Anecdotal evidence suggests that it's not unusual for children to have Facebook accounts. You even hear of parents setting up the occasional account for an infant. But it seems F...
Last week, rumors indicated that Google CEO Eric Schmidt might be in the running for the position of U.S. Commerce Secretary. Now, the organization called Consumer Watchdog - whic...
Nearly three-quarters (73%) of American Internet users went online in 2010 for news or information about the midterm elections or to communicate with others about the campaigns, a...
YouTube is inviting users to submit questions to Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu for an interview that will be streamed live on the site.
The interview is part of the Y...
Google's best lawyers may want to start packing their bags for Washington, D.C. Today, Senator Mike Lee called for the Senate Judiciary Committee's Antitrust Subcommittee to condu...
Google's attempts to "do no evil" and defend Wael Ghonim may have raised the Russian government's ire. Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin has been quoted blaming...
U.S. Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) introduced “Do Not Track Me” legislation in Congress today that would let people block the tracking of their online ac...
The passage of time doesn't seem to be working in Google's favor when it comes to the company's proposed acquisition of ITA Software. More than six months after the deal w...
Facebook's short-lived (but soon-to-be-re-enabled) experiment with sharing users' addresses and phone numbers with third parties did not impress certain politicians. Indee...
Google has devised a way for Egyptians to tweet by calling a phone number and leaving a voicemail. The voicemail will be automatically interpreted into text and tweeted in real-...
Google fans may want to brace for another round of accusations about the company's influence. The Lobbying Disclosure Act Database, which is backed by the U.S. Senate itse...
Nearly a quarter of Americans used Twitter or social networking sites such as Facebook or MySpace in the months leading up to the November, 2010 elections to connect to the camp...
President Obama appointed General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt as chairman of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.
Having worked with Immelt in...
When watchdog groups and oversight committees are formed, the semi-paranoid question "who watches the watchers?" sometimes comes up. Now, with respect to the Hou...
Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft can't agree on much, and you might imagine that tossing some politicians into the situation wouldn't help, but a common goal's come to light. ...
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