Washington Post : Why Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is joining the #DeleteFacebook movement
Monday, 09 April 2018 14:28
Tech entrepreneur Steve Wozniak says he's quitting Facebook. Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs, told USA Today that he is abandoning the social media giant, joining the #DeleteFacebook movement in which Facebook users are shutting down their accounts over concerns about the use of their personal information. “Users provide every detail…
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Washington Post : Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to Capitol Hill: “It was my mistake, and I’m sorry.”
Monday, 09 April 2018 16:03
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed contrition for allowing third-party apps to grab the data of its users without their permission and for being “too slow to spot and respond to Russian interference” during the U.S. election, according to his prepared remarks published by the House Energy and…
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Washington Post : Facebook could face record fine, say former FTC officials
Sunday, 08 April 2018 13:00
Facebook’s disclosure this week that its search tools were used to collect data on most of its 2.2 billion users could potentially trigger record fines and create new legal vulnerability for not having prevented risks to user data, said three former federal officials. The three former officials, all of…
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Washington Post : Trump railed against Amazon, but a law he signed could have the government paying it a lot more money
Friday, 06 April 2018 19:15
President Trump in recent days has railed against Amazon, claiming it was perpetrating “a scam” because its deliveries cost the Post Office “a fortune.” But thanks to a law he signed late last year, Trump gave Amazon and other online retailers a huge opportunity to expand how much business…
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Washington Post : Facebook’s Zuckerberg long resisted going to Congress. Now he’ll face a “reckoning,” lawmakers say
Friday, 06 April 2018 19:40
When Mark Zuckerberg testifies to the U.S. Congress next week, the Facebook chief executive will face off with lawmakers who have long been itching to confront him – on everything from a privacy mishap involving 87 million users to a litany of issues that have dogged the company for…
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Washington Post : In the age of tech giants, this company shows it’s still possible to defy them
Friday, 06 April 2018 18:54
In the age of the tech giants, start-ups face daunting odds. Through aggressive acquisitions, blatant mimicking of smaller rivals, and the built-in advantages of their user networks and Internet infrastructure, tech titans rule the scene. But at least in the case of Dropbox, an online file-sharing company, it's still…
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Washington Post : 6 key themes emerging from AT&T’s landmark antitrust trial
Friday, 06 April 2018 14:49
We're now almost four weeks into AT&T's historic court battle with the government over its $85 billion merger with Time Warner. Where do things stand in the landmark antitrust trial? Here's an overview of the major themes emerging in this pivotal case that could shape the future…
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Washington Post : What if we paid for Facebook — instead of letting it spy on us for free?
Thursday, 05 April 2018 16:32
Let’s play the Price is Right. What’s a Facebook membership worth? $7 per month? $5? $1? It’s a trick question, because Facebook has always been free. But what if there was a way you could pay to remove the eerie targeted ads, stop it from tracking every…
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Washington Post : Apple said to be developing screens that let you control your phone without tapping or swiping
Wednesday, 04 April 2018 16:56
Smudgy iPhone screens may be a relic of the past, if reports of Apple testing a “touchless” screen are true. The company is said to be developing a screen that lets a person control some phone features by hovering their finger over it, rather than tapping and swiping, Bloomberg…
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Washington Post : Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify to Congress next week about Cambridge Analytica
Wednesday, 04 April 2018 12:22
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg will testify before a key House committee next week, the panel said Wednesday, the first of three potential hearings where Zuckerberg could face questions about Facebook’s data privacy practices. The hearing — set before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the…
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