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Google starts Street View in Greece after spat 06/08/2014 02:00pm • DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Google launched its Street View map service in Greece on Thursday after winning approval from the country's privacy authority, which had blocked the ground-level map application five years ago.Company officials said the service went live after Cellphone operator reveals scale of gov't snooping 06/07/2014 12:18am • DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- Government snooping into phone networks is extensive worldwide, one of the world's largest cellphone companies revealed Friday, saying that several countries demand direct access to its networks without warrant or prior notice.The detailed report from Vod Skip the website? Some small businesses still do 06/06/2014 01:20pm • JOSEPH PISANI AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- It's cheap. It's easy to do. And it can take less than 20 minutes to set up. Yet more than half of all small businesses still don't have a website."It's just ridiculous," says Jim Blasingame, a small business author and radio show host. "Every small Skip the website? Some small businesses still do 06/06/2014 01:20pm • JOSEPH PISANI AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- It's cheap. It's easy to do. And it can take less than 20 minutes to set up. Yet more than half of all small businesses still don't have a website."It's just ridiculous," says Jim Blasingame, a small business author and radio show host. "Every small How to block spoilers on Facebook and Twitter 06/06/2014 07:15am • WASHINGTON -- Don't you hate when your so-called friends on Facebook discuss the details of "Mad Men" or "Game of Thrones" before you've had the chance to watch the episode? Since it's impossible to impose a "spoiler alert" throughout social media, some resort to avoiding Twitter and Facebook Google Plus: Auto-upload, backup phone phones and videos 06/06/2014 06:34am • Data Doctors Online pirates thrive on legitimate ad dollars 06/06/2014 01:54am • RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Movie and music piracy thrives online in part because crafty website operators receive advertising dollars from major companies like Comcast, Ford and McDonald's.That's the conclusion of several recent reports that shed light on Internet piracy's Volume of encrypted email rising amid spying fears 06/06/2014 01:30am • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The volume of email cloaked in encryption technology is rapidly rising as Google, Yahoo, Facebook and other major Internet companies try to shield their users' online communications from government spies and other snoops.Google and other com H-B Woodlawn Could Move to Wilson School 06/05/2014 10:30am • Arlington Public Schools has floated the idea of moving the H-B Woodlawn program to the Wilson School property in Rosslyn in the coming years. APS staff’s presentation during the third work session to discuss the 2015-2024 Capital Improvements Program last week introduced a new, alternati New breath-alcohol apps generating buzz 06/04/2014 10:36am • WASHINGTON -- Fitness trackers can monitor workouts and offer suggestions to improve physical fitness, breathing, calorie consumption and blood pressure. Now, a new device and app that measures Blood Alcohol Content is generating buzz for its promise of helping users find their "perfect BAC." S Lynn Drive Crossing Left Up To Town Of Chevy Chase 06/04/2014 09:05am • If the Town of Chevy Chase wants a pedestrian crossing under the Purple Line at Lynn Drive, the Town or Montgomery County will have to pay for it. That much was clear from Maryland Transit Administration officials who on Tuesday presented a final attempt at an acceptable design for the crossing. Th Naked photos in aircraft cited in Navy probe 06/03/2014 08:54pm • JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A former Blue Angels commander tolerated inappropriate sexual comments and pornographic images in the workplace -- including photos of naked women in the cockpits of the precision flying team's planes, the Navy said Tuesday.Capt. Gregory McWherter was Help Wanted: Reporter/Editor for New D.C. Publication 06/03/2014 05:00pm • Local News Now LLC — the publisher of ARLnow.com, BethesdaNow.com and RestonNow.com — is seeking a founding editor for a new local news website that will cover a dynamic, diverse and civically engaged neighborhood in the District of Columbia. Candidates should have a nose for scoops Court: Company didn't induce patent infringement 06/03/2014 01:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that a company is not liable for inducing patent infringement if someone other than the company carries out some of the steps leading to infringement.The justices unanimously ruled Monday that Internet content delivery company Limelight Netwo Samsung set to sell first Tizen phone in 3Q 06/03/2014 11:30am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it will begin selling a smartphone that runs on its Tizen operating system in the third quarter of this year, advancing the company's plans to reduce dependence on Google's Android software.Samsung, the world's top smartphone maker by sa