Google helped with CISPA, joins Cybersecurity Theatre
GOP chair says Google helped with unprecedented snooping bill CISPA, widely opposed by organizations and individuals alike.
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Violet Blue unapologetically covers the intersection of tech trends and media stories about corruption, hypocrisy and redemption from tech's fault line, San Francisco.
Violet Blue
Violet Blue is an outspoken and controversial author and journalist; she contributes to ZDNet, CNET, CBS News and SF Appeal.
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Sex Tech: ICANN and Dot-Sex, EA's LGBT Content, Kickstarter Censorship
EA is under fire for same-sex content in it games, ICANN is set to make more adult TLDs and a scary sextortion crime.
Remembering Jack Tramiel
Commodore founder Jack Tramiel died this week. His legacy of computers for the people and dreams for a better future live on.
Delete Your Instagram Account and Keep Your Photos
Instagram was acquired by Facebook. Save your photos and delete your account, then try Instagram alternatives for Apple and Android. [UPDATED: new photo export tools.]
Sex Tech: Porn Site Metrics, Team Brazzers, Adult Friend Finder Images
Brazzers bids for online game sponsorship, the internet is full of porn, Adult Friend Finder sued for image misuse, erotic hypnosis.
Stalker app Girls Around Me hunts women via Facebook, Foursquare
Online outrage increases over sexualized, so-called stalking app Girls Around Me - though it is not the first of its kind.
Sex Tech: Egyptian Porn Censorship, UK Filesharing Travesty, Wikipedia Sex Wars
Under the banner of anti-porn: Egypt's boldest move to filter the internet, UK violates broadband user privacy, Wikipedia's rules are bent.
In DC, Google and Facebook Position Republican Insiders
As SOPA fades Google and Facebook pick Republican veteran DC insiders and lobbyists for key positions in tech's new political era.
Sex Tech: That's What She Said, EHarmony and Sex Offenders
Pakistan blocks American sex ed site, dating sites screen for sex offenders, health officials want to use social networks to track STDs, and more.
Why Developers Should Worry About Google Play
Google's Android Market becomes Google Play with renewed enforcement of their content policies.