57 posts and columns on D.C.
Facebook, Google, Yahoo Push FISA Courts for More Data-Disclosure Transparency
More Valley prodding of Capitol Hill on issues of privacy and data requests.News Byte
Instagram Seeks to Hire D.C. Outreach Manager
Instagram, the massively popular photo-sharing app owned by Facebook, wants to hire a Washington D.C.-based employee to work with “governments, politicians and political influencers on how to best use Instagram,” according to a posting on Facebook’s job listing board. The position, first spotted by AdAge, comes as Instagram seeks to amp up its relationships with journalists and news outlets, aiming to compete with Twitter for real-time relevance during major events.Facebook CEO Zuckerberg, Other Tech Execs to Form D.C. Advocacy Group
ZuckerPAC, anyone?Former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty Joins Andreessen Horowitz as “Special Advisor”
Silicon Valley VC superstar brings in another politico.LivingSocial Experiments With Daily Deals, and It’s Like a Virtual Club Med
Welcome to LivingSocial’s 918 F Street: A virtual Club Med, or a YMCA on steroids.Voices
Nation's Capital Bets Online Poker Is Lawful
Washington, D.C., is poised to become the first place in the U.S. to allow online poker, challenging the federal government’s effective ban on the practice in its own backyard. The city council approved a budget last year allowing the district’s lottery to operate a poker website accessible only inside district boundaries. City officials say the […]Will Secretary of State Clinton's "Internet Freedom Agenda" Finally Get Traction?
Yesterday, in a major policy speech in Washington, D.C., Secretary of State Hillary Clinton jumped on the Internet bandwagon again, unveiling a $25 million government investment for entrepreneurs to allow dissidents to thwart “thugs, hackers and censors.” Since that’s about the amount a third-string social photo-sharing site gets while walking down University Avenue in Palo Alto, Calif., from venture capitalists with bags of money to spend, let me just say the money is, well, underwhelming. Clinton’s speech, thankfully, was much better.Voices