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Hamburg considers Google Street View ban

Hamburg’s data protection commissioner Johannes Caspar has given Google an ultimatum: the company must provide a written guarantee that its online Street View project will follow German privacy laws by Wednesday at 10 am.

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Google Street View to launch despite privacy complaints

Internet search engine Google plans to launch its controversial Street View feature in Germany soon, but users with objections can register complaints before images of their street are made public, news magazine Focus reported on Monday.

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Google Earth launches 3D Berlin project

Berlin is now the first German city that can be viewed in 3-D format on internet program Google Earth, the project’s organiser Berlin Partner GmbH announced.

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Google appeals German court ruling against image searches

Google has appealed two Hamburg district court rulings that prohibit the company from displaying thumbnails of copyrighted images without permission, the internet search engine told The Local on Wednesday.

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German privacy experts wary of Google photo project

Cars mounted with roof-top cameras on them have been trolling the streets of Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt, taking pictures for Google’s “Street View” service. But German data protection officials fear it breaches citizens’ privacy.

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T-mobile forms alliance with Yahoo

Yahoo has gained ground over its arch rival Google in the hotly contested mobile Internet market after sealing an exclusive partnership with T-Mobile in Europe. T-Mobile, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, is a mobile operator who is present in 11 European countries, as well as in the USA. It has roughly 31.4 million European subscribers. Google has had an exclusive partnership with T-Mobile until now.