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Should your next car be an EV? That is a $40,000-plus question Sunday, 18 April 2021 16:59 Should your next car be an EV? That is a $40,000-plus question Shares The front view of the Nissan LEAF. Photo: Sam Varghese COMMENT With a fair amount of media coverage in recent times focusing on the future use — or non-use — of electric vehicles in Australia, I thought it might be a good idea to provide a perspective from an actual user. Much of what I have read is from publicity materia...

Photo Credit: IANS IANSLive San Francisco, April 18 (IANS) The Internet of Secure Things Alliance, an IoT security certification body (a.k.a. ioXt), has launched a new security certification for mobile apps and VPNs, with Google One among the first selected to participate. To get full access of the story, click here to subscribe to IANS News Service © 2021 IANS India Private Limited. All Rights Reserved. The reproduction of the story/photograph in any form will be liable for legal action. For...

iTWire Friday, 16 April 2021 11:54 Rust support in Linux may be possible by 5.14 release: Torvalds Featured Linus Torvalds: "C++ solves _none_ of the C issues, and only makes things worse. It really is a crap language." Courtesy YouTube The first patches for Rust support in the Linux kernel have been posted and the man behind the kernel says the fact that these are being discussed is much more important than a long post by Google about the language. Linus Torvalds to...

Photo Credit: IANS IANSLive San Francisco, April 18 (IANS) Google is reportedly working on a feature, called Trash Bin, for deleting files on Android 12. To get full access of the story, click here to subscribe to IANS News Service © 2021 IANS India Private Limited. All Rights Reserved. The reproduction of the story/photograph in any form will be liable for legal action. For news, views and gossips, follow IANS at Twitter. Update: 18-April-2021

Google Misled Consumers About Data Collection, Says Australian Watchdog A setting to control web and application activity, when turned on, also enabled Google to collect, store, and use the data. By Reuters | Updated: 17 April 2021 10:22 IST Leaving the Web & App Activity setting on allowed Google to continue to collect data Highlights The case revolves around web & app activity setting on devices Google spokesman said the company was reviewing its options Aust...

Google misled users over location data, Australian court finds 16 Apr, 2021 05:12 AM 3 minutes to read The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission wants financial penalties and a publication order for Google to "better explain" its process to users. Image / 123rf The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission wants financial penalties and a publication order for Google to "better explain" its process to users. Image / 123rf An Australian court has found Google misled consumers into t...

Australian court rules Google misled mobile users about how it gathered their location data Google is considering an appeal of the ruling. By Press Association Friday 16 Apr 2021, 9:06 AM 1 hour ago 2,827 Views 0 Comments Image: SIPA USA/PA Images Image: SIPA USA/PA Images A JUDGE HAS ruled that Google broke Australian law by misleading users ...

By Juha Saarinen on Apr 16, 2021 1:00PM Loses Federal Court case. Google misrepresented to consumers what privacy settings do in its Android mobile operating system, the Federal Court has found in a world-first case brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. ACCC was able to show that unlike what Google claimed, turning off the Location History setting in Android did not stop the collection, storage and use of consumers personally id...

iTWire Friday, 16 April 2021 14:44 Federal Court rules Google misled Android users about location data Shares The Federal Court has found that Google LLC and Google Australia Pty Ltd misled consumers about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices between January 2017 and December 2018. The action was brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which says it was the first of its kind in the world. "This is an important victory for consumer...

Posted April 14th, 2021 for Ubitus, Inc. Ubitus K.K. (hereinafter Ubitus), a world-leading cloud gaming provider, is partner of Vodafone Italy in the launch of GameNow®, on 14th April. Thanks to GameNow, Vodafone Italy mobile subscribers can now easily enjoy a wide variety of high-quality games. Once registered, Vodafone GameNow® subscribers can play these games on their preferred devices, including Android phones, iOS phones and PC, everywhere on Vodafone mobile network. Players...