10 posts and columns on John Kerry

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Tech Giants Defend Privacy Practices

in News on May 19, 2011 at 2:18 pm PT

Google Inc., Apple Inc. and Facebook Inc. defended their privacy practices Thursday to lawmakers considering how to update privacy laws to include more protections for Internet users.

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Senators Propose Privacy Bill of Rights

in News on April 12, 2011 at 2:10 pm PT

Sens. John Kerry and John McCain proposed legislation Tuesday to create a “privacy bill of rights” to protect people from the increasingly invasive commercial data-collection industry.

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Privacy Measure Draws Support

in News on March 17, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Sen. John Kerry, a senior Democrat, and technology giant Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday backed the Obama administration’s call for broad privacy legislation at a Senate hearing that also exposed hurdles to passing such a law.

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Proposed Bill Would Put Curbs on Data Gathering

in News on March 10, 2011 at 12:12 am PT

Sens. John McCain and John Kerry are circulating proposed legislation to create an “online privacy bill of rights,” according to people familiar with the situation, a sign of bipartisan support for efforts to curb the Internet-tracking industry.

FCC Vote: Reactions Are Pouring In

in Enterprise on December 21, 2010 at 12:52 pm PT

Now that the FCC’s vote on net neutrality rules is official, reactions are pouring in from every quarter. No one seems especially happy.

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Watchdog Planned for Online Privacy

in News on November 12, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

The Obama Administration is preparing a stepped-up approach to policing Internet privacy that calls for new laws and the creation of a new position to oversee the effort, according to people familiar with the situation.

11.28.09 Weekend Update–Black Friday, Blue Saturday Edition

in News on November 28, 2009 at 12:30 pm PT

Everyone in the retail world was waiting with bated breath yesterday to find out if the current economic pinch would make consumers fight harder in the discount trenches or simply sound the retreat. Either way, the AllThingsD team was at its post this week bringing you tech and trends to keep you ahead of the pack.
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U.S. Senators Tell EU to Approve Oracle-Sun Deal…Typical Americans

in News on November 25, 2009 at 6:01 am PT

With Sun Microsystems beginning to founder as it awaits European Commission clearance of its acquisition by Oracle, a group of U.S. senators is urging the European Commission to speed up its approval of the deal. In an open letter, the group essentially tells European regulators to “get on with it,” warning that further delay could result in additional layoffs at Sun.
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Spot Runner's CEO Nick Grouf Speaks!

in News on July 31, 2008 at 10:05 am PT

On one of my many trips to Los Angeles (what can I say? I like to hang where LoRo* hangs), I dropped in to see Nick Grouf of Spot Runner. As many might know, Spot Runner is an online-offline ad agency play that has gotten big funding and even bigger hype of late. Usually, BoomTown runs screaming from such Web 2.0 dandies, but there is definitely some there there at Spot Runner.