Lauren Goode in News on February 7 at 11:04 am PT
Will a fight over thermostat technology heat up?
Liz Gannes in Social on January 26 at 2:29 pm PT
Though Internet companies seemed to have found their political voices during the U.S. SOPA/PIPA debate over Internet piracy last week, they’re less up in arms about another proposed bill.
Peter Kafka in Media on October 18, 2011 at 3:00 am PT
The YouTube copyright case — now more than four years old — won’t go away. In the real world, though, most media companies have made their peace with the world’s biggest video site.
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.
Peter Kafka in Media on June 21, 2011 at 4:00 am PT
How did a start-up finally convince the music labels to let people share music with each other for free? Turntable didn’t. This could be interesting.
Kara Swisher in News on March 31, 2011 at 1:25 am PT
Microsoft’s legal eagle Brad Smith didn’t even bother to pretend the software giant’s filing of a formal antitrust complaint against Google with the European Commission wasn’t a wee bit ironic.
Wrote Smith in a blog post late last night: “There of course will be some who will point out the irony in today’s filing.”
You think?
Kara Swisher in D at CES on January 8, 2011 at 12:25 am PT
Earlier tonight, it was revealed in numerous news reports that Twitter had been ordered by a U.S. federal judge to turn over documents related to several people involved with WikiLeaks.
Here’s what Twitter had to say to BoomTown in response, as well as what CEO Dick Costolo said onstage yesterday at the
D@CES event about the importance of the free flow of information.
Kara Swisher in News on January 6, 2011 at 2:15 am PT
For all those in a tizzy about Facebook’s deal with Goldman Sachs, which some think is designed to circumvent securities rules related to shareholder numbers and financial disclosure, meet Section 12(g)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Because if anyone cared to read the actual text of the ruling in question, even if it was determined that Facebook had 500 shareholders at this very moment, it is not technically required to disclose any of its financial details until the end of April of 2012.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 8, 2010 at 3:29 pm PT
PayPal has just released the remaining funds in the account associated with WikiLeaks today, after restricting access to the account last week, according to a PayPal blog post. However, it did not not reinstate the ability for it to receive donations.
Paul Sonne, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 3, 2010 at 8:53 am PT
U.K. officials ruled Wednesday that Google Inc. broke the law by collecting data from wireless networks for its Street View mapping service, reflecting growing scrutiny in Europe of the U.S. Internet company’s privacy practices.
