Tumblr fans get sassy on Yahoo! takeover news
Tumblr lovers were quick to express ire in trademark sassy posts Monday after news that Yahoo! is buying the blogging platform in a $1.1 billion deal.
May 20, 2013
not rated yet
0
May 20, 2013
not rated yet
0
China career boost can come with health risks (Update)
Whitney Foard Small loved China and her job as a regional director of communications for a top automaker. But after air pollution led to several stays in hospital and finally a written warning from her doctor ...
Apr 30, 2013
4.8 / 5 (4)
0
Censors increasingly take aim at Google content
Google on Thursday released data showing that requests by governments to censor the Internet giant's content have hit new heights, with Brazil and the United States leading the way.
Apr 25, 2013
4.5 / 5 (2)
0
Google Reader death brings online outcry
Outrage over Google's decision to pull the plug on Reader flooded the Internet on Thursday as lovers of the RSS service for tracking website updates lobbied to keep it alive. ...
Mar 14, 2013
1 / 5 (1)
0
Deep divides in Dubai at UN talks on Internet (Update 2)
Talks over possible new U.N. regulations for the Internet were deeply divided Monday, with Russia and others advocating for more government control, while a U.S.-led bloc warned against rules that could restrict freedoms ...
Dec 10, 2012
1 / 5 (1)
0
US lawmakers vote against UN Internet regulation
The US House of Representatives voted unanimously Wednesday to oppose any efforts to give the United Nations new authority to regulate the Internet.
Dec 05, 2012
5 / 5 (4)
21
Internet freedom not to be curbed, UN telecoms head says
Internet freedom will not be curbed or controlled, the head of the UN telecommunications body, Hamadoun Toure, said as a meeting to review the 24-year-old telecom regulations kicked off Monday.
Dec 03, 2012
5 / 5 (1)
3
Google enters debate on UN Internet control
Google has jumped into the debate over a UN telecom gathering set to review regulations affecting the Internet, claiming it is "the wrong place" to make decisions about the future of the Web.
Nov 21, 2012
5 / 5 (3)
0
Online freedom sees setbacks, a few gains: study
Online freedom has suffered setbacks in many countries, but also some gains, amid the Arab Spring uprisings and political upheaval in parts of the world, a new study showed.
Sep 25, 2012
5 / 5 (1)
1
Google says it will shut China music service (Update)
(AP)—Google Inc. said Friday it will close a music download service in China, further reducing its presence in the world's most populous Internet market two years after the company closed its mainland search engine in a ...
Sep 21, 2012
not rated yet
0
Online rights groups fear violence backlash
Internet rights champions on Friday were fearful that free speech online may be among the victims of violence spurred by an anti-Islam video posted to YouTube.
Sep 15, 2012
4.2 / 5 (5)
83
Mobile phones trump computers among online Chinese
Mobile phones have overtaken computers as the most popular device for getting online in China, the government said Thursday, as it announced the number of web users had hit 538 million.
Jul 19, 2012
5 / 5 (1)
0
Russian parliament to vote on 'web censorship' bill
The Russian parliament was Wednesday set to vote into law a contentious bill that activists fear will introduce Internet censorship by blacklisting sites deemed as undesirable.
Jul 11, 2012
not rated yet
1
Censoring social media fans flames of social unrest
Is social media censorship a means to quell a modern uprising? Some politicians and law enforcers during the political turbulence of 2011 thought so but recent research suggests that uncensored citizens experience less violence ...
Jul 02, 2012
not rated yet
0
|
China blocks Xi searches after Bloomberg report
China blocked web searches on Saturday for the name of leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping, a day after cutting access to Bloomberg sites following the agency's publication of a report on his family's wealth.
Jul 01, 2012
5 / 5 (2)
0
