Google Street View poses “security threat”, could be banned in Bangalore

It looks like Google’s problems with Street View in India is far from over. Times of Indiareports that the Street View project hasn’t gone down too well with the Karnataka State Government. A memo sent to State Home Minister R Ashok byBharatiya Janata Party‘s communication cell states that because Bangalore is a hub for IT/BT industries and houses many defence establishments including Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), locations indexed by Google Street View may pose a serious threat to the city....

2 min · 334 words · Erik Jones

Google Street View to launch in India in the coming weeks

Here is some exciting news for all Indians! Google India has justannouncedthat it will soon be rolling out Google Street View to India. For those who are not familiar with the service, Google Street View is a feature of Google Maps which offers 360° panoramic street-level imagery of a region. The service was kick started in the US in May 2007 and is currently available in 27 countries. Google said it will start image collection from tomorrow in Bengaluru and this will carried out by Street View cars as well as a special vehicle called “Trike”, a tricycle-mounted camera specifically designed to photograph and add previously inaccessible destinations....

2 min · 314 words · Haley Robles

Google sued for Google Checkout patent infringement

A filing thatappearedTuesday in an east Texas court reveals that Google is being sued for patent infringement by Purple Leaf LLC,reports All About Patents. Purple Leaf claims that a patent related to online payments and receipts is being infringed upon by Google’s online payment systems, including Google Checkout. Purple Leaf claims that “Google, Inc. has been and now is infringing the ‘311 Patent in the State of Texas, in this judicial district, and elsewhere in the United States by making, using, importing, selling or offering to sell services and products that practice methods and utilize devices for conducting a transaction using a medium based on a receipt having payment remittance information....

2 min · 388 words · Rita Kennedy

Google sued over Chromebook trademark, restraining order could delay launch

Google has found itself the subject of a lawsuit by Isys Technologies, which alleges that the search giant is infringing the patent management company’s copyright with its Chromebook and Chromebox brand names. Isys claimsthat Google’s worldwide launch of its Chromebook products on June 15 would cause the company “irreparable harm”, violating and interfering with its trademark for its “ChromiumPC Modular Computer”. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the District of Utah in Salt Lake City, requesting that a temporary restraining order be placed on Google to stop it from marketing Chrome OS products for its mid-June launch....

2 min · 320 words · Richard Woods

Google Sync gets universal Gmail search and ‘Send mail as’ features for iOS

Google has justupdatedthe Google Sync product for iPhone and iPad, adding a universal search in Gmail, control of Google Calendar events and the choice to pick which email address that you send your email from by default. The iOS mail app has always had issues searching the entire Gmail archive but now Google Sync gives the native mail app access to your entire library of emails, keeping it in sync with your ‘web’ version of Gmail....

2 min · 333 words · Fred Green
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