PolicyBlog
by Wendy Davis, Staff Writer
The advocacy group Consumer Watchdog wants the Federal Communications Commission to regulate how Facebook, Google and other Web companies protect consumers' privacy. "Do Not Track requests -- if
required to … Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
Consumers who are suing Turn for allegedly tracking them with "supercookies" created by Verizon say a federal judge should reject the company's bid to … Read the whole story
by Gavin O'Malley
Continuing to fiddle with its News Feed, Facebook will now factor the time users spend viewing stories into its master algorithm. For example, if … Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
Microsoft will begin encrypting all search traffic on Bing, making the intent and other signals related to the search query more important than keywords. … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Erik Sass, Staff Writer
Facebook is quickly becoming a preferred platform for publishing original content, including news and now entertainment. This week Amazon Studios announced that it will … Read the whole story