Thoughts from a Bafta nominated Podcaster, Blogger, Writer and Commentator.
Today’s sneaky bit of speculation. There’s a lot of capatcha out there, and I’ve seen the sudden rise of ‘numbers’ appearing in the images, especially on Blogger. And these numbers look a lot like images of house numbers, as if they’ve been taken by a camera from the street. Or from a moving car that’s capturing image data. I guess the experiment they ran last year with addresses proved successful. Well played, Google, well played.
With due deference to my namesake, the problem that many have highlighted over Google Latitude, the new feature on Google Maps for Mobile. The thrust is that now you can broadcast your location to a list of friends (that you have to give specific permission for), you’ll be handing your location to Google and can never do any of the following again. Say you’re staying back at the office while you;re actually out for a drink. Say you’re at the chocolate shop when you;re are in fact at the snooker club. Let your family know you’re on the bus but
