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President Obama’s LinkedIn Town Hall: The Other Silicon Valley Jobs Event

Kara Swisher in News on September 26, 2011 at 10:09 am PT

Here’s an idea to get more jobs for the citizens of the U.S.of A.: Fantastic high-speed wireless access!

Apple's D.C. Lobbying Efforts Get Fierce

John Paczkowski in News on February 4, 2011 at 12:01 pm PT

Apple closed its big government affairs office in Washington, D.C., in the late ’90s and since that time has maintained a fairly low profile inside the Beltway, relative to other big tech firms. But now the company has hired a high-powered new lobbying firm: Fierce, Isakowitz and Blalock.

No One Is Happy With the FCC Chairman's Speech, Except Broadband Investors

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 1, 2010 at 12:52 pm PT

Everyone has something to say about today’s speech by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on the subject of net neutrality. Having been blocked in the courts from imposing sanctions on Comcast for throttling users of BitTorrent, the commission has been spinning its wheels trying to find a way to nudge the broadband industry in a direction toward treating all Internet content fairly.

Obama Signs a Euro-iPad (Hey, It's Almost Thanksgiving!)

Kara Swisher in News on November 24, 2010 at 5:45 am PT

Here is a funny video sent to us of President Barack Obama, while at the Lisbon summit this past week, signing an Apple iPad using a touchscreen software program. “I’ve done this once before,” he said, as he signed like a pro. And, indeed, Obama had put his John Hancock on one in Seattle just a month ago. Despite all the unrealized hope for some more progress in the digital arena by his administration, I guess he is the Internet President.

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Watchdog Planned for Online Privacy

Julia Angwin, Editor, Digits, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 12, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

The Obama Administration is preparing a stepped-up approach to policing Internet privacy that calls for new laws and the creation of a new position to oversee the effort, according to people familiar with the situation.

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Schools Chancellor Klein to Join News Corp.

Barbara Martinez and Michael Howard Saul, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 9, 2010 at 3:23 pm PT

New York City schools chancellor Joel Klein is resigning to join News Corp., ending an eight-year reign at the helm of the nation’s largest school system. In his place, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to announce Cathie Black, chairwoman of Hearst Magazines.

Liveblogging the Facebook Mobile Event: Single Sign-On for Social

Kara Swisher in News on November 3, 2010 at 10:55 am PT

BoomTown arrived late to the Facebook mobile event for the press due to traffic related to the parade for the San Francisco Giants’ World Series victory–and where I would much rather be right now. Go Giants! In any case, I am here in the cafeteria of Facebook again, where the company continues its attempts to take over the known digital universe before Google does. The latest parry: Single sign-on!

A Hollywood Ending? The Timing of Zuckerberg's $100 Million Donation to Newark Schools Debated at Facebook

Kara Swisher in News on September 23, 2010 at 2:55 am PT

The question is: Which movie was Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinking about when he decided recently to fork over $100 million to public schools in Newark, New Jersey? Was it a bid to spiff up his image–with a splashy announcement on Oprah Winfrey’s popular television talk show tomorrow–on the very same day of the New York premiere of “The Social Network,” which casts Zuckerberg as the villain in his own creation myth? Or was it another film, “Waiting for Superman,” a just-released gripping documentary about the crisis in public education? Either way, Newark wins.

Full D8 Video: FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski

Kara Swisher in D8 on July 6, 2010 at 6:14 am PT

As promised, All Things Digital is posting the full videos from our eighth D: All Things Digital conference, held in early June. Today, it’s the session with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, who is trying to implement an ambitious digital agenda for the government agency.

A “Do Not Call The FTC About Facebook Privacy” Registry? Great Idea, Tim.

John Paczkowski in News on May 10, 2010 at 10:50 am PT

Perfect. Facebook has enlisted a former senior Bush administration regulator to defend its privacy practices in Washington. Tim Muris, who served as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission from 2001 to 2004 and created the popular U.S. Do Not Call Registry, is advising the company, whose privacy disclosures and fast and loose handling of user data are increasingly drawing scrutiny on Capitol Hill.