Federal regulators are finally telling phone companies how to comply with a rule requiring them to charge bargain prices to schools and libraries.... Read more»
President’s Obama re-election campaign is collecting detailed data about its supporters. The campaign just won’t talk about it.... Read more»
Broadband subscribership in rural states, particularly in the West, increased at a rapid clip between 2008 and 2010. Arizona ranks 16th in households with high-speed connections to the Internet. But poor areas across the nation, including in Tucson, still lag in families with online access.... Read more»
An advocacy group gives Arizona an A-minus on how it helps taxpayers research online how and where state government spends their money.... Read more»
A federal appeals court upheld a multimillion-dollar award Monday to Skydive Arizona Inc. for false advertising, trademark infringement and cybersquatting by another company, Skyride.... Read more»4
On a Facebook page dedicated to spring break in Western Arizona’s Lake Havasu City, perhaps it isn’t surprising to see a featured picture showing a young woman sporting a bikini top, bellybutton ring and Mardi Gras beads, her arms raised in celebration.... Read more»
In one of the largest porn password heists in history, up to one million users’ email addresses and passwords from YouPorn were hacked and made accessible to the general public.... Read more»
The FCC halted LightSquared’s operations due to its planned network’s potential to interfere with millions of GPS devices. The FCC described its decision as a setback for competition in the wireless market. It is also a huge blow for investor Philip Falcone, a major donor to President Obama,... Read more»
With budgets tight and the world increasingly connected by the Internet, state lawmakers and publishers are wrangling over whether the future of public notices should include paying for ads to run in newspapers.... Read more»
Internet activists may have won this round in the battle over SOPA. But the fight ain’t over yet.... Read more»2
When I first heard talk of SOPA, of course I thought of Mexican food. But the more I’ve learned about the Stop Online Piracy Act working its way through Congress, the more of a bad taste it leaves. The law would open a porthole to censorship, online disruption and more expensive Internet connections.... Read more»1
The Better Business Bureau is issuing an urgent scam alert cautioning businesses and consumers about an email that is purporting to be from a bbb.org email address about a recently filed complaint. The email contains a dangerous attachment.... Read more»
Proving that the Internet is actually useful: Can’t find your cell phone, again? Here’s help.... Read more»1
The Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is warning of phones calls coming from 718-683-3104, claiming there’s a problem with the call recipient’s credit card, and that action must be taken to keep the account open.... Read more»
A group of local independent online news publishers from across the country—including TucsonSentinel.com— agreed to found a trade group while attending a conference in Chicago on Friday.... Read more»
The Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is alerting consumers and businesses to YellowpagesO, a New York company that is mailing invoices for online marketing services to businesses in Tucson.... Read more»
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