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A few social + GPS tools that instantly connect you to the people and places around you. In general, the service connects you to their friends and to recommended places that are near by. It automatical...
[ Closed ] on 2009-04-01 EDT,
Unanswered
Will Google offer iTune type music store in China before 2010?
[ Most Likely ]
No Chinese Goog music store
(60% chance)
Google just announced a free music download forum exclusive to China. This forum is ad-supported, and let users download music for free. If you read enough about online privacy, you might know that o...
will close on 2010-01-01 EST
The South Korea parliament has just passed a law that requires convicted sex offenders to wear a tracking device. A convicted offender may be required to wear the device for up to 10 years.
This co...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-31 EST,
Unanswered
Nowadays, it is impossible to be 100% sure of your online privacy. As soon as you get online, there is a potential that one of the gateway or servers on the Internet is logging your activities with you...
[ Closed ] on 2008-08-10 EDT,
Unanswered
Judge orders Google to turn over YouTube records, how will it affect you?
[ Predicted ]
Won't change your habit
(57% chance)
"A federal judge in New York has ordered Google to turn over to Viacom a database linking users of YouTube, the Web's largest video site by far, with every clip they have watched there."
http://www.ny...
[ Closed ] on 2008-08-03 EDT,
Unanswered
"Facebook isn't feeling very social toward Google (NSDQ: GOOG). The social networking site on Thursday broke up with Google Friend Connect -- the search company's system for adding social features to a...
[ Scored ] on 2008-07-08 EDT
ValleyWag picked up a story from WTVQ in Kentucky today on a bit of proposed legislation by State Representative Tim Couch that has designs to make illegal the ability to post anonymously to the intern...
[ Scored ] on 2008-07-08 EDT
Will you use Google Health OR Microsoft Health Vault in 2008?
[ Predicted ]
No, won't use health platform
(76% chance)
Online health platform is going to be the trend of 2008. The two big players on the Internet both released their own online health platform that intends to connect patients, doctors, pharmacists and o...
[ Closed ] on 2008-06-27 EDT,
Unanswered
The Recording Industry Association of America (or RIAA) is a trade group that represents the recording industry in the United States. The RIAA has supported and still supports several pieces of legisla...
[ Scored ] on 2008-06-02 EDT
Will The European Commission decide to block Google's acqusition of Doubleclick?
[ End Result ]
It happened
EU antitrust regulators launched on Tuesday an in-depth investigation into Google's takeover of the online advertising firm DoubleClick over concerns the deal could threaten competition. The European ...
[ Scored ] on 2008-03-11 EDT
A new plan by Facebook Inc. that would attach advertisements to names and photos of users who like the products may be illegal under a privacy law, the New York Times reported Friday. Will anyone be s...
[ Closed ] on 2008-04-01 EDT,
Unanswered
Although Facebook, the hot social networking site, takes steps to protect users privacy and to keeps them safe, no system is perfect. Concerns exist about child predators using these sites to find and ...
[ Scored ] on 2007-12-06 EST
Forecast: Will Google roll out StreetView for Canadian cities in Sep 2007?
[ End Result ]
It did not happen
Earlier in 2007, Google announced the StreetView feature for its Map app. Users can enjoy a 3D tour of a few US cities. Now, Google is thinking of expanding this feature to cover Canada. However, th...
[ Scored ] on 2007-10-08 EDT
