Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg declined to face his employees on Tuesday to explain…
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U.S. FTC reportedly probing Facebook’s abuse of personal data as UK summons Zuckerberg for questioning
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether the use of personal data from 50 million Facebook users…
Yet another Facebook debacle means it’s time for an Apple social network
The emerging Cambridge Analytica/Facebook affair…
The problem isn’t Cambridge Analytica: It’s Facebook
Cambridge Analytica garnered headlines across the world on Friday as Facebook formally suspended the company…
Eric Schmidt to step down as the executive chairman of Alphabet Inc.
Eric Schmidt will be stepping down as the executive chairman of Alphabet’s board of directors…
The Google-Facebook duopoly threatens diversity of thought
Google and Facebook control how millions of people find their news…
Should America’s tech giants be broken up? Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook may be contributing to the U.S. economy’s most persistent ailments
Google is as close to a monopoly as the Bell telephone system was in 1956…
Australia’s ACCC to question Apple on Westpac chat app payments ban
Technology giant Apple’s controversial decision to order Westpac Banking Corporation…
European Union hits Google with record $2.73 billion fine for abusing internet search monopoly
The penalty is the biggest ever competition fine from the European Commission, doubling the previous record…
I’m suing New York City to loosen Verizon’s iron grip
New York City is far behind Wilson, NC when it comes to ensuring ubiquitous, reasonably priced fiber optic internet access…
At the start of the Trump era, Apple spent more on lobbying than ever, but outspent 2.5 times by Google
Since the election of President Donald Trump, Apple’s been been cultivating some good old fashioned Washington influence….
Protecting against possible ISP snooping by using a VPN and https
The Obama Administration created a new set of restrictions on Internet service providers…
Why Congress’s rejection of proposed FCC data rules will not affect your privacy in the slightest
Congress was right to disapprove them…
Privacy 101: Why you need a VPN
Earlier this week, the Republican-led Congress voted to repeal FCC rules that blocked ISPs…
Apple wins victory, sending warning to banks with Australian mobile payments
Apple Inc on Friday won a victory in its global fight to prevent banks from introducing…
Banking cartel calls non-iPhone Apple Pay alternatives ‘unrealistic’ in Australian market
The group of four banks collectively bargaining for access to the iPhone’s near-field communication…
Australian Banks tell Apple: It’s not about your Apple Pay Fees, it’s about access to NFC
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Australia Bank, and Westpac have responded to…
Apple Pay boss says Aussie customers willing to dump banks who fail to support Apple Pay
The global head of Apple Pay has put three of Australia’s big banks on notice that the technology giant…
Apple steps up battle with Australian banks over Apple Pay boycott motive
Apple Inc. has stepped up its battle with Australia’s banking industry over the future of mobile payments…
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revives antitrust lawsuit against Apple
iPhone app purchasers may sue Apple Inc over allegations that the company monopolized the market for…
U.S. FCC says AT&T and Verizon ‘harm consumers’ with free data schemes
In two letters sent to AT&T and Verizon yesterday, the FCC writes that sponsored data plans from the telecom giants..
ACCC proposes to deny authorisation for banks to collectively bargain with and boycott Apple on Apple Pay
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a draft determination proposing…
Under President Trump, Obama ally Google may face policy setbacks, including roll back of so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules
During Obama’s presidency, more than 250 people moved between jobs at Google or related firms and the federal government, national political campaigns and Congress…
Google’s Eric Schmidt wore staff badge at Hillary Clinton’s ‘victory’ party
Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, Inc., was spotted at Hillary Clinton’s ‘victory’ party last Tuesday wearing a staff badge…
Australian banks dismiss Android NFC past in Apple Pay negotiations
Sorry, Australians with an Android phone, but you simply don’t spend enough money to make it worthwhile…
President-elect Trump’s Android phone could be a national security crisis
If Trump is indeed using an Android device, he’s using a phone that the cybersecurity world broadly regards as significantly less secure than Apple’s iPhone…
WikiLeaks emails show extremely close relationship between Clinton campaign and Google’s Eric Schmidt
The emails between Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta and campaign manager Robby Mook show that Schmidt met with Podesta…
Japan’s antitrust watchdog considers action against Apple, carriers over iPhone
Japanese regulators are considering taking action against Apple Inc over possible antitrust violations…
Regulator denies approval for Aussie banks to jointly negotiate with Apple on third-party NFC access on iPhone
Australia’s anti-trust regulator on Friday said it would not grant the country’s three biggest banks…
Apple launches blistering attack on Aussie banks; says demand for NFC access would threaten iPhone security
Apple has launched a blistering attack on three of Australia’s big banks, saying their request…
Australian banks accuse Apple of anti-competitive behavior, want access to iPhone’s NFC chip to take on Apple Pay
Australia’s three biggest banks, including no. 1 lender National Australia Bank, on Wednesday said they had lodged…
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Samsung’s appeal of Apple design patent case on October 11th
Back in March, the Supreme Court stated that it would hear Samsung’s appeal in the company’s never-ending design patent battle…
EU alleges Google skews search results to boost its own products and services
Google faces a new antitrust attack from European Union regulators who allege the search engine…
Donald Trump slams Google: It’s a ‘disgrace’ if Google manipulates results to favor Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump has responded to SourceFed’s allegation that Google manipulated its search recommendations…
Google accused of rigging search results to be pro-Hillary Clinton
Google’s autocomplete function seems to be tilted in favor of Hillary Clinton, a report says…
U.S. DOJ asks Supreme Court to overturn ruling that favored Apple over Samsung’s iPhone copying
The U.S. Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling that had favored Apple Inc over Samsung…
White House visitor logs show meeting after meeting between Google execs and top Obama administration officials
When top White House officials want to know what Google executives are thinking, they don’t need to go near a computer…
Google shares dip amid report U.S. FTC could reopen search probe
Federal Trade Commission officials are asking questions again about whether Google has abused its dominance…
The Android Administration: Google’s remarkably close relationship with the Obama White House
The AT&T chief lobbyist is hardly the first to suggest that the Obama administration has become too close to the Silicon Valley juggernaut…
Revealed: How Google enlisted members of US Congress it bankrolled to fight $6 billion EU antitrust case
Google enlisted members of the US congress, whose election campaigns it had funded…
Dish Network urges FCC to kill Charter-Time Warner Cable megamerger
Dish Network Corp said on Tuesday it filed a petition asking the Federal Communications Commission…
Eric Schmidt-backed startup stealthily working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House
An under-the-radar startup funded by billionaire Eric Schmidt has become a major technology vendor for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign…
