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Comment Re: Hopefully this gows (Score 1) 167

Whilst I'm sure examples of this exist, it goes the other way too. I used to live somewhere that F1 teams started testing on a disused air strip. It was used occasionally for some motor sport previously but was inaudible outside of its immediate environs. When F1 teams moved in, areas that had been peaceful for decades (since the site strip was last used in WW2) were suddenly subject to a lot of noise - villages and urban areas miles and miles away from the site. It's not just the immediate surroundings of a race track for just the duration of the events that suffer at the hands of noise pollution caused by motor racing. This is an article I quickly googled, but it was going on for years- http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/new...

Comment Re: More changes I don't want ... (Score 1) 173

TFA says '..youâ(TM)ll quickly see that it doesnâ(TM)t feel the same as Gmailâ"and thatâ(TM)s the point. Gmailâ(TM)s still there for you, but Inbox is something new....' So it doesn't sound like it will be compulsory at all. Just an optional 'view' or secondary app maybe. It sounds quite appealing to me and it would fit in well to my email workflow but I'll wait to try it..

Submission + - The Guardian reveals that Whisper app tracks 'anonymous' users (theguardian.com)

qqod writes: After visiting the offices of Whisper to discuss future journalistic collaborations, from the article:

"The practice of monitoring the whereabouts of Whisper users â" including those who have expressly opted out of geolocation services â" will alarm users, who are encouraged to disclose intimate details about their private and professional lives.

Whisper is also sharing information with the US Department of Defense gleaned from smartphones it knows are used from military bases, and developing a version of its app to conform with Chinese censorship laws."

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