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Comment Can a nav. app be held responsible for accident ? (Score 1) 2

Can a navigation app be held responsible if a user gets into an accident? That is the question being asked in India after three men died when their car veered off an unfinished bridge and fell on to a riverbed in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Police are still investigating the incident, which took place on Sunday, but they believe that Google Maps led the group to take that route. A part of the bridge had reportedly collapsed earlier this year because of floods and while locals knew this and avoided the bridge, the three men were not aware of this and were from outside the area. There were no barricades or sign boards indicating that the bridge was unfinished. https://www.bbc.com/news/artic...

Submission + - Google Maps leads three men to death as car plunges from incomplete bridge (indiatimes.com) 2

bharatm writes: Think twice before driving on a Bridge with Google Maps.
From source, "Three men traveling from Gurugram to Bareilly died in a car accident. Their taxi fell off an incomplete bridge in Faridpur. They were using Google Maps. The navigation app led them to the unfinished bridge. Villagers found the car the next morning. Police recovered the bodies. The victims' families blame the lack of barricades. An investigation is underway."

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Submission + - Microsoft face online fight with Hotmail Founder (timesonline.co.uk)

bharatm writes: "Sabeer Bhatia(The co-founder of Hotmail, the web-based e-mail service bought by Microsoft for $400 million a decade ago), is challenging the American software giant's core $20 billion (£9.7 billion) office desktop business. Yesterday Sabeer Bhatia released a free online rival to the bestselling Office suite of applications that will allow users to view, share and edit documents from any computer. Click here for more details."

Comment Page Locked. (Score 1) 307

I logged into Pages. wen i read the post on Digg.. thats around 30 mins. back and Google Pages was working fine. But now when i log in it says "Page Locked" "The Page is locked by another user" "Return to the Site Overview" "Break the lock and edit.." Break the Lock... What are Locks....?

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