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Don’t Ask, Don’t Poke: What’s Next for House Proposal to Keep Employers From Demanding Your Facebook Password

Mike Isaac in News on April 30 at 1:57 pm PT

Your future employers could face steep fines if they ask for your Facebook password.

Two Last SOPA/PIPA Videos — One Silly and One Serious (Both Terrific)

Kara Swisher in Media on January 19 at 2:55 am PT

These are certainly worth a watch.

Verizon Introduces “Convenience Fee” for Some Online, Phone Payments

Lauren Goode in Commerce on December 29, 2011 at 1:33 pm PT

There are still plenty of ways to avoid that $2 charge, however.

Amazon Cuts California Affiliates Loose Over New Tax Law

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 30, 2011 at 12:58 pm PT

Amazon has notified all California residents who participate in its affiliates program that a new tax law means they will no longer receive fees for referring site traffic that resulted in a sale.

Most Top Banks Have an App for That

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 26, 2011 at 9:50 am PT

The era of being afraid to bank on mobile phones seems over–at least from the banks’ point of view.

Cable Rewards Cord Non-Cutters With a Bigger Bill

Peter Kafka in Media on January 10, 2011 at 8:44 am PT

Even if cord-cutting is real, very few of you are actually going to do it. Your reward from the cable guys? A bigger bill in 2011.

Cricket Wireless’s All-You-Can-Eat Music Plan Stumbles on Way to the Buffet

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 6, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

The prepaid cellular service company says that it is taking a little longer to launch its Muve music server as it works to iron out some software bugs. Cricket still hopes to launch in Las Vegas later this month and in nine additional markets in February with a goal of expanding to all its cities by the spring.

Little-Known Cricket Wireless Tries a New Take on Subscription Music

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 19, 2010 at 9:00 pm PT

Bundling a music subscription into other goods and services has been tried a lot, mostly without success. However, Cricket Wireless is hoping to succeed where many others have failed. It’s launching a service next month that includes music downloads in the cost of prepaid cellphone service. For $55 a month, customers get unlimited text, talk and Web, plus all the music they can cram onto the phone.

Exclusive: Boku to Be Added as Option to Facebook Credits, Setting Up Face-Off With Rival Zong

Kara Swisher in News on November 9, 2010 at 2:32 pm PT

For the past 18 months, mobile payments start-up Zong has had the enviable prime spot on Facebook Credits as its sole option for users wanting to use their cell phone number to buy virtual goods for social gaming and other services. But, according to multiple sources, that’s about to change later this week, when the social networking giant starts A/B testing its rival, Boku, as an alternate payment method to Zong. The face-off on Facebook is part of a larger battle for dominance in the fast-growing arena.

From the Department of the Obvious: Poll Finds Parents Are Worried About Privacy on Social Networks

Kara Swisher in News on October 8, 2010 at 12:10 am PT

A national poll released today by Common Sense Media asking how well social networks protect kids online produced an answer that should come as a shock to exactly no one: Not very well, at least according to parents. A full 75 percent of them gave social networking sites such as Facebook a negative rating for the task.