Consumers Favor Location Based Mobile Services

Forty-two percent of parents with children under age 13 are willing to pay for services that allow them to track their child's location and 26 percent of cell phone owners between the ages of 18 to 24 want mobile social networking applications based on their friend's locations according to a new report from JupiterResearch "Location-Based Services: Where Are You?"

Microsoft Photosynth Focuses On Endeavour

Google Earth recently added a “NASA layer,” and new reports indicate that Microsoft’s also interested in the agency; Photosynth, the company’s digital photo “technology preview,” has made three-dimensional images of Endeavour.

Google Forges Alliance With Airtel

India’s population long ago passed the one billion mark, and Bharti Airtel Broadband & Telephone Services is that country’s largest private broadband and telephone service provider.  Thanks to a new deal, the gigantic corporation is also Google’s partner.

Congressman Investigating Yahoo’s China Claims

The revelation of a Beijing State Security document issued to Yahoo for information on journalist Shi Tao contradicted testimony by a Yahoo executive; a California Congressman wants Yahoo to clarify the disparity.