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A transcript of a speech given by the Prime Minister on Building Britains Digital Future in London on 22 March 2010. “I want Britain to be the world leader in the digital economy which will create over a quarter of a million skilled jobs by 2020; the world leader in public service delivery where we …
Follow up to Google Discontinues Censored Search in Mainland China and An Interview with David Drummond of Google about the company’s new policies in China, additional perspective as follows: New York Times, Google Searches for a Foreign Policy:”When Google announced last week that it would shut its censored online search service in China, it was …
News release: “Today, EPA is releasing the Health and Environmental Research Online (HERO) database, a milestone in transparency. HERO provides access to the scientific studies used in making key regulatory decisions, including EPAs periodic review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six major pollutants. It is part of the open government directive …
Follow up to Google Discontinues Censored Search in Mainland China, via the Atlantic, An Interview with David Drummond of Google about the company’s new policies in China by James Fallows: “Since the Beijing Olympics, our experience in China has gotten worse. Although we have gained market share, it has become more and more difficult for …
Official Google Blog: “On January 12, we announced on this blog that Google and more than twenty other U.S. companies had been the victims of a sophisticated cyber attack originating from China, and that during our investigation into these attacks we had uncovered evidence to suggest that the Gmail accounts of dozens of human rights …
News release: “ebrary®, a leading provider of digital content products and technologies..announced that it has created a publicly available research center featuring hundreds of important government documents related to natural disasters and extreme weather – the Natural Disaster and Extreme Weather Searchable Information Center.”
UK TimesOnline: “Hitwise, the internet industry tracker, announced that Facebook had dethroned Google as the worlds most popular website. For the week ending March 13, the social networking site set up by wunderkind Mark Zuckerberg got more traffic than Google in America. It was a milestone likely to be revisited as Facebook and Google limber …
Grab Your Bike and Go with Google Maps – Users can now choose biking when deciding how to get to their destination: “If youre one of the 57 million Americans who ride a bike, mapping your daily commute, exploring new trails, and planning recreational rides just became a little bit easier. Google is announcing that …
New York Times: “Google Translate service handles 52 languages, more than any similar system, and people use it hundreds of millions of times a week to translate Web pages and other text.” [Note: Translate text, webpages and documents – users may upload documents]
Follow up to previous postings on Google Book Search: “Now that the fairness hearing on the Google Books Settlement has occurred, it is up to Judge Chin to decide whether the proposed settlement is “fair, reasonable, and adequate.” The attached chart attempts to diagram some of the possible paths forward. Notwithstanding the complexity of the …
Official Google Blog: “Location has become an important part of the way we search. If you’re a foodie looking for restaurant details, food blogs or the closest farmer’s market, location can be vital to helping you find the right information….we’ve added the ability to refine your searches with the “Nearby” tool in the Search Options …
EPIC: “Ponemon Institute released its annual study identifying the top twenty companies that are most trusted for privacy. American Express was ranked first, earning the Most Trusted for Privacy distinction for the fifth year in a row. Facebook suffered several privacy missteps over the last year, including a recent change in privacy settings at the …
