News Byte
Lauren Goode in News on January 30 at 12:11 pm PT
A half-dozen former FDA employees have filed suit against the agency, offering evidence it secretly monitored their personal email for two years after they took their concerns about medical-device approvals to Congress. According to the Washington Post, the staffers contend the workplace monitoring was improper because the private activity was legal; the FDA may counter with allegations that confidential information was being disclosed.
Kara Swisher in News on December 27, 2011 at 4:12 am PT
Let’s throw a few more names on the fire!
Kara Swisher in Media on October 26, 2011 at 6:21 am PT
Leon Black decides to “
run sh*t!”
Kara Swisher in News on February 15, 2011 at 4:19 pm PT
Apparently, it’s not only in Google’s pond where Facebook fishes for talent–the social networking giant has recruited Microsoft’s global advertising head Carolyn Everson as one of its top sales execs.
A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the hiring, after a query by BoomTown.
The move will surely cause some tensions with the software giant, which is both a prominent partner of and investor in Facebook, especially since Everson was only hired at Microsoft last June after a long search.
Ina Fried in Mobile on January 17, 2011 at 5:00 pm PT
Plastic Logic, a start-up known for showing off (but not necessarily shipping) advanced e-book readers, said that it has finalized an investment deal to build a factory in Russia.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 14, 2011 at 8:30 am PT
A site for people who love to complain about ads. That’s most of you, right? It’s created by an ad guy, of course.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 14, 2011 at 3:30 am PT
Web surfers have trained themselves to ignore the ads they see. Mobile phone users are a different story. At least according to this poll. (Guess who commissioned it?)
Peter Kafka in Media on December 23, 2010 at 8:22 am PT
Some non-news from Washington: The Federal Communications Commission says it will approve the Comcast-NBC Universal deal, with some restrictions. The approval isn’t a surprise, though it’d be nice to tell you what those restrictions are. Alas, for now, we can’t.
Peter Kafka in Media on December 6, 2010 at 7:00 am PT
Don’t want to buy your ebooks from Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble or Borders? Google is happy to help.
Melanie Trottman, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 9, 2010 at 5:00 am PT
The National Labor Relations Board is taking a stand on employees’ rights to post negative comments about supervisors on social networking sites, alleging that a company illegally fired a worker for criticizing her boss on Facebook. The agency disclosed the complaint last week against ambulance service American Medical Response of Connecticut Inc.
