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Microsoft Quashes Bitcoin Scare

"We continue to support Bitcoin for adding money to your Microsoft Account which can be used for purchasing content in the Windows and Xbox stores," the company said in a statement provided to the E-Commerce Times by spokesperson Carmen Vasilatos "We apologize for inaccurate i...

DoJ, Apple Butt Heads in Latest Encryption Go-Round

"Its recent transparency report documented iCloud data requests from 36 different countries, including both the United States and China. If Apple is forced to create a backdoor because of a U.S. court order, it will be forced to do the same for other governments around the world. Other countries have courts too, you know," Dourado told the E-Commerce Times...

Senators Aim to Lay Down the Law on Encryption Cooperation

The bill, sponsored by Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., and ranking member Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., would open up tech companies to contempt orders and other penalties if they refused to comply with a law enforcement request involving encrypted communications, the E-Commerce Times has confirmed...

Intel Gets Into the FreeD Sportscasting Game

In a questionable call, they can really see all of the angles -- as I expect, eventually, the referees will as well," he told the E-Commerce Times Hurdle Hopping...

FCC Proposes Subsidy to Close Broadband Gap

The participation rate is about 32 percent in the Lifeline program, or about 13 million people, he told the E-Commerce Times The proposed change, which is subject to a March 31 vote by the full commission, builds on several administrative reforms launched in 2012 for the exist...

GOVERNMENT IT REPORT

White House Proposes $3B IT Update Fund

"For the policy to be successful, the first few modernization efforts have to hit their quantitative goals in order to garner long-term support from a new administration and Congress, and be able to demonstrate that the new technology is delivering value and mission objectives," he told the E-Commerce Times...

Reviled People-Rating App Slithers Into Action

"I think a lot of people will initially check out the site/app to see how it's changed from the original controversy, but the negative associations with it will keep people from signing up and installing it," he told the E-Commerce Times Yelp for People...

Ransomware Plague Spreads to Macs

"The reason I think they did that was they wanted to prevent users from linking the downloading of Transmission to their systems being infected with malware," Olson told the E-Commerce Times If a user who downloads Transmission and double-clicks the installer suddenly finds al...

Google’s Loons to Glide Over India

"Project Loon aims to cover large areas of sparsely populated land -- with large aggregate populations -- at a fraction of the cost of building out ground-based infrastructure in remote areas," he told the E-Commerce Times However, it's not meant for densely populated, which a...

Supreme Court Denial Closes Apple’s E-Book Case

"At one level, the strategy Apple and its publisher partners followed was an abject failure," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Amazon was then, and still remains, the largest force in online book sales and e-book distribution." On the other hand, Amazon "isn't beloved by everyon...

GOVERNMENT IT REPORT

For Federal Cloud Investing, Change Is the Only Constant

"Having to receive certification for things like security and compliance related to specific standards always slows down a procurement process. So the debate comes down to whether it's worth the wait to assure compatibility and to boost security," IDC's McCarthy told the E-Commerce Times...

Google’s Hands Free Puts Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

"We're seeing many evolving solutions," he told the E-Commerce Times "Google Wallet didn't really take off like the company wanted, so it launched Android Pay, which was branded differently," Sterling said....

German Authorities to Examine Facebook’s Data Practices

"This is the first time that a company has amassed the sheer volume of data," she told the E-Commerce Times. "In today's world, where data is the new currency, is this about user data ultimately translating into market power and giving Facebook an advantage over German and other EU Internet companies?"...

Apple Lawyer Pushes Back Against FBI Testimony to Judiciary Committee

Microsoft plans to file an amicus brief on behalf of Apple this week in its court battle with the Department of Justice and the FBI, a spokesperson for Apple told the E-Commerce Times Prosecