Facebook to Face Federal Trade Commission?
Will Facebook have to face the Federal Trade Commission over their three-week-old Project Beacon and Social Ads platforms? If the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Center for Digital Democracy have their way, you bet.
Why No Google Credit Card?
The following is a transcript of a recent conversation between Google and me:
EFF Strikes Back Against ISP Interference
The Electronic Frontier Foundation stepped up its criticism of traffic shaping practices by Comcast and others with a new initiative aimed at broadband customers.
Google Street View Gets More Accessible
Most people are pretty good at blocking out distractions. Unfortunately, this talent can also let them ignore new features, so Google is making its Street View more prominent than ever before.
BBC Worldwide Predicts Higher Web Revenues
The BBC has often been one of the world’s more forward-looking media companies, and the CEO of BBC Worldwide seems intent on extending that reputation. John Smith is setting new, higher goals relating to Internet revenues.
Wii Sales Strong, Supplies Short
Nintendo holiday sales of the Wii game console are off to a "fantastic start" according to a top executive with the company.
Educators Want Wikipedia Access Limited
Once again Wikipedia is getting buzz from educators
Google, Microsoft Compete For College Email
Universities have been opting for email services managed by Microsoft or Google as a desirable alternative to running email as an in-house operation.
Yahoo Apologizes For Merchant Outage
The Monday after Thanksgiving contained a hellish several hours for Yahoo and merchants on its order fulfillment platform.
Googler Moves On To Meetup
Google’s doing amazingly well, so any sort of “abandoning a burning ship” metaphor is way off base. Still, a lot of employees are leaving the search giant, and the latest to do so is a man named Dominic Preuss.