Daily Dispatch: IE9 to get improved privacy features; Bing launches Mall Maps

In today's Digital Dispatch:

Project "Groupon Everywhere" Proceeds With Hyper-Local Deals (Via JiWire) (TechCrunch)

...Through partnerships with more than 40 public WiFi networks and 60 airports, its ads reach more than 30 million people a month, and JiWire knows if they are sitting in a cafe or in a terminal so it can tailor offers based on their location.

Microsoft's IE9 Gets "Tracking Protection" for Better Browser Privacy (ReadWriteWeb)

...In addition Tracking Protection Lists will enable consumers to have more control over what third-party sites can track them while they're online - creating white lists, of sorts, for sites in which consumers don't mind sharing their data.

Bing's new mall maps: Get in, get out, and avoid the crowds (Bing Maps Blog)

...You can use these mall maps to figure out where the right place to park is and map out your mall excursion so you don't spend precious time walking around.

Futuristic water bottle uses technology, science to let you know you're thirsty (engadget)

...The bottle will measure ambient temperature, how much fluid you've pounded, and how often you've consumed it; the phone, meanwhile, will use its accelerometer to measure how hard you're working out and combine that with heart rate data from a chest strap.

I Know What You Read Last Summer - E-Readers and Privacy (ReadWriteWeb)

...So the EFF's E-Book Buyer's Guide to E-Book Privacy comes at a good time - not just for holiday shopping, but for those of us that want to read that other famous trove of classified materials, The Pentagon Papers (or, okay, perhaps read other things too) with some assurance of privacy.

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