Media Invited to NASA Google+ Hangout Briefing on Antarctic Ice Campaign

NASA will host a live Google+ Hangout news conference on Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 3 p.m. EDT about Operation IceBridge's upcoming airborne field campaign in Antarctica.

This is the first year IceBridge will operate directly from Antarctica, flying from McMurdo Station starting in mid-November instead of from southern Chile. This change will allow IceBridge researchers to survey parts of Antarctica previously unavailable to them since the mission began in 2009.

IceBridge is a multi-year NASA science mission to study ice conditions at both poles. The mission's survey flights gather data on changes in ice elevation and thickness and measure the shape of bedrock and water cavities beneath ice using a suite of scientific instruments. The mission provides critical measurements that bridge the gap between observations supplied by NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite, or ICESat, and the upcoming ICESat-2.

Panelists for this briefing are:

-- Michael Studinger, IceBridge project scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
-- Christy Hansen, IceBridge project manager, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
-- Chad Naughton, project manager, National Science Foundation's U.S. Antarctic Program, Centennial, Colo.

The Hangout will be broadcast on NASA Goddard's Google+ and YouTube pages and carried live on NASA Television and the agency's website. Journalists can submit questions via comments on these pages or on Twitter using the hashtag #IceBridge.

To join the Hangout, visit:

http://go.nasa.gov/HjmQOk

For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

For more information about Operation IceBridge, visit:

www.nasa.gov/icebridge

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Google offers new concessions to avoid fine in EU antitrust case

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google has offered further concessions aimed at ending a three-year investigation into complaints it was blocking competitors and to avert a possible $5 billion fine, the European Commission said on Monday.

The new proposal comes two months after the Commission, which is the European Union's antitrust regulator, asked the world's most popular search engine for more measures to sooth concerns that it was blocking competitors, including Microsoft, in web search results.

"The Commission received a proposal from Google and is assessing it," EU Commission spokesman Jonathan Todd said. He did not provide details nor say if rivals would be given a chance to assess the concessions.

"Our proposal to the European Commission addresses their four areas of concern. We continue to work with the Commission to settle this case," Google spokesman Al Verney said.

Lobbying group FairSearch, whose members include Microsoft and other complainants such as online travel agency Expedia, British price comparison site Foundem and France's Twenga, urged the Commission to seek feedback from rivals.

"Given the failure of Google to make a serious offer last time around, we believe it is necessary that customers and competitors of Google be consulted in a full, second market test," FairSearch lawyer Thomas Vinje said in a statement.

Google, which has a market share of over 80 percent in Europe's Internet search market according to research firm comScore, told the Commission in April it would mark out its services from rival products in internet search results.

It also proposed to provide links to at least three competing search engines and make it easier for advertisers to transfer their search advertising campaigns to rival platforms.

But rivals said Google's offer was inadequate and would only reinforce its dominance.

The Commission has said Google may have favored its own search services over those of rivals and copied travel and restaurant reviews from competing sites without permission.

The EU executive is also concerned the company may have put restrictions on advertisers and advertising to prevent them from moving their online campaigns to competing search engines.

(Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; Editing by Mark Potter)

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U.S. tapped into networks of Google, Petrobras, others: report

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By Paulo Prada and Asher Levine

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO | Mon Sep 9, 2013 2:26am EDT

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The U.S. government tapped into computer networks of companies including Google Inc. and Brazilian state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA, according to leaked U.S. documents aired by Globo, Brazil's biggest television network.

A week after it broadcast a report that the U.S. National Security Agency spied on the presidents of Brazil and Mexico, Globo said the agency had also spied on major companies.

It showed slides from an NSA presentation, dated May 2012, that it said was used to show new agents how to spy on private computer networks.

In addition to Google and Petrobras the presentation suggested the NSA had tapped into systems operated by France's foreign ministry and the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, an international bank cooperative known as Swift, through which many international financial transactions take place.

The report did not say when the alleged spying took place, what data might have been gathered or what exactly the agency may have been seeking.

As with its previous report, Globo disclosed the information in coordination with Glenn Greenwald, an American blogger and journalist for the Guardian newspaper, who has worked with former NSA analyst Edward Snowden to expose the extent of U.S. spying at home and abroad.

During an interview in the Globo broadcast, Greenwald said the documents he obtained from Snowden contain "much more information on spying on innocents, against people who have nothing to do with terrorism, or on industrial issues, which need to be made public."

In an email exchange with Reuters, Greenwald declined to discuss the report further.

Petrobras, which has made some of the world's biggest oil finds in recent years, did not respond to requests for comment on Sunday. Spokespeople for Swift and Google couldn't be reached for comment. Officials at the French embassy in Brazil also could not be reached.

