Kenneth Corbin

We knew Facebook had to do something. For a couple of weeks, the company had been sending signals that change was in the works as it faced a barrage of criticism over recent adjustments that seemed to weaken users’ privacy controls on the world’s largest social network. Now Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s cofounder and CEO, […]

The FCC has been forced to regroup following a court decision that said it can’t apply old telcom laws to new broadband companies. So now it has to figure out what tack to take, and it’s not waiting for Congress to act, either. So what will the FCC do that will keep the broadband companies, […]

A group of committee leaders from both chambers of Congress on Monday pledged to begin work updating the Communications Act, the statutory charter of the Federal Communications Commission that many say has failed to keep pace with the broadband era. The Communications Act, whose last major update came with the 1996 Telecommunications Act, serves as […]

It’s no secret that Facebook has been fighting an image problem of late, with users, consumer groups and government officials piling on the company for what they see as its latest affront to online privacy. Now, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has responded, publishing a somewhat apologetic column in the Washington Post conceding that Facebook’s privacy settings […]

Do what you do best and outsource the rest? That seems to be the guiding spirit of a new partnership between Nokia and Yahoo. Through the alliance announced Monday morning, Yahoo will take over the technology underpinning Nokia’s Ovi e-mail and messaging clients. In turn, Nokia’s Navteq will power Yahoo’s mapping and navigation services. The […]

The wireless industry has seen significant growth and changes the past year as new services and devices come to market. As Enterprise Mobile Today reports, the growth has also brought change to what consumers buy and how. New smartphone devices have been accompanied by new contract terms and pricing. In the view of some members […]

Following the recommendations detailed in the Obama Administration’s Cyberspace Policy Review plan, a gaggle of federal agencies including the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security have established a new portal to collect and share creative ideas for fighting cybercrime at home and abroad. A portal might seem to be a rather […]

Google unveiled Wave, its online platform for unified communications and collaboration, last year at its I/O conference to much fanfare. The company gradually broadened availability of the service, but many users remained confused about what, exactly, Wave did, and Google kept the project in invitation-only mode. Fast forward to today, and the search giant is […]

Google has entered into an agreement to purchase Global IP Solutions, a Norwegian company that provides technology to improve the reliability of real-time voice and video communications over the Internet. Why would Google want to shell out $68 million for GIPS? The answer starts with Android, Google’s open source mobile operating system. But Google also […]

Google says it didn’t mean to gather unsecured data as its cars roamed the streets putting together Street View images, but the search company learned it was doing just that as a result of a request for an audit from a German privacy authority. Google has issued an apology for inadvertently collecting the contents of […]

Google is in hot water with European privacy regulators over an error that allowed its Street View project to collect data sent in the clear to and from the open Wi-Fi access points is vehicles encounter. It’s the latest black eye for a service that has already been in privacy authorities’ cross-hairs over other sorts […]

Social networking sites are often maligned for lax security. It’s no secret that sites like Facebook and Twitter have had their share of run-ins with malware and scammers. But Facebook is taking steps to make users’ profiles a little more secure, rolling out new login security features to tighten up authentication on the site. Now, […]