The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the U.S. National Security Agency…
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Apple Pay wins consumers’ hearts with focus on security
Apple has a straightforward business model that does not include selling personal data…
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s address at White House Cybersecurity Summit
Apple CEO at the White House Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection Summit…
Apple’s Tim Cook warns of ‘dire consequences’ of sacrificing privacy for security
Apple chief executive Tim Cook said that there should not…
Obama executive order aimed at encouraging companies to share cybersecurity data with government, each other
The companies have refused to give full support to cybersecurity bills without some reform of surveillance practices exposed by Edward Snowden…
Lawmakers want U.S. Congress to (finally) be able to deliberate online
Two Congressmen want the nation’s top legislative body to explore how it might better use the Internet…
Apple CEO Tim Cook meets with U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch in Washington D.C.
Apple CEO Tim Cook visited at least one Capitol Hill lawmaker…
48 U.S. Congress members own Apple stock; Nancy Pelosi tops list
Each year, members of Congress file ‘personal financial disclosures’ regarding their various assets and sources of income…
Businesses hopeful Republican control of U.S. Congress will break tax-reform gridlock
“Chief executives have been consistently pressing for change, especially in light of the corporate ‘inversions’…
U.S. Democrats press for a crackdown against corporate tax deals
Washington is buzzing this summer about…
Scholars debunk claims of high-tech workers shortage, question tech industry’s ‘free pass’
Four prominent scholars on Friday questioned why the high-tech industry gets a free pass…
Apple legally shifted some $8.9 billion in untaxed profits from Australia to Ireland since 2002, report claims
US tech giant Apple has shifted an estimated $8.9 billion in untaxed profits…
Apple needs more cash
Chances are that you think Apple has more cash than…
Obama tax rhetoric on Apple, other companies’ offshore profits falls short of action
Few in Washington expect much action from the White House…
Can we please get this straight, Apple does not avoid U.S. corporate tax
Not even by the definitions of the groups campaigning to make corporates pay more in tax…
European Commission attempts to close corporate tax loophole
The European Commission will attempt to close a loophole that allows companies…
Obama’s secret attempt to ban cellphone unlocking, while claiming to support it
Last week, WikiLeaks made public a portion of a treaty that the White House…
U.S. SEC ends review of Apple taxes, overseas cash
Four months after raising questions about Apple’s foreign earnings and taxes…
U.S. SEC demands extra information from Apple on taxes, foreign cash
Apple Inc. will give investors more information about its overseas cash…
Why the U.S. Congress needs to act now to disallow ITC import bans over standard-essential patents
These patents should be used only as parking meters, not as guns…
Thomas Sowell on Apple, corporate taxes, and ‘the road to serfdom’
We have truly entered the world of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ when the CEO of a company…
Apple CEO Tim Cook to propose U.S. tax reform for offshore cash
Apple Inc., which holds $102 billion in cash and investments outside the U.S…
U.S. Congress asks Larry Page if Google Glass infringes ‘on the privacy of the average American’
Google Glass privacy concerns have only grown louder…
Tech industry cautiously welcomes U.S. Senate immigration bill
Tech industry officials welcomed a bipartisan U.S. Senate immigration bill…
Telecommunications companies question Apple, Google, Microsoft exception in Obama’s cyber order
Telecommunications companies want the Obama administration to rethink a decision…
$28.5 billion at stake as Apple lobbies for U.S. corporate tax amnesty
With the U.S. Senate reportedly finishing an investigation into how Apple…
Global stocks surge over U.S. fiscal cliff deal
U.S. stock futures surged as part of a global rally for equities…
U.S. stocks fall as retailers slump ahead of fiscal cliff deadline
U.S. stocks fell, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index lower for a third day…
How Apple and U.S. Congress limit iPhone users’ freedom
In 1998, Congress passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which makes it a felony…
U.S. elections: Time for investors to worry?
Investors have yet to break a sweat over November’s U.S. elections. That’s likely to change soon…
U.S. Congress grills 34 iOS developers on compliance with Apple’s app privacy policies in official letter
The U.S. Congress has begun requesting more information about how iOS developers…
Smart Steve Jobs wouldn’t have paid a dividend
Crafty bosses like Steve Jobs and Warren Buffett don’t let their companies declare dividends….
U.S. court ruling opens phones to warrantless searches
Cell phone users might think that their phones can’t be searched without a warrant…
Obama’s privacy plan puts pinch on Google
Jonathan Mayer of Stanford University found that Google intentionally circumvented Safari’s privacy feature…
Obama administration outlines online privacy guidelines
The Obama administration on Wednesday outlined a set of online privacy principles…
Stocks decline as Apple shares slide below $500
Stocks added to losses Wednesday following the Federal Reserve…
Democrat congressmen Waxman, Butterfield seek iPhone privacy info from Apple
U.S. legislators on Wednesday sought more information from Apple Inc…
PIPA, SOPA bills postponed after protests
Both Congress and the Senate have delayed votes…
U.S. Congress Democrat Markey calls for FTC investigation of Carrier IQ software
Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-Chairman of the Bi-Partisan Congressional Privacy Caucus…
Proposed law would let U.S. gov’t shutter websites at will; would create ‘The Great Firewall of America’
The Great Firewall of The United States of America…
U.S. government passes patent reform; critics deem it sellout to big business
As the nation’s economy struggles to reduce persistent unemployment…
Apple lobbies Obama for tax holiday, wants to bring overseas bounty home
Apple’s profits stashed overseas is getting restless for a trip to the U.S.A…
