Post Tech: July 4, 2010 - July 10, 2010
Australia says Google violated privacy law, Google says sorry
Australia's Privacy Commissioner, Karen Curtis, said Friday that Google appeared to violate the country's privacy laws but she was unable to impose sanctions on the firm. Instead, the company has issued an apology, at her request, for snooping on residential...
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July 9, 2010; 2:03 PM ET |
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State Department's Katie Stanton moves to Twitter
State Department's Katie Stanton moves to Twitter
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July 9, 2010; 10:02 AM ET |
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Back on the grid
Two weeks with no land-based Internet at home and this tech reporter is feeling just fine. It wasn’t that way at first. Getting knocked off the grid was sort of like getting weaned off caffeine, complete with headache and jitters...
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Cecilia Kang
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July 9, 2010; 8:00 AM ET |
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China renews Google license to operate
Google said Friday that China has renewed its license to operate its search business there, avoiding a feared shutdown of the company's business in the world's largest Internet market.
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July 9, 2010; 7:56 AM ET |
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AT&T, Verizon get most federal aid for phone service
AT&T and Verizon Communications were the biggest recipients of federal support from an $8 billion phone subsidy program, according to data released Thursday by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Over the past three years, AT&T received $1.3 billion in...
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Cecilia Kang
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July 8, 2010; 5:31 PM ET |
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Comcast-NBC merger conditions eyed
As the proposed merger of Comcast and NBC Universal again goes under the microscope of lawmakers at a field hearing later Thursday, Stifel Nicholaus analyst Rebecca Arbogast outlined the conditions she believes will be the most relevant for regulators reviewing...
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Cecilia Kang
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July 8, 2010; 12:04 PM ET |
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Comcast-NBCU merger in Chicago for hearings
Comcast-NBC Universal merger heads to Chicago for House, FCC hearings
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Cecilia Kang
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July 7, 2010; 4:01 PM ET |
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Seward Square drops anti-distracted driving lobby plans
Seward Square Group said Wednesday that it scrapped its lobbying effort to contain a debate over distracted driving, after Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called a news conference criticizing the group.
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July 7, 2010; 1:58 PM ET |
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Pew: Blacks, Hispanics among biggest users of wireless Web
African Americans and Hispanics continue to be among the most avid users of the Internet over their cellphones, according to a report released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center. And low-income groups are the fastest adopters of the mobile Web,...
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Cecilia Kang
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July 7, 2010; 1:15 PM ET |
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Lahood to address anti-distracted driving lobby
Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood Wednesday will hold a press conference to confront a lobbying effort against his campaign to prevent distracted driving. Last week, we wrote about a nascent effort by the Seward Square Group and Eris Group to get...
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Cecilia Kang
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July 6, 2010; 5:08 PM ET |
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FCC Chief Counsel Gottlieb goes to Atlantic Media, Kaplan replaces
Bruce Gottlieb, chief counsel and senior adviser to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, is leaving the agency to become general counsel for the Atlantic Media.. The move is the latest shakeup of the highest ranks of the FCC,...
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Cecilia Kang
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July 6, 2010; 2:39 PM ET |
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The Internet is redefining our relationships, reputations: Pew study says
Sure, most people agree that the Internet has and will continue to be positive for social relations. But it’s also presented many more challenges and perhaps opportunities for how reputations are made, tarnished and remade, according to a survey by...
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Cecilia Kang
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July 6, 2010; 11:44 AM ET |
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Federal Eye's Q&A on USA.gov redesign
See Federal Eye for news on the revamping of USA.gov and the new apps.
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Cecilia Kang
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July 6, 2010; 10:26 AM ET |
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