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Google has said it is using face blurring technology to preserve the privacy of individuals photographed.

“In our view they need a person’s consent if they make use of a person’s face for commercial ends,” Simon Davies, of Privacy International.

Street View has already been launched in the US and includes photos of streets in major American cities. Photographing of areas in the UK, including London, is believed to have started last week.

Via BBC

Spb Software, the leading Windows Mobile applications vendor will host its fifth annual Spb Day conference on August 9th in St. Petersburg, Russia. Spb Day is a user-friendly, local Windows Mobile community get-together, where users, developers, media, device manufacturers, and mobile operators gather to exchange mobility views and ideas in an informal setting. This year’s Spb Day participants will enjoy each other’s company, discuss the newest mobile devices and technologies, and be among the first to play with Spb’s latest mobile entertainment products.

Continue reading “Spb Day 2008: the User Angle on Mobility”

Google has released lively a browser plugin to express yourself in a more fun way, with 3D graphics and real-time avatar.(Applies to windows only)

The Lively team wants to help people experience another dimension of the web.the product is to express yourself with and without words, and to do this in the places you already visit on the web.

To visit lively Click here

Continue reading “3D virtual experience on web pages”

Advantages for using google docs for live blogging:-

1. you are live-blogging on your own website and not on some third-party platform – that means you retain all the web traffic
2. Google Docs offers a very rich blog editor so you get to include photos, hyperlinks, tables, etc in your blog post as per the need
3. Ctrl+S keyboard shortcut is your best friend – you can save content without reloading the page.

This tutorial will show you how to use Google Docs word processor for blogging a live event – it could be a keynote address or a conference call with media or someone speaking at a local BarCamp in your city.

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If you use eWallet, then there is some exciting news for you. Illium software house has just released eWallet 6.1 for Windows Mobile, Palm OS, Windows PCs, UMPCs and U3 Smart Drives.

The new features include:

• Personalize your card fields to work best for you: assign a type to any field in a card. Set multiple hidden fields, phone numbers, live email or web links, choose which fields to use with AutoPass – any type of data you want!
• Get quick access to your most-used cards: create card shortcuts and build a Favorites folder for the info you want to open fast.
• Design the background you want for every card: choose a gradient or solid color, add one of our free background images or create your own!
• Search smarter: the Find feature now gives you a list of all possible cards that match what you’re looking for. Continue reading “Illium eWallet 6.1 released”

It’s been touted and shown off for a few months now, but it looks like ASUS may have finally given up on its luxurious Lamborghini-branded ZX1 smartphone, at least if Alex of MoDaCo is to be believed. According to him, ASUS has cancelled the planned summer launch of the device in order to ensure that “more important devices” scheduled for Q4 of this year are released on time. No word if that means we may still eventually see the pricey phone released sooner or later, but we wouldn’t recommend holding your breath at the moment.

via Engadget