• NYPD Wants Waze to Scrap Feature that Shows Where the Police Are

    NYPD Wants Waze to Scrap Feature that Shows Where the Police Are

    Everyone uses Waze, right? I mean, it’s a great app that lets you know which route to take to get home from work faster. But what I find interesting about it is the community aspect of it all. People are out there updating you. Letting you know where the police are, or where the accidents…

  • Google Fined $50 Million for a GDPR Violation in France

    Google Fined $50 Million for a GDPR Violation in France

    Back in 2018, the European Union announced the General Data Protection Regulation. In some ways, that regulation was extremely prescriptive, which led me to believe that it might not be enforced. But on the contrary. Google was fined approximately $56.8 million for failing to comply with its GDPR obligations. This is the biggest fine to…

  • Amazon and Google Will Fight for Smart Speaker Supremacy at CES

    Amazon and Google Will Fight for Smart Speaker Supremacy at CES

    The Consumer Electronics Show has now become the venue for digital assistants to compete. Of course, Amazon’s Alexa took center stage in 2017, when Amazon unveiled a long list of product integrations, which included Ford vehicles and Whirlpool appliances. But, in 2018, Google presented with a huge stage, where they announced four new Google Assistant…