Google didn't comment on that letter, but its announcement shows that it is aware of the buzz around its Glass eyeware. As Google has said for several years, we won't add facial recognition features to our products without having strong privacy...
Maybe the Glass will join the Google graveyard alongside Google Reader, Buzz, and iGoogle. Is that an invasion of privacy? Or will Google Glass even make a ripple in online marketing? Let's look at some possible outcomes, lay out the facts, and...
Google's Buzz social networking service faced an onslaught of criticism when it deputed in early 2010. Google was taken to task over its decision to transplant Gmail user information to Buzz without their consent.
These are the types of changes that cause a bit of buzz as they’re phased in and probably should warrant some kind of third-party, objective review to ensure they are not misleading search users. But on the other, government has a duty to the...
Not surprisingly, Buzz got the axe, as did Google Labs, The Google Friends Newsletter, Knol, and Aardvark. The closing of certain services pales in comparison to new launches under Page; social/identity network Google+, the one universal privacy...
EPIC alleges that the changes to Google’s privacy policies, which will allow Google to combine user data across all of its properties “without user consent,” violates a consent order Google signed with the FTC last year related to Google Buzz.
I plan to ask the Federal Trade Commission whether Google's planned changes to its privacy policy violate Google's recent settlement with the agency," said Markey in another statement referencing the firm's settlement over its Google Buzz product.
It wasn’t too long ago that the FTC said Google violated its privacy policies when it launched Google Buzz “by using information provided for Gmail for another purpose - social networking - without obtaining consumers’ permission in advance.
Much of the buzz in the search industry has been telling the FTC to back down, avoid any form of regulation, and otherwise let Google do its own thing. Consumers feeling a level of trust with search engines sufficient to allow the search engines to...
Google and Twitter both settled with the FTC for complaints involving social features; Google admitted to its privacy mistakes with Buzz and submitted to 20 years of audits, and Twitter acknowledged security lapses that made profiles more...
The FTC has approved its settlement with Google that addresses improper privacy disclosure during the release of Buzz. Concerns with Buzz's privacy policy were brought up shortly after this Google mini-blogging service was released in 2010.
Google+, Buzz, Reader, and Picasa). Regarding countries like Iran and Syria, people there have no expectation of privacy anyway due to their government's own policies… He also said the internet would be better if we knew you were a real person...
Though Diaspora is still in alpha, the fact that they are willing and happy to allow this choice where the two social media giants are not is creating a growing buzz within the online community, not just within virtual world circles, but within...
The recent foray in to the social space with Google+ will no doubt create its own problems, but at least it has yet to cost the more than $8.5 million paid for Google Buzz privacy breaches. Google's collection of information via Wi-Fi during the...
The functionality isn't quite in place yet, but as you can see in the photo above, there's a way to post status messages, and early buzz says that more facebook or twitter like features could be added.
By contrast, Google Buzz, Google's first foray into social products was a feature activated in GMAil accounts without users permission, co-opted people's email contacts as 'friends' and subsequently faced a storm of controversy over privacy.
Beyond the privacy fiasco of Google Buzz, which allowed nearly complete visibility to anyone you've ever emailed, Google also comes under fire regularly for the search data they choose to store. Despite early praise for an innovative approach to...
The problems in the US started with the leaking of information about Buzz users, while the Canadian issues stem from the collection of information during Google's WiFi gathering of information for Google Maps and Places.
Google, Facebook lose social network patent ruling - ReutersWireless Ink Corp, which runs the Winksite service, may pursue claims that Google Buzz and Facebook Mobile infringed its mobile/social patent.
Privacy groups urge public to push for industry adoption of Google Buzz settlement terms - Los Angeles Times The New Google Analytics Available to Everyone - Google Analytics Blog Google AdWords Expert Part Three - Keywords and Match Types...
