The Apple iPhone 4s antenna debacle prompted New York Sen. Charles Schumer to send a letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, requesting that Apple take “swift action on this matter.” – As Apple executives prepare to discuss the antenna issues
surrounding their iPhone 4, the company is continuing to get pressure
from the outside to address customers concerns. The latest shot came
June 15, when Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, sent a letter to Apple CEO
Steve Jobs, pressing him to do…
A proposal by three U.S. senators would stiffen many of the regulations surrounding H-1B and L-1 visas, including an increase in U.S. worker displacement protection and restricting the number of H-1B and L-1 employees that certain U.S. companies could hire. While many companies in Silicon Valley have lobbied Congress to raise the cap on H-1B visa holders, many lawmakers have pushed back, arguing that the system is rifled with fraud issues. In 2008, a USCIS report found the H-1B program had a more than 20 percent violation rate.
– A new proposal by U.S.
Sens. Harry Reid, D-Nev., Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Bob Menendez, D-N.J.,
would see a stiffening of the regulations surrounding H-1B and L-1 visas,
including restricting the number of H-1B and L-1 employees that U.S. companies
of a certain size could hire. While the pla…
MoveOn.org added a Facebook group petition page to protest Facebook’s instant personalization tool. The Electronic Frontier Foundation put up a timeline showing the social network company’s regression in privacy practices. The protests by the EFF and MoveOn.org come just days after U.S. Senators Charles Schumer, Michael Bennet, Al Franken and Mark Begich sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg asking the company to revisit instant personalization.
– Facebook continues to take heat for its quot;instant personalization quot;
feature, which the company launched earlier this month to enable the social
network to share users’ profile data with third-party partner Websites.
To protest instant personalization, MoveOn.org has, in no small amount o…
Four senators ask Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to reconsider his company’s approach to privacy. Facebook meanwhile contends that its latest moves do not change user privacy protections at all.
– Facebook has once again stirred up privacy concerns, this time in the
political arena.
Several politicians joined forces April 27 to urge Facebook to change its
privacy approach to block third parties from accessing
personal information with the users’ consent. Sens. Charles Schumer,
Michael Be…
Today’s vote is proof that hard work, and elections, have real-life consequences that can help save lives.
WASHINGTON — Live from the Capitol, Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings promise high political theater this week, beamed to the world in dramatic, historic, perhaps comedic glory.
When the curtain rises Monday on Sotomayor’s nominat…
“Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends…” All week long, this line has been running through my head. It’s from an Emerson,…
