Google positions its straw to drink Apple's milkshake, Windows 8 tablets are around the corner, and Facebook puts their privacy policy to a vote.
- Google Holding 3D Maps Event in Advance of Apple's WWDC: Invitations arrived today for a June 6 Google Maps press conference where Google says they will demo new features and "share our vision." The event comes five days before Apple's yearly developers' conference and a promised demo of Apple's new in-house Maps app. [The Next Web]
- Acer, Toshiba to Take on IPads with Windows 8 Tablets: Next week's Computex conference in Taipei is expected to introduce new Windows 8 machines from several prominent tablet makers, including Asus, producers of your favorite Android tablets. [Bloomberg]
- Facebook to Let Users Vote on Privacy Changes: Privacy activists drummed up enough comments on Facebook's most recent privacy changes to trigger a clause in Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities requiring a service-wide vote. The clause has only come into play once before, in 2009. [The Washington Times]
- Advancing Consumer Trust and Privacy: Internet Explorer in Windows 8: With yesterday's Windows 8 Release Preview, Microsoft also announced that the system's native browser, Internet Explorer, would enable the privacy protecting Do Not Track preference by default. [Microsoft on the Issues]
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