Last summer, gay men in Saratoga County, NY got a notification when they checked into Grindr. It was a message saying that Republican State Senator Roy J. McDonald was on the fence when it came to the gay marriage bill and that …
Politics & Law
iPad App That Helps a Little Girl Speak Pulled from App Store
Earlier this year, I wrote a story about Maya, a four-year-old girl who used an app called Speak for Yourself to help her communicate with the outside world. Maya’s mother, Dana Nieder, preferred the app over more established …
Can Hollywood’s Ari Emanuel Script a Silicon Valley Cease-Fire?
Hollywood super-agent Ari Emanuel, famously portrayed by Jeremy Piven in the HBO show “Entourage,” has urged the entertainment industry and Silicon Valley to work together on a solution for Internet piracy.
via Can Hollywood …
Weibo Credit: Chinese Microblogging Site Tests Points-Based Censorship
New ‘Youface’ Social Network Might Remind You of Something
How do you create a social network to compete with Facebook? Easy, just make a crude clone of it and call it Youface. That’s what Ayub Abdulloh did in Uzbekistan.
According to Radio Free Europe, he didn’t seem too bothered by …
Should the FBI Be Allowed to Wiretap Facebook?
The crime-fighting agency seeks new powers to “listen in” on the Internet and social media.
via Should the FBI Be Allowed to Wiretap Facebook? | TIME Ideas | TIME.com.
The New York Bill that Would Ban Anonymous Online Speech
Watching faceless online passerby troll bloggers or mock fellow scribblers can be a drag, but what if legislators’ answer to online ne’er-do-wells was to ban anonymous comments from websites entirely? That’s what the state of New …
Facebook, Wall Street Banks Sued Over Pre-IPO Financial Forecasts
Just days after its controversial IPO, Facebook and its Wall Street bankers have been hit by shareholder lawsuits alleging that the social networking giant and its underwriters concealed the company’s decelerating revenue growth from investors.
via Facebook, Wall Street Banks Sued Over Pre-IPO Financial Forecasts | Business | TIME.com.
Xbox 360 Should Be Banned from U.S. for Violating Patents, Judge Says
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 should be banned from import and sales in the United States for violating Motorola patents, a U.S. International Trade Commission judge ruled.
The Xbox 360 violates four Motorola patents, according to ITC …
Facebook IPO Furor: Feds Probing Deal over Insider Bank Warnings
Facebook’s Wall Street investment banks warned top clients of new doubts about the social network’s financial prospects just days before the company’s IPO, according to a series of reports that emerged Tuesday.
via Facebook IPO Furor: Feds Probing Deal Over Insider Bank Warnings | Business | TIME.com.
No Supreme Court Relief for Joel Tenenbaum’s $675K Piracy Fine
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear the case of Joel Tenenbaum, who illegally downloaded music during college and now faces a $675,000 fine.
Tenenbaum’s been battling the music industry since 2007, over charges that …
After Facebook’s $16 Billion IPO, Company Sued for $15 Billion
And just like that, Facebook is officially a publicly tradable stock after the company sold over 420 million shares at $38 a pop yesterday to raise $16 billion for its IPO. Also “just like that,” the company’s been sued by some …
