Move over AT&T and T-Mobile, you may have company: Arch-rival Verizon Wireless is said to be under the U.S Justice Department microscope, specifically the DOJ’s antitrust division, for recent spectrum deals struck with cable …
Politics & Law
Senators Ask FTC to Investigate Google Just Two Months After Last Investigation
The Federal Trade Commission’s year-long investigation into Google’s user privacy practices only finished a few months ago, but two U.S. senators have decided that two months is too long, and have called for the FTC to look into …
Occupy Wall Street’s New Drone: ‘The Occucopter’
Drones have been utilized by police in the past to monitor large crowds of protestors but this might be the first time a drone has been used by protestors to monitor the police. Tim Pool has modified a Parrot AR Drone to provide …
‘Anonymous’ Blacks Out the Internet in Response to SOPA Debate
The government debate over the Stop Online Piracy Act may have taken a break for the holidays, with the hearings in the House of Representatives apparently delayed until an unspecified date next year, but just in case you thought …
Chinese Hackers Infiltrated U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Claims Report
The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that hackers located in China managed to breach the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s information technology infrastructure–no, not recently, but at some point prior to the hack …
Facebook Can Be Sued for Using You to Promote Products (in California, Anyway)
Ever noticed that your Facebook friends occasionally seem to be advertising products to you in the form of a post telling that they “Like” a particular brand or product? That’s what Facebook calls a “Sponsored Story,” and a San …
HTC Android Phones Will Get a Bit Worse After Apple Patent Win
Apple just won a patent case against HTC in the United States, and as a result, HTC’s Android phones–and possibly all Android phones–could get a tiny bit harder to use.
The patent deals with how Android phones scan text for …
Should We Ban Apple’s Siri While Driving?
Look out, Siri. Federal regulators have you in their sights.
Last week the National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) issued a recommendation that state governments ban hands-free, as well as hands-on, mobile device use …
“Legitimate and lawful websites like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have nothing to worry about under this bill.”
Apple-Led Australian Ban on Samsung Galaxy Tablet Tossed
That appeal Apple filed last week to roll back a decision by an Australian court to un-ban sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Australia? Rejected by Australia’s High Court today, clearing the way for sales of the Galaxy …
When Is an iPad Not an iPad? When It’s Sold in China, Says Court
The iPad: designed by Apple, assembled in China…and now divorced from its own name after falling on the losing side of a patent lawsuit brought against a company located in southern China.
Apple took umbrage last year with …
Samsung Beats Apple, Gets Galaxy Tab Ban Lifted in Oz
It sounds like Samsung’s singing a happier tune this morning, after an Australian appeals court overturned an Apple-petitioned ban on the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, a ban Apple pursued because it claimed the Galaxy …
