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Google reports a 19% jump in US government data requests
Google fielded 19 percent more requests from the U.S. government for data on its users in the first half of...
Read moreUber doubles down on shared rides, enacts permanent pricing cut for UberX
Uber appears determined not to stand down in the face of a regulatory challenge to its new shared ride service.Days...
Read moreDyn sells Internet performance data via SaaS
Enterprises can tap into more than a decade’s worth of statistics on global Internet performance, plus real-time data, with a...
Read moreFacebook’s new research guidelines don’t impress the professionals
Researchers say Facebook has a ways to go yet toward injecting more transparency and ethics into its research practices.On Thursday,...
Read moreNigeria to license seven infrastructure companies to spur broadband
Nigeria will license seven infrastructure companies within the next few weeks as the country moves to an open access policy...
Read moreAs Africa Internet penetration lags, experts suggest ways to spur broadband growth
In the wake of a U.N. survey highlighting poor Internet access in a swath of sub-Saharan African countries, industry insiders...
Read moreNSA internal watchdog defends agency’s privacy practices
The U.S. National Security Agency takes multiple steps to protect the privacy of the information it collects about U.S. residents...
Read moreAllSeen Alliance’s IoT crusade takes aim at smart lighting
The “Internet of things” encompasses a dizzying range of connected devices, some real and some still imaginary, but setting standards...
Read moreWith Zuckerberg in India, Internet.org promotes apps and sites for women, farmers
With Mark Zuckerberg in Delhi on Thursday, Facebook-backed Internet.org launched a contest to promote the creation of apps, websites and...
Read moreChina’s Baidu developing an OS for smart bikes
Chinese search giant Baidu is getting on the smart bike bandwagon with an operating system that lets cyclists track their...
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