The FCC continues its push to get more Americans on the Affordable Connectivity Program.
The suit accused Amazon of violating laws by using third-party sellers’ data to help sell its own products.
The House pushed forth bills aimed at increasing cybersecurity notification and support for small businesses.
Verizon is selling Yahoo and AOL, Florida going after social platforms, and Starry is getting in on EBB.
WASHINGTON, September 12, 2014 – In what would have seemed highly unlikely just a few months ago, growing support for public utility regulation is emerging. Tech...
WASHINGTON, June 10, 2014 – The proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable continues to stir up controversy. The Computer & Communications Industry Association, whose...
WASHINGTON, June 9, 2014 – In a blog post on Friday, AT&T gave its assurance that paid prioritization was not part of the telecommnications gianits plans....
WASHINGTON May 27, 2011 - The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act, or...
SAN FRANCISCO, February 17, 2011 -- President Obama checked in with the U.S.' titans of tech on Thursday in a brief swing through Silicon Valley before...
WASHINGTON, February 17, 2011 – The Senate Judiciary Committee conducted a hearing Wednesday to address potential criticisms of the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Acts (COICA),...
A search-related tech company's patent infringement lawsuit against Google wasn't frivolous and deserved a full hearing even though the smaller company's CEO publicly proclaimed in a...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Monday formally named the members of its new intellectual property litigation team, bringing on board Yahoo's senior legal director for copyright...
The Obama administration, alongside a group of 11 key technology companies on Tuesday unveiled a new non-profit group aimed at cracking down on online “pharmacies” that...
WASHINGTON, September 29, 2010 - The Family Online Safety Institute has announced that the Motion Picture Association of America has become its newest member.
SAN FRANCISCO, September 28, 2010 — A U.S. rate-setting court’s formula for establishing the fees that Yahoo! and RealNetworks must pay the nation’s dominant music licensing...
SAN FRANCISCO, September 7, 2010 - International trade negotiators have dropped a controversial secondary liability provision regarding online copyright infringement, but still appear to be haggling...
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1, 2010 --The office of the United States Trade Representative said Thursday that its negotiators had "made progress in building consensus," over specific...
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1, 2010 - A group of individuals who have successfully used YouTube to gain prominence in their fields on Friday jumped into the...
WASHINGTON, December 7, 2009 - While Yahoo and Microsoft announced Friday they remain hopeful they will be able to conclude a deal that would allow Microsoft...
SAN FRANCISCO, December 2, 2009 - The phenomenal growth of online social networks is finally moving the decades-long debate over the nature of privacy in the...
WASHINGTON, December 1, 2009 - Experts from the private sector, nonprofit groups and the government gathered Tuesday at the Federal Trade Commission for the start of...
WASHINGTON, November 30, 2009 - Turkey’s government is working on a project that would give every child a designated email address at birth, according to reports...
The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday released the agenda and speakers for its upcoming workshop, “From Town Criers to Bloggers: How Will Journalism Survive the Internet...
WASHINGTON, November 15, 2009 - The government of the United Kingdom defined the term “carbon neutral” this month after holding a public consultation on the subject....
A technology that allows a user to make phone calls using a broadband internet connection instead of an analog phone line could soon become legal in...
WASHINGTON, November 9, 2009 - While some tech companies have sought to reduce their carbon footprint in the world, a number of them have been reluctant...
As Facebook increases its Washington presence, Andrew Noyes will be putting the pen down to join the company next month as manager of public policy communications....
WASHINGTON, September 23, 2009 – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski's announcement of his intention to codify the commission's 2005 Internet Policy Statement into actual, enforceable...
WASHINGTON, July 15 – After testifying Tuesday morning about their internet advertising agreement in the Senate, Google and Yahoo executives trekked to the other side of...
WASHINGTON, July 15 – Yahoo founder Jerry Yang said that if Yahoo and Google agreed to merge, competition in the search engine industry would cease, Microsoft...
WASHINGTON, June 25 – The congressman who represents the headquarters of telecommunications giant AT&T used a Wednesday subcommittee hearing on the impact of online advertising to...
High-speed Internet connections, social networks, and "cloud computing" make it possible to "live a lot of your lives online," said Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Tuesday that his company's attempt to acquire Yahoo was an effort to bring greater competition to the media business and the...
