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Google Formally Petitions to Publish Statistics on FISA Requests

The company says it hasn’t been able to accurately defend itself from PRISM news reports.

Liz Gannes in News
June 18, 2013 at 1:52 pm PT

8098 posts and columns on Google

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Google Glass: What Marketers Should Know

in Voices on June 18 at 11:59 am PT

Glass will be the next iPhone — but today it’s a Newton.
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Pinterest + YouTube Stars = Subblime

in Media on June 18 at 7:00 am PT

Some Web video stars are now celebrity endorsers, too. What if you got a bunch of them on the same site? Adam Winnick wants to find out.
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Yahoo Offer to Buy Contact Startup Xobni Is at a Price of $30M to $40M

in News on June 17 at 5:39 pm PT

Yahoo’s new HR rule: If you can’t hire them, buy their company.
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Google Settles Sharehold Suit Over Non-Voting Stock

in News on June 17 at 2:26 pm PT

Google Inc. said its board has approved the terms of a proposed settlement with shareholders who have sued the search-giant in a bid to block its plan to issue a new type of stock that carries no voting rights.

Jay-Z Ditches His iPhone Just in Time for His Big Samsung Ad

in Media on June 17 at 12:57 pm PT

That was close!
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Tech Experts Flock to Ad Festival on Riviera

in Media on June 17 at 9:59 am PT

Growing numbers of technology experts are invading the annual advertising schmooze fest on the French Riviera this week, in a further sign of the transforming effect new technologies are having on the ad business.

NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Says Tech PRISM Denials Were “Misleading”

in News on June 17 at 9:06 am PT

In a live online Q&A at the Guardian today, Edward Snowden, the man who revealed the PRISM documents and much more, said the leaks were having his desired effect.
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Until the Self-Driving Car for All, What Is Tech Doing Now to Drive Us to Non-Distraction?

in Mobile on June 17 at 8:15 am PT

Before we get autonomous cars, apps like voice news readers and context-dependent personal assistants might help drivers be a little more safe.
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A Closer Look at Microsoft’s FISA Disclosure Numbers

in News on June 15 at 11:49 am PT

A little back-of-the envelope math shows some interesting patterns.
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Google’s Plan to Use Balloons to Blanket the World in Bandwidth

in News on June 15 at 9:00 am PT

An idea to finally make the Internet truly global.
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Twitter Backs Google, Says Facebook Made Mistake in Data Disclosure Deal With Feds

Google Calls Facebook’s Data Disclosure Deal With the Feds “A Step Back for Users”

in Social, June 14, 2013 at 9:04 pm PT

Facebook Reaches Agreement With Feds to Allow Data Request Disclosures

in Social, June 14, 2013 at 6:13 pm PT

FISA Request Data Could Soon Be Public, With Google Also in Talks With U.S. Government About More Disclosure

in News, June 14, 2013 at 2:38 pm PT

The Privacy Triple Whammy (Comic)

in Voices, June 14, 2013 at 1:16 pm PT

Outfit7 Says Its Talking Friends Apps Have Been Downloaded More Than One Billion Times

in News, June 14, 2013 at 12:01 am PT

Apple, Samsung Take Steps to Combat Cellphone Theft but Pressed to Do More

in Mobile, June 13, 2013 at 1:49 pm PT

EU Regulators Eye Google Again — This Time It’s Android

in Mobile, June 13, 2013 at 12:59 pm PT

In Passing on Waze, Did Facebook Make a Big Mistake or the Right Call?

in Social, June 13, 2013 at 11:27 am PT

Facebook Kills Off Its Search Ads (Updated)

in Media, June 13, 2013 at 11:00 am PT

Udacity Hires Former Zynga COO Vish Makhijani to Lead Operations

in News, June 13, 2013 at 9:15 am PT

MTV Finally Brings Its Shows to Your iPhone and iPad

in Media, June 13, 2013 at 8:57 am PT

U.K. Committee Says Google Avoids Tax

in News, June 13, 2013 at 5:30 am PT

Now You Can Play Old-School Pong Via Newfangled Web Video Tech

Internet Stocks — Roaring All Year — Are Speechless Over the Last Month

in News, June 12, 2013 at 9:00 am PT