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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #406

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How Big Wireless Made Us Think That Cell Phones Are Safe: A Special Investigation - The Nation. You probably put a phone to your head pretty often. And the wireless industry may be up to similar things. And the wireless industry may be up to similar things. That was way back in 2008, before I got a smart phone.

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Tracking, Personalization And Screams Of Privacy

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According to the Business Insider article: "Nomi's team gives retailers a snippet of code that lets wireless routers listen for nearby smart phone signals. The wireless routers can detect unique Media Access Control (MAC) codes from smart phones and then collect non-invasive data about customers in real-time.

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Facebook Filed for a Trademark on the Word Meta. You Should See the Description.

Bill Hartzer

G & S: Downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application; Computer hardware; Downloadable software for social networking and creating and interacting with online communities; Downloadable software for creating, managing and accessing groups within virtual communities; Software development tools; Downloadable software to enable development, (..)

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Asperger's and IT: Dark secret or open secret?

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Mobile & Wireless. Wireless Networking. Mobile & Wireless. Wireless Networking. Wireless Trends & Technologies. Business Intelligence and Analytics. iPhone grabs top smart phone spot. iPhone grabs top smart phone spot. Business Intelligence. Development. Emerging Technology.

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