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Submission + - Street View Comes to Canada (www.cbc.ca)

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silverpig

on Wednesday October 07, 2009 @12:49PM

silverpig writes: "After resolving privacy issues required by the Government of Canada, Google has launched its street view in Canada. Currently limited only to the Greater Toronto area and the Greater Vancouver area (extending north to Whistler and east to Chilliwack), street view images have had licence plates and faces blurred to protect individuals' privacy."

Submission + - Skype Breaks Away From eBay - Independent Again (skype.com)

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silverpig

on Tuesday September 01, 2009 @10:11AM

silverpig writes: "Skype, a formerly independent company acquired by eBay in September 2005 for $2.6b from the Skype Group founded by Niklas Zennström Janus Friis, has been largely acquired by a group of venture capital funds who now own 65% of Skype, leaving eBay with a 35% stake. "Today, Skype begins a new chapter. We're spinning off from eBay to become an independent company once again.""

Submission + - Google Voice invites to be sent out today (twitter.com) 1

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silverpig

on Thursday June 25, 2009 @11:49AM

silverpig writes: "The Google Voice twitter feed has just announced that Google Voice invites for people on the waiting list will start going out today. Included in the tweet is a link to a today show interview. They seemed to open the service up quite quickly after just grabbing a million phone numbers last Friday Anyone got an invite yet? Any word on non-US numbers being available?"

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