Facebook Backs Down on Face Recognition in Europe
The social network said that it would discontinue an automated photo-tagging feature and delete a face-recognition database in which it had collected pictures of millions of Europeans.
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Top 1% of Mobile Users Use Half of World’s Wireless Bandwidth
The world’s congested mobile airwaves are being divided in a lopsided manner, with 1 percent of consumers generating half of all traffic. The top 10 percent of users, meanwhile, are consuming 90 percent of wireless bandwidth. Arieso, a company in Newbury, England, that advises mobile operators in Europe, the United States and Africa, documented the statistical gap when it tracked 1.1 million customers of a European mobile operator during a 24-hour period in November.Read Full Article -
Google Agrees to Allow Owners of Wi-Fi Routers to Opt Out of Database
Google, under pressure from privacy regulators in the Netherlands, said Tuesday that it had agreed to give people around the world the option of keeping the names and locations of their home or business Wi-Fi routers out of a company database. Google uses the data to help pinpoint the location of cellphones and other mobile devices within broadcast range of the routers. That information is useful for weather and mapping services, among other things, and can allow Google to show relevant advertising for nearby businesses. Under the agreement, which was announced by Google and the Dutch Data Protection Authority, owners of Wi-Fi routers can add “_nomap” to the end of a router’s name to tell Google that they do not want its information included. If many people opt out of the registry, Google’s ability to offer location-based services could be compromised. The company would then have to use ...Read Full Article
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