The FBI and the US government say Google, Microsoft and other tech firms have no free speech right to declare how many data demands they receive under a controversial Foreign Intelligence… Read more »
LinkedIn is facing a spate of negative publicity over perceptions that its connection tools are intrusive; the site says it will respond with a “block” tool at some point in the… Read more »
Are you finding your in-box flooded with LinkedIn requests? That may be because some people are sending out the invitations against their will, according to a lawsuit that accuses the site… Read more »
All sorts of firms today are storing data in the belief that they will be able to leverage it in powerful ways. But, if they don’t know what they’re doing, the… Read more »
Germany’s latest attempt to blackmail Google into subsidizing its news business fell short — but the fact the Germans tried in the first place reveals a deeper malaise in Europe’s news… Read more »
LinkedIn became a giant in the tech sector, in part by building quality product in a short time. That skill – reflected in platforms like Influencers – wasn’t luck but the… Read more »
The media elite increasingly belongs to digital only entities. Look under the hood of some of these new power brokers, and you’ll see an unprecedented amount of ordinary people shaping the… Read more »
Gabe Rivera has been at the vanguard of technology driven journalism through sites like Techmeme and Mediagazer. At a recent event, he discussed the limits of algorithms and the need for… Read more »
Patent troll suits — in which shell companies that don’t make anything sue those that do — are proliferating. The latest example may include a shell firm suing Facebook and others… Read more »
LinkedIn will get to connect with a federal judges after an embarrasing security breach in early June. The social network for professionals has been hit with a class action seeking at… Read more »