Blog Profile / Post Tech
| URL : | http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-tech | |
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| Filed Under: | Technology | |
| Posts on Regator: | 421 | |
| Posts / Week: | 3.8 | |
| Archived Since: | April 20, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Comcast to acquire remaining stake in NBC Universal
Comcast announced Tuesday that it will acquire the remaining 49 percent stake in NBC Universal that it does not already own from General Electric for $16.7 billion. The deal accelerates provisions Comcast made to buy out GE’s stake after regulators approved its acquisition of NBC Universal in 2011. Show More Summary
White House action expected on cybersecurity Wednesday #thecircuit
Executive order on cybersecurity expected Wednesday: President Obama may make executive order on cybersecurity as early as Wednesday, according to a report from the Hill, The order, The Washington post reported Sunday, would create a program that allows private-sector companies to share computer threat data with the government. Read full article >>
President Obama to do post-speech hangout on Google+ #thecircuit
Obama hangout: President Obama will take to Google+ two days after his State of the Union address to conduct a video hangout. Anyone will be able to submit video or text questions to him online ahead of the chat, which will take place at 4:50 p.m. Eastern on Thursday. Read full article >>
Macmillan settles with the DOJ, leaving Apple alone in e-book suit #thecircuit
Macmillan settles with the DOJ: The Justice Department said Friday that it has reached a settlement with Holtzbrinck Publishers, which does business as Macmillan, in a case alleging that the company, Apple and four other publishers had engaged in price-fixing in the e-book market. Show More Summary
Microsoft goes after Google on Gmail ads #thecircuit
Microsoft, Google in tiff over ads: Microsoft launched a new campaign accusing Google of bad ad practices on Gmail, backing up an old complaint about ads with a new study on users’ preferences. Microsoft is taking the next step in its...Show More Summary
Social network privacy bill introduced #thecircuit
SNOPA reintroduced in Congress: Reps. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Michael Grimm (R-N.Y) have reintroduced legislation that would limit how employers, schools and universities can ask employees, applicants and students for social networking information. Read full article >>
Super Bowl profanity draws ire of parents group #thecircuit
Parents Television Council calls on FCC for action: The Parents Television Council is asking the Federal Communication Commission to take action against CBS for airing an unedited comment that contained profanity during the Super Bowl when Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco celebrated his team’s victory. Read full article >>
FCC super WiFi proposal prompts fierce lobbying from tech, telecom firms
A version of this story ran in the print edition of Monday’s Washington Post: The federal government wants to create super WiFi networks across the nation, so powerful and broad in reach that consumers could use them to make calls or surf the Internet without paying a cellphone bill every month. Read full article >>
FTC offers mobile privacy guidelines, settles with Path on child privacy breach, improper data mining
The Federal Trade Commission has released guidelines for mobile privacy that focus on informing users about how apps collect and use personal information. The FTC suggestions on improving data disclosure are aimed at major players in...Show More Summary
Research in Motion, now BlackBerry, debuts system #thecircuit
Research in Motion, now BlackBerry, debuts system: Research in Motion announced that it is rebranding itself, taking the name of its flagship technology and dropping the name its held for more than 25 years. Now BlackBerry, the company...Show More Summary
Justice Dept. asks FCC to defer action on Sprint, Softbank merger #thecircuit
Justice Dept. asks FCC to defer action on Sprint-Softbank merger: The Justice Department has asked the Federal Communications Commission to defer action on the proposed merger between Sprint and Japanese carrier Softbank. Read full article >>
Senate commerce committee sets cybersecurity as priority #thecircuit
Senate commerce committee sets cybersecurity priority: The Senate Committee on Commerce said Wednesday that it is making cybersecurity legislation a priority for the year. Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and...Show More Summary
AT&T to acquire Alltel for $780 million
AT&T announced Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Alltel for $780 million. The purchase includes all of Alltell’s assets, retail stores, licenses and spectrum, as well as its 585,000 subscribers. The move should help AT&T build out its network, particularly in rural areas. Show More Summary
Joshua Wright sworn in as new FTC commissioner
Joshua Wright was sworn in Friday as the Federal Trade Commission’s newest commissioner. Wright, a Republican, was joined by his wife Anhvinh Wright at the Friday ceremony to start his term, which lasts through September 2019. Read full article >>
Joshua Wright begins term at the FTC #thecircuit
FTC’s Wright begins term: Joshua Wright started his term at the Federal Trade Commission Friday, replacing outgoing FTC commissioner J. Thomas Rosch. Wright, formerly a professor of law at George Mason University, has previously served as a visiting scholar in the Federal Trade Commission’s bureau of competition. Read full article >>
FCC releases report on 911 communications #thecircuit
FCC releases report on derecho, 911: Federal Communications Commission commissioner Julius Genachowski announced he will enact new rules to strengthen the resiliency of 911 services during disasters. The plans follow a report released...Show More Summary
Clearwire discloses Dish offer for spectrum
Clearwire disclosed Tuesday that Dish Network has made an unsolicited offer for part of its spectrum, following on the heels of a previously announced agreement between Clearwire and Sprint. Sprint owns 51 percent of Clearwire, and the companies have entered into an agreement for the remaining 49 percent of shares. Read full article >>
Video privacy bill passes Senate, headed to president #thecircuit
Video privacy bill passes Senate: The Senate has passed a Netflix-backed update to a bill that will allow users to share the names of videos they watch on the video service to social networks such as Facebook. The bill updates the Video Privacy Protection Act, which made it illegal for video rental businesses to disclose the titles they rent to customers. Read full article >>
Apple patent rejected by USTPO #thecircuit
Apple patent rejected: The U.S. Patent and Trademark office said Wednesday that it has rejected the “pinch-to-zoom” patent. The technology covered by that patent was one of those at issue in the summer trial between Apple and Samsung. Samsung was ordered to pay Apple more than $1 billion in damages for violating that patent and five others. Read full article >>
Entertainment Software Association responds to Rockefeller video game bill
Criticism of the video game industry and violent video games has resurfaced since last week’s shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. Several politicians, including John Hickenlooper (D), the governor of Colorado, and Sen....Show More Summary