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While Google’s Street View is mostly well received, there are still plenty of groups and countries that claim it’s an invasion of privacy.
You can add Switzerland to that list.
Poor Switzerland. It’s bad enough that it can no longer promise US tax evaders customers complete anonymity, now there’s a chance the faces of those customers–and Swiss citizens–could wind-up plastered on Google’s maps.
Less than one week after the launch of Street View, Hans-Peter Thur, Switzerland’s federal data protection and information commissioner (FDPIC) has called for the immediate removal of the feature.
As always, Google is “surprised” at the move…
“We have been engaged in constructive dialogue with the organization ahead of [last] week’s launch to demonstrate how we protect people’s privacy on Street View. And we’re ready to do so again or to answer any additional questions.”
You’ve probably noticed a trend in 2009: I’ve mostly kept a low profile when it comes to speaking and interviews.
But also to focus on 
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Apparently someone clued the NYT in to the fact that 
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We all know the newspaper industry is taking it on the chin as of late. It probably will be for the foreseeable future as well. As a side note, in my local paper (Raleigh’s News & Observer) this weekend, one 
I’m somewhat blown away by the hypocrisy of Rosemary Port–the blogger 
While we continue to slog our way through the economy (is it getting better, staying the same or worse?) there are a few companies that are defying the general downward trends. Apple’s iPhone has let them weather the storm quite nicely. Apparently, Facebook is doing quite fine as well. In fact, they appear to be in a position to take full advantage of the talent pool that exists in the current marketplace (and one would suspect have some serious salary leverage as well).
