How was your favorite company rated?
It’s that time of year again The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF) has released its annual report card, Showing how our favorite companies stack in relation to government requests of private data.
Tech Pioneers, Ice Bucket Challenges
Ice Bucket Challenge was intended as a way to raise awareness and money towards fighting ALS. We have been building a collection of our favorite Tech Pioneers enduring the Ice Bucket Challenge. Come check it out and support the cause.
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Microsoft plans to cut 18,000 jobs
Satya Nadella CEO of Microsoft and successor of Steve Balimer have just announced the largest round of cutbacks in Microsoft history. Satya says they will be cutting 18,000 positions in the next year. This also comes not too long after Microsofts acquisition of Nokia. It's said layoffs will be mainly focused on their mobile division, and cutbacks starting with 12,500 of former Nokia employees.
4th Amendment & Online Storage
With so many people storing information within the cloud, we feel everyone should be mindful of a controversial ruling made by a New York judge, James Francis. In which digital information stored overseas are honored by US search warrants
Headline: Skype group video for everyone
Skype the service we love to hate might just become more useful.
Headline: Government reached a deal with tech companies
The Justice Department announced the deal Monday with Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc., Facebook Inc. and LinkedIn Corp. Other companies are expected to participate once it's approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Companies wanted to make the disclosures to alleviate public speculation about their cooperation with the government. The government opposed the companies' request, saying it could interfere with national security investigations.
Headlines: Steven Sinofsky leaving Microsoft
Steven Sinofsky Head of Microsoft's windows division is leaving.
Headlines: Windows 8 developer preivew released
Windows developer preview is available for download
Microsoft Buys Skype for $8.5 Billion
Microsoft agreed to buy Skype for $8.5 billion, acquire 170 million active users, The takeover may help lure Skype users to Microsoft’s phones and software and narrow Google Inc. lead in Internet advertising. Microsoft will connect Skype to its Outlook e-mail, Xbox game console, Windows mobile phones and corporate-phone software. The acquisition is also the biggest Internet takeover in more than a decade.