Google Responds To Tracking Concerns [3]

Android location tracking is opt-in, according to Google [4]. Additionally, "Any location data that is sent back to Google location servers is anonymized and is not tied or traceable to a specific user," said a company statement.

"Google Rumored Preparing $10/Month Chrome OS Laptop Rentals " [5]

As soon as this Summer, Google might rent out Chrome OS laptops for a small monthly fee. [Update: 10:30 PM PST]

Android Tracking Location Data, Too [6]

Those with Android [7]-based smartphones who thought they were safe from Apple's [8] recently discovered location-tracking program should think again. Android is collecting GPS coordinates, too, heightening privacy concerns from lawmakers.

The Military Conscripts Android [9]

The military will begin testing out Android as the mobile operating system to power the 21st century soldier [10]. Apps will include a mapping program and a way to distinguish friends from enemies on the battlefield. (So, some tracking's ok, then.)

Ok Go, Range Rover Makes Sweet, Sweet GPS Love [11]

Not all tracking's nefarious. Some is fun! Video music pioneers, Ok Go [12], have released a new video with Range Rover (synergy!) with "GPS art," tracking the elaborate movements of citizens throughout a city and overlaying the lines in a trippy neon outline. Swinging his cell phone, Ok Go's Damian Kulash said, "The city is our canvass; this is our brush".

"A Synthetic Brain Synapse Is Constructed From Carbon Nanotubes " [13]

Scientists have created a synthetic tube that acts like a neuron, the electrically charged cells that make up much of the brain's communication system.

Sources: Read Write Web, The Wall Street Journal, Digital Trends, Mashable, PopSci

[Image: Youtube user helloevoque [14]]