Mocality articles

Sources: Google contractors fired after vandalizing OpenStreetMap, 'no connection' with Mocality incident (updated)

By T.C. Sottek on January 17, 2012 03:10 pm + 53 comments

OpenStreetMap (OSM) representatives reported yesterday that miscreants originating from a Google IP address in India had extensively vandalized OSM — a Google spokesperson has since informed us that Continue reading…
Sources: Google's Mocality-scraping actions 'not condoned'

By T.C. Sottek on January 13, 2012 08:58 pm + 112 comments

Earlier today, accusations surfaced from Mocality, a Kenyan company that provides a directory of businesses, that Google had improperly obtained its customer database, attempted to steal its Continue reading…
Google Kenya accused of illegally scouring rival's database, stealing customers

By T.C. Sottek on January 13, 2012 11:36 am + 38 comments

Mocality — a Kenyan startup that operates the country's biggest online business directory — says that Google has knowingly and systematically accessed its database in order to steal its customers. Continue reading…