TRADE SECRETS

James Clapper, the U.S. Director of National Intelligence, said U.S. agencies do collect information about economic and financial matters and that it is used to combat terrorist financing and predict problems that could lead to financial crises or disrupt financial markets.

"What we do not do," Clapper said in a statement, "is use our foreign intelligence capabilities to steal the trade secrets of foreign companies on behalf of - or give intelligence we collect to - U.S. companies to enhance their international competitiveness or increase their bottom line."

Especially before the Snowden revelations began three months ago, U.S. officials regularly accused China of stealing trade secrets from Western countries, including oil and gas firms.

At the very least, revelations of U.S. spying on Petrobras are likely to further complicate the tension between the United States and Brazil over allegations that the NSA spied on the private phone calls and emails of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.

Brazil has demanded a formal apology and Rousseff aides have said the issue could derail a state visit she is due to make to the United States in October.

The tensions led to an impromptu meeting between Rousseff and U.S. President Barack Obama last week at the G20 meeting in Russia. Obama said he would investigate the allegations.

Any spying on Petrobras is sure to raise hackles in Brazil, which has long been suspicious of foreign designs on its abundant natural resources.

U.S. officials, including Obama on a 2011 trip to Brazil and Vice President Joe Biden during a visit in June, have cited the importance of Brazil's big new oil finds and flagged intentions to work closely with the country for future energy needs.

Brazil's so-called sub-salt polygon, where many of the new finds have been discovered, may contain as much as 100 billion barrels of oil, according to Rio de Janeiro State University. One find alone, the giant Libra field, has estimated reserves of up to 12 billion barrels of oil, or enough to supply all U.S. oil needs for nearly two years.

(Additional reporting by Joseph Menn in San Francisco; Editing by Kieran Murray and Christopher Wilson)

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Google Settles Shareholder Lawsuit as Trial Loomed

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Google I/O 2013 session schedule now available

It's hard to believe Google I/O 2013 is just a couple weeks away, but we were all reminded of that when Google posted its session schedule for the conference just a few moments ago. Spanning over three days, I/O is a place where Google gets to talk about much more than Android, and developers of all kinds need a good way to manage their time best. The session schedule gives you a great overview of the times and locations of each session, along with detailed information on the topic and speakers for them. There are six main "tracks" you can follow, or you can see all of the sessions on one all-encompassing calendar.

For those of you (well, most of us) watching anxiously from home, knowing the session schedule can certainly help know when the news on your favorite products may be coming out as well. And you of course won't want to miss the main keynote (there's only one this year), which should be live streamed on Youtube. Head to the source link below and start planning your Google I/O experience.

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How to disable location reporting in Google Search for iPhone and iPad

How to disable location reporting in Google Search for iPhone and iPad | iMore.com Skip to main content Android BlackBerry iPhone / iPad Windows Phone webOS SIGN UP|LOG IN iMore Forums Apps Games Accessories Reviews How-To Podcasts Contests iPhone iPad mini iPad iPod touch Apple TV iOS iCloud iTunes Mac Hot: iPhone 5S Guides: iPhone buyers | iPad buyers | iOS users Free: Wallpaper | iPhone apps, games | iPad apps, games Shop Online Cases Chargers Screen protectors Headsets & More Free shipping on orders over $50 How to disable location reporting in Google Search for iPhone and iPad By Allyson Kazmucha, Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 a 12:47 pm 17

If you snagged the update to Google Search yesterday, you're probably ecstatic that you now have some of the features Android users have been enjoying including Google Now capabilities. You may have also noticed that it likes to use location services like crazy. If that bothers you or you're worried about conserving some battery when you don't need Google Search polling your location, you can disable location reporting within the app.

Here's how:

Launch the Google Search app for iPhone or iPad. Tap on the Settings icon in the upper right hand corner. Now tap on Privacy.Scroll down and towards the bottom, turn Location Reporting to Off.

That's it. Google Search will now not report your location unless you want it to.

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More of: Google Search, google now, location reporting ? PreviouslyBelkin ships Thunderbolt Express Dock Next up ?Time for those six second 'selfies' with latest Vine update There are 17 comments. Add yours. BrianTufo says: Apr 30, 2013 at 1:09 pm - 17 hours ago

Thank you!!!! I turned Now off due to location polling constantly. Now I can use it again.

Reply iSRS says: Apr 30, 2013 at 1:14 pm - 17 hours ago

Does this impact the usefulness?

Reply cardfan says: Apr 30, 2013 at 1:16 pm - 17 hours ago

How was it ever useful?

Reply NYC Dude says: Apr 30, 2013 at 1:31 pm - 17 hours ago

I don't know.... one would be it is ridiculously faster for search and better at understanding dictation than Siri.

