Here are your top highlights for this day in history for May 9, 2012: – FDA approves birth control pill – FCC chair condemns TV programming – First Americans to fly over North Pole – Journalist Mike Wallace born – “Piano Man” Billy Joel born Mobile users: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YuFczK6nt0
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Here are your top business and financial news headlines for Wednesday, April 18, 2012: – Ford CEO Alan Mulally says battery packs for Focus electric car cost $12K – $15K – Liberty Media needs FCC approval to take “de facto” control of Sirius – Spain threatens economic retaliation against Argentina after it unveils plans to [...]
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Fresh off their $25,000 for allegedly blocking a federal privacy investigation, Google is now the subject of a second federal investigation into its privacy practices that could result in an even bigger hit to the company’s bottom line. The Federal Trade Commission is now investigating the search giant’s actions in bypassing the default privacy settings [...]
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Here are your top tech news headlines for Wednesday, April 11, 2012: – Facebook announced it will buy the photo-sharing app Instagram for 1 billion dollars – Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile are teaming up with the U.S. FCC to combat phone theft – Sony expects its net loss to be more than double what [...]
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Imagine you’re sitting on the bus trying to call your spouse, or waiting for an important text from your babysitter – but suddenly there’s no signal. Did you just wander into a “dead zone”, or is someone jamming your cell phone signal? If you’re riding along a SEPTA bus route in Philadelphia, you’re likely a [...]
Score another win for the consumer. Verizon Wireless just announced they’re scrapping that $2 convenience fee they were going to charge for paying your bill online or over the phone. It seems a massive wave of public outrage that played out on Twitter, as well as the possibility of an FCC investigation, made them change [...]
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That’s the end of that. AT&T Inc. today announced that, after a thorough analysis of the company’s options, it has decided to end its bid to acquire T-Mobile USA, an effort which started in March of this year. The Justice Department sued AT&T in August to stop the planned merger, stating that such a merger [...]
“HI, BILLY MAYS HERE!” The loud TV commercial will soon be a thing of the past. This week, the Federal Communications Commission passed new regulations requiring TV broadcasters, including cable and satellite companies, to keep the volume level on commercials down. The mandate, which becomes effective in one year, “says commercials must have the same [...]
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Seven years later, the battle rages on. Today, a U.S. appeals court threw out a federal agency’s decision to fine CBS $550,000 for airing singer Janet Jackson‘s infamous “wardrobe malfunction” during the 2004 Super Bowl broadcast. A divided 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia said that in imposing the fine, the Federal Communications [...]
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In a slight change of tune regarding cell phone use, the International Agency for Research on Cancer announced today that radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer. The agency is the cancer arm of the World Health Organization. The WHO now lists cell phone use in the same “carcinogenic hazard” category (category 2B) as [...]
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The Federal Communications Commission has just approved Comcast‘s purchase of a controlling stake in NBC Universal. At this point, the deal is still subject to review by the U.S. Justice Department. The FCC approved the joint venture by a 4-1 vote. Democratic Commissioner Michael J. Copps, the only dissenting vote, said the concentration of media [...]
In just 8 hours, the series finale of LOST will be broadcast on ABC at 9 p.m. EDT. To honor this historic day, Jimmy Kimmel ran a special edition of “This Week in Unnecessary Censhorship” on his late night show earlier this week. The segment usually represents Kimmel’s weekly jab at the FCC. This week, [...]
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