In an era of information overload, search engines help Internet users find the information they want. Access to this information is a human rights issue as well as an economic one. But search engines are often criticized by businesses frustrated with search engine rankings and by restrictive governments around the world demanding that search results…
DetailsThe Department of Justice’s decision to block AT&T’s takeover of its competitor T-Mobile came as no surprise to antitrust experts, as our CEO said in a Huffington Post column, it was a “no brainer.” But still, the lawsuit was reassuring to those who have spent enough time in Washington to know that sometimes the good…
DetailsThe Department of Justice’s decision to block AT&T’s takeover of its competitor T-Mobile came as no surprise to antitrust experts, as our CEO said in a Huffington Post column, it was a “no brainer.” But still, the lawsuit was reassuring to those who have spent enough time in Washington to know that sometimes the good…
DetailsThe tech industry helped launch the push for patent reform six years ago, but it was not among those cheering the passage of the bill yesterday. Those applauding the loudest were those who originally fought patent reform, and instead managed to get the bill so watered down that it no longer promised real reforms. The…
DetailsThe tech industry helped launch the push for patent reform six years ago, but it was not among those cheering the passage of the bill yesterday. Those applauding the loudest were those who originally fought patent reform, and instead managed to get the bill so watered down that it no longer promised real reforms. The…
DetailsThe past week has seen two different federal court decisions that have a bearing on the privacy of your location, particularly information that can be gleaned from the use of an average cell phone. This information, usually called “cell-site location” data, is gathered and stored by cell phone service providers in the course of their…
DetailsThe past week has seen two different federal court decisions that have a bearing on the privacy of your location, particularly information that can be gleaned from the use of an average cell phone. This information, usually called “cell-site location” data, is gathered and stored by cell phone service providers in the course of their…
DetailsLeesburg, Va. – As a round of negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership begins, public interest groups are joining members of Congress in their call for more transparency of the key nine-country trade agreement that’s being billed as the 21st Century Trade Agreement. Canada and Mexico are scheduled to join the next round of talks in December and the treaty is…
DetailsA study performed by University of California at Irvine professor of economics David Neumark and released today confirms that AT&T’s proposed take-over of T-Mobile, if approved, would cost the American economy tens-of-thousands of jobs. The study shows that AT&T would shed jobs to eliminate redundancy and overlap in the merged company and reduce overall network…
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