As for Google Now some people want their info centered and brought to them in one place. I opted out of using Google Now myself because it's a little to deep into your information for my liking.

Reply cardfan says: Apr 30, 2013 at 1:33 pm - 17 hours ago

No, I meant what was in the update. The search app already had that and I'm not disagreeing..it is better than siri for search and understanding commands.

Reply crankerchick says: Apr 30, 2013 at 2:15 pm - 16 hours ago

What came in the update is rolling GoogleNow (previously unavailable on iOS) in the Google Search app. Now when you launch search, it presents cards as part of GoogleNow. These cards contain relevant information that you would normally search for or use an app to get the information from, and the cards are present when you open the app, so they are there before you ask for them. The types of cards include weather, game scores, movie information, package shipping information, traffic to frequently visited locations and recently searched locations and other useful items like that. There are a total of 22 cards types on GoogleNow for iOS (27 on Android). This article is talking about disabling the Location Reporting aspect of GoogleNow (different from the search app just being able to use your location when you launch the app) to gather your location data in the background and use for relevant cards.

Reply crankerchick says: Apr 30, 2013 at 1:23 pm - 17 hours ago

Yeah it does. Without your location, cards related to local weather, traffic to places, etc will be impacted. With location sharing turned off, the location services arrow goes away, and so does my card for traffic navigating to home. It hasn't come back.

All a trade off.

Reply SockRolid says: Apr 30, 2013 at 1:56 pm - 16 hours ago

Thanks Ally! I went to follow your instructions, then remembered that I never installed the Google Search app on any of my devices.

This is my ultra-simple how-to:
1. Go to the App Store.
2. Search for DuckDuckGo
3. Install DuckDuckGo
4. Use DuckDuckGo for all searching.

Very, very simple. Very, very effective.

Reply crankerchick says: Apr 30, 2013 at 2:17 pm - 16 hours ago

One thing to note, also, is that the location reporting is opt-in anyway. Well, GoogleNow is opt-in, so if you did have the GoogleSearch app installed, it wouldn't have been active and reporting your location until after you launch the app and opt-in to GoogleNow anyway.

This is probably something useful to have included in the article to begin with.

Reply maverick78 says: Apr 30, 2013 at 5:13 pm - 13 hours ago

You need to read the 'What's New' description dated 29/04/2013 for the Google Search app. It states that the GPS doesn't remain on as it uses passive signals from cell towers and wifi hot spots.

Reply Allyson Kazmucha says: Apr 30, 2013 at 5:47 pm - 12 hours ago

Myself and many users who experienced the geolocation icon would beg to differ, so would my battery life yesterday. Maybe it's a bug, who knows - either way, my battery drained a heck of a lot faster yesterday than it normally does and that's the only thing that changed that pulls location.

Reply mulasien says: Apr 30, 2013 at 5:52 pm - 12 hours ago

And I'd have to beg to differ with your differ begging :P. I have no battery impact with leaving it on the past couple days. We even have a thread on the iMore forums tracking if people have actually seen a battery difference or not. Under the Google subsection of the forum.

Reply Allyson Kazmucha says: Apr 30, 2013 at 6:02 pm - 12 hours ago

I see comments on both sides. It's something people were asking about, so we responded with how to turn it off. Just like crashes, some only affect "some users" - I may experience something you don't due to different variables. That's why a lot of notes on updates say "fixes so and so issue SOME users were experiencing, not all"

My geolocation symbol was consistent after installing Google Search, all the time. After I deleted it, it went away, reinstall, back. Battery drain. Disabling location reporting within the app fixed it for me.

You don't have the issue, doesn't mean others don't.

Reply maverick78 says: May 1, 2013 at 4:01 am - 2 hours ago

That's fair comment Ally. In retrospect I've disabled Google Now as after running it for a 24 hour period I have notice a noticeable increase in battery power consumption.

Reply asuperstarr says: Apr 30, 2013 at 6:23 pm - 12 hours ago

Thanks for the tip, I have to turn this off immediately.

Reply Dev from tipb says: Apr 30, 2013 at 8:15 pm - 10 hours ago

On a slightly related note -- if the battery is not the problem for you, and you want to leave location reporting on for the services, but are simply not keen on Google keeping that data, you can delete the saved location information at your account's location history page. This is most easily accessed from the "Location History" link right above the "Location Reporting" Ally mentioned.

Deleting it will undoubtedly impact some of the predictive abilities of the service, but when using any service like this, people have to find their own level of comfort between convenience and privacy.

Reply bgl321 says: Apr 30, 2013 at 9:27 pm - 9 hours ago

Thank you!

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