Search engines are making it harder to see the difference between regular results and paid ads. Does the FTC have the power to do something? Or can consumers figure it out… Read more »
Are EU regulators over-estimating Google’s influence? Chairman Eric Schmidt pointed to new competitive threats, including Amazon, in a speech in Berlin. Read more »
Should employees be paid for the time they spend in line undergoing anti-theft searches at the end of a shift? An employee of an Amazon warehouse is leading an important test… Read more »
Amazon is digging in versus the federal government in a lawsuit over apps — the case is interesting because Amazon picked a fight with a powerful agency even after two of… Read more »
What are the most important legal cases in tech? Here are three cases going before the Supreme Court this fall, plus a view of 5 other issues coming down the pike. Read more »
Patent reform failed in Congress this year but a spec of hope has arrived in the form of a spate of court decisions in which courts are deciding that so-called inventions… Read more »
Commodity traders help set prices for oil and wheat, allowing buyers to hedge their costs. The same thing is poised to happen in the world of cloud computing. Read more »
A first-of-its-kind law in Delaware sets the stage for major changes in how companies like Google and Facebook treat email, social media and other digital accounts of the deceased. Read more »
Amazon lets aspiring writers use characters from popular series like Gossip Girl and Vampire Diaries to write stories of their own. So why isn’t Kindle Worlds catching on? Read more »