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Apple rejects Wi

To paraphrase the Soup Nazi: No Wi-Fi sync for you! A couple of weeks ago we brought you the tantalizing news of an app called, simply enough, Wi-Fi Sync. Its promise: to wirelessly sync your iPhone, iPod, or iPad. Late Thursday I received word from developer Greg Hughes on the app’s sad (but not entirely unexpected) fate: Wi-Fi Sync was …

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Google: Oops, we spied on your Wi

Google admitted in a blog post Friday that it has been snooping on Wi-Fi users as its Street View cars have been riding around neighborhoods throughout the world collecting data for its mapping service. In a blog post, the company said it has parked its Street View cars and stopped collecting data after it realized that it has been inadvertently …

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