PolicyBlog
by Wendy Davis, Staff Writer
Verizon's proposed $4.4 billion acquisition of AOL gives the Federal Communications Commission another reason to impose privacy obligations on broadband providers. That's according to Public
Knowledge, which today called for … Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
A proposed data breach bill in Illinois would create "unnecessary compliance burdens" for businesses, the ANA and other trade groups said on Tuesday in … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Gord Hotchkiss, Featured Contributor
Once again fellow Online Spin writer Tom Goodwin has piqued my interest. He starts to unwrap a tremendously thorny problem in his column of … Read the whole story
by Tyler Loechner, Gavin O'Malley
While Verizon and AOL are both consumer-facing companies, analysts and industry watchers say their merging has more to do with data and ad technology. … Read the whole story
by Aaron Baar
The widespread adoption of smartphones and tablets has fundamentally changed the way Americans consume content. Streaming subscription services such as Netflix and Amazon saw … Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer
Google took steps to temporarily shutter its Map Maker Monday after pranksters used it to draw the Android icon peeing on an Apple Logo … Read the whole story