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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent

Breakfast briefing: Kids get web safety lessons, Google adds live updates and eBay takes the stand

Lollipop woman sees children safely across a road
Photograph: Shout/Rex Features

• Remember the Green Cross Code? Well, of course you do: it taught millions of children about road safety. The 21st century equivalent, it turns out, might just be "Zip It, Block It, Flag It", the slogan that youngsters will be taught as a method of keeping themselves safe online under new plans being unveiled by Gordon Brown.

Google's mission to to all the world's knowledge took another step forward yesterday with a range of new additions to its armory, including real-time results drawn from news organisations, social networks and blogs; a new computer vision system that lets your phone understand what objects around you are, and enhanced translation and location services.

• The bunfight between eBay and Craigslist took an interesting turn yesterday as former queen of the auction site-turned-politico Meg Whitman took the stand to explain how she had wanted to buy the whole company - not just the minority share that's currently in dispute.

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