Google Latitude, the location-aware social networking add-on to Google Maps for Mobile is not the first such ‘friend tracker’ but it is the first one that has come under widespread scrutiny over privacy and security. Privacy watchdog Privacy International has reacted strongly to the launch of the software this week and called upon Google to make some changes to the way the system works.
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Stalkers of the world rejoice! Google has launched Latitude, a mobile app that can tell you exactly where your friends are and plot them all conveniently on a map for you.
Just to remind us how far the company has come with the new Latitude E-series, Dell wheeled out XPi, its first portable Latitude PC. It’s more of a leg-breaker than a laptop though. It was the first to introduce Li-ion batteries in 1994, but it weighed nearly 3kg and looks like an electric typewriter.
Last night’s announcement from San Francisco wasn’t the 9-inch sub notebook that CNNMoney had predicted, but the new Latitude E series, including the worlds lightest, thinnest and longest lasting ultra-portable notebook, as well as some lovely new colours!
If the steely Food Fusion gadgets by Morphy Richards don’t quite fit with your black mood in the morning, then perhaps the Latitude toaster and kettle will.