Month: April 2009

Google Street View cleared of breaking Data Protection Act

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The UK’s privacy watchdog rejected a complaint against Google Street View today.

The Information Commissioner said the service, which allows users to scroll around a montage of street-level photographs of Britain, does not breach the Data Protection Act.

Hundreds of people complained that their privacy was breached by the service, which launched last month for 25 cities and towns.

Today the Information Commissioner’s Office rejected those complaints but said it would watch Google closely to ensure that it responded quickly to requests for the removal of images that identified individuals.

For more information see:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/apr/23/google-street-view-data-protection-cleared

realestateworld.com.au adds Walk Score

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Today we added the Walk Score feature to the realestateworld.com.au site, further adding to the consumer experience on the site.

Walk Score helps people find walkable places to live, calculating the walkability of an address by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, etc. Walk Score measures how easy it is to live a car-lite lifestyle.

Walk Score has been added as a tab on Property Details Page.

How fast is your Broadband Connection!

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Ever wondered exactly how fast your Broadband connection is? Well here is a simple tool that does not require you to install any special software, that performs several tests.

Click on the link below to perform your test. It recommended that you close any applications that may utilise the internet connection like messenger, email, etc and if you are on a wireless network I suggest you position yourself as close a s possble to the router.

Test your bandwith and internet speed with speed.io