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Zynga Appoints New Executive Director for Its Philanthropic Arm

in Commerce on January 23 at 12:05 pm PT

Ken Weber has been appointed as executive director of Zynga.org, the social gaming company’s philanthropic division, to which players have contributed over the years. The company said earlier that a portion of its $1 billion stock offering in December will go toward charitable causes through Zynga.org. Weber spent the past six years as COO at The ONE Campaign, an advocacy organization focused on fighting poverty and preventable disease in Africa.

Hey! Old People Totally Use the Internet, Too!

in Media on February 3, 2011 at 8:45 am PT

Breaking: FCC's Copps Voting "Yes" on Net Neutrality Plan

in Enterprise on December 20, 2010 at 1:45 pm PT

Michael Copps, a Democratic member of the Federal Communications Commission, says he plans to vote in favor of Chairman Julius Genachowski’s proposed rules on network neutrality. This makes the passage of the rules in a vote scheduled for tomorrow a virtual certainty, as Copps was seen as the only possible swing vote on the five-member commission.

From Neopets to Teachers' Pets

in News on November 16, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Doug Dohring made a bundle selling a Website called Neopets that let young kids earn make-believe money by playing online games. Now he plans to reward them for studying math and reading.

Rights Sites Report More Cyber Attacks From China

in News on January 26, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

A Chinese human-rights group said it and four other advocacy and news organizations were targeted in cyber attacks over the weekend and hinted that the Chinese government might be to blame.

Center for Digital Democracy's Jeff Chester Talks About MicroHoo and More!

in News on November 18, 2009 at 8:55 am PT

While in Washington, D.C., BoomTown can’t just visit the policy wonks from Internet companies, so I paid a visit to Jeff Chester, the executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group that works to promote privacy and protection online. In other words, a professional–and much needed–thorn in the side of Facebook, Google and these days, MicroHoo.
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