Anti-Merger Congresswoman, U.S. CTO Tour AT&T’s New Silicon Valley Office

AT&T on Monday showed off a recently opened facility in Palo Alto to U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra and U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, a Democrat who has opposed the T-Mobile deal.
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Democrats Tell FCC to Push for "Net Neutrality"

Senior House Democrats told the Federal Communications Commission Thursday it should do more to stop Internet providers from playing favorites among content providers, brushing aside opposition from Republicans and some large telecom firms.

Told You Those Lobbyists Would Come in Handy, Sergey …

“I’ve never seen a tech company ramp up faster than they have in the last year or two,” tech lobbyist Ralph Hellmann said of Google last year. “They’re using all the tools in the lobbying tool kit.” And with some success, it would seem. With the Justice Department reviewing the company’s proposed online advertising partnership with Yahoo and its critics growing increasingly vocal, Google has managed to win the support of some California lawmakers.