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Is There a Privacy Risk in Google Flu Trends?
Google changed nothing about how it handles the data it collects when it introduced its new flu-tracking service.
Google Adds Searching by Voice to iPhone Software
Google Adds Searching by Voice to iPhone Software
nytimes.com — Users of the voice technology can ask any question, ranging from “Where’s the nearest Starbucks?” to “How... tall is Mount Everest?” > (more) Google Adds Searching by Voice to iPhone Software
Google Mobile - Google Mobile App
google.com — Features Instant access to search: start a Google search with just one click. Google Suggest: get relevant... search suggestions as you type, saving you keystrokes. URL suggestions: these appear as you type the name or web address of the site you are ... (more) Google Mobile - Google Mobile App
Google Is Taking Questions (Spoken, via iPhone)
Google Is Taking Questions (Spoken, via iPhone)
nytimes.com — Users of the voice technology can ask any question, ranging from “Where’s the nearest Starbucks?” to “How... tall is Mount Everest?” > (more) Google Is Taking Questions (Spoken, via iPhone)
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First Bytes: Spam, Sun, Google Flu Trends, James Murdoch, Universal
Tech Observer — Spam down 75 percent after ISPs shut down host. [SiliconAlleyInsider] Sun restructures and plans at least 5,000 layoffs. [NYT] Privacy risks in Google Flu Trends? [NYT] James Murdoch: Acquisitions possible but timing is everything. [PaidContent] Universal Music Group insists music business isn't dying. [AllThingsDigital] --Andrea Chalupa Related Links Daily Brew Daily Brew Daily Brew ...

Google Flu Trends and Privacy
Cato @ Liberty — The recent privacy dust-up about Google’s Flu Trends service is interesting - and confounding. Flu Trends is one of many cool things that can be done with data. By tracking searches that suggest the existence of flu symptoms, Google can identify influenza outbreaks about two weeks faster than the Centers for Disease Control, as illustrated by this video graph. Searches reveal our interests, and this service highlights that fact. So the good folks at Patient Privacy Rights and the Electronic Privacy Information Center wrote a ...

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