Venture Alerts Follow

(SUMMARY) More than three dozen state attorney generals expressed fear, in a letter to Google CEO Larry Page, that Google s soon-to-be enacted, one-size-fits-all privacy policy is an invasion of consumer privacy and trust. In a choicely worded missive sent to...

(SUMMARY) OnLive promised that it would one day run Windows desktop computer apps on an Apple iPad, and today it is delivering on that promise. As an added benefit, it is also launching the world s fastest web browser on the iPad. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based...

(SUMMARY) The flood of news stories on the data-collection and online behavioral advertising (“OBA”) practices of search engines, mobile apps, brand advertisers, and social networks is giving many people a very distinct feeling: the creeps. Whether the stories...

(SUMMARY) Apple , Foxconn, and the Fair Labor Association have each responded to ABC s iFactory: Inside Apple news special, which aired last night on ABC. The iFactory Nightline episode told the story of Foxconn, a Chinese factory that produces iPads, iPhones,...

(SUMMARY) Bing and decide? How drab. Instead, you can now use the number two search engine to embarrass your friends. Microsoft s search engine has today introduced a feature called Linked Pages that encourages searchers to connect to Facebook and start...

(SUMMARY) In what might be the most-jargon-filled press release ever, enterprise-software giant SAP announced Wednesday how it will incorporate and improve SuccessFactors enterprise cloud services, after completing its purchase of the company last week. SAP...

(SUMMARY) Google is one step closer to launching a pay-TV service in Kansas City, Missouri one of its fiber Internet testbeds which would directly take on cable and satellite companies. The company filed for a video franchise license in the city last week, the...

(SUMMARY) California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has struck a privacy agreement with the top six companies she believes facilitate the creation of the most applications: Apple, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Amazon, Microsoft, and Research in Motion. Your...

(SUMMARY) Hewlett-Packard reported a decline in revenue for the first fiscal quarter of 2012 , which was expected by analysts as the company struggles to turn itself around. HP s revenue was $30 billion for the quarter, down from $32.3 million or seven percent...

(SUMMARY) Poisoned iPhone factory workers write an open letter, begging consumers to demand improved working conditions . Groupon s Andrew Mason says it s time to instill a different type of behavior in his customers. The Journal translates: It probably means...