessed, instead of coming up with pictures of dirt and overgrown bushes, the UAVs took home snapshots of huge mansions replete with swimming pools. The homeowners are now facing some serious fines, and the government expects to earn roughly $2 million in taxes from the hidden mansions.
According to The Telegraph, South American countries have been buying relatively more affordable drones from Israel and Mexico by the bulk — something that’s raised concerns among the region’s human rights activists. As Alejandro Sanchez of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs told the publication, cheap drones have great potential in the area, but “unfortunately, throughout Latin America’s history, the abuse of power tends to happen quite often.”
[Image credit: Getty Images]
Filed under: Misc
Via: Gizmodo
Source: The Telegraph, The Courier
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Stripe gave Twitter its ‘Buy’ button, and now it’s working with Facebook
Remember when Twitter rolled out its way of buying stuff from within the mobile app? Well, it turns out the startup behind the micro-blogging firm’s commerce function is powering Facebook’s payment service, too. As Recode tells it, Stripe is the sole provider for the purchase-service and also helped with the auto-fill system for Zuckerberg’s mobile payments last year. Apparently that deal ended up working out pretty well. When you impulse-buy a new watch via The Social Network, at least now you know who to blame.
Filed under: Internet, Facebook
Source: Recode
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Fastest and Easiest Way to Unlock iPhone
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It is no longer a secret that there are many people are not satisfied with the service package given by the carrier and they are willing to change to another cellular service but it is prevented with the fact that their phone is locked. It is true there are many sources on the net giving guideline and even step-by-step tutorial to unlock iPhone to make it ready to use any cellular service. Most of those sources require you to download and install a certain software. But you better careful about it. There’s no guarantee that using those methods can be successful and moreover, it can risk you to lose the warranty of the iPhone. You can be end up breaking your iPhone without any solution. If you are really want to unlock your iPhone, there’s one place where you can get the real solution and that place is unlockphone.com. It is the best iPhone unlocking service you can find on the net. It is offering the easiest method with the highest successful rate. Best of all, using this method you won’t lose the warranty of your iPhone.
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Wear Tip Calculator: An app for those of us who struggle calculating tips [‘Watch’ This App]
Trying to figure out how to properly tip your server is one of those things that seem like they should be easy, but can actually be surprisingly difficult. For many of us we must rely on technology to help us through the tipping process, and the Wear Tip Calculator is an app is here to help. It’s… Read more »
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The Smart Lamp Speaker by emoi is a cool new Kickstarter that combines the best of many worlds
I love nifty ideas, and the Smart Lamp Speaker by emoi is one idea that is particularly interesting. Combining traditional household devices like a touchlamp and Bluetooth speaker, the Smart Lamp Speaker puts a new spin on multi-purpose accessories. Using its companion app, the Smart Lamp Speaker can also have its music controller remotely as well as control the brightness of the lamp itself. It can even be set up to be used as an alarm clock, playing music to wake you from your slumber.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1493253417/smart-lamp-speaker/widget/video.htmlIf this sounds like something you might be interested in, emoi is offering the Smart Lamp Speaker at a discount during its Kickstarter campaign which is live now. The standard retail price of the Smart Lamp Speaker is going to be $100 USD, but for backers of the campaign, the price of one Speaker will be lowered to $69 USD. At the time of writing this article, the campaign has accrued $4,523 of its $50,000 target, with 30 days left. If this project takes your fancy, be sure to check out the link below.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1493253417/smart-lamp-speaker/widget/card.html?v=2What do you think about the Smart Lamp Speaker by emoi? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Source: Kickstarter
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LG releases new trailer for the LG G Watch R that contains really weird CGI
The Moto 360 may have been the smartwatch to watch the last few weeks, but if there’s one device that can challenge it in the short term, I believe it’s the LG G Watch R. LG‘s take on a circular Android Wear smartwatch looks much more like a traditional watch than the Moto 360, and as a result, has the opportunity to have much more mainstream appeal. LG has made quite a few emotive trailers before and after the device’s launch, and I just got an email about their latest trailer which shows off the G Watch R’s features. In short, it’s weird, but I’ll let you form your own opinions about it:
I’m all for CGI action and trailers, but why couldn’t they just do that with a real person? Anyway, back to the watch. Most of the features shown are more products of the Android Wear operating system rather than the G Watch R itself, but the features of note that others might not have include a fitness chronograph, hiking meter chronograph, world clock chronograph and water and dust resistance. It definitely looks like the G Watch R is geared more towards the burgeoning fitness sector of the market while still offering a more familiar, ‘normal’ watch experience.
Enough of what I think – what are your thoughts on the LG G Watch R and its new trailer? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
Source: YouTube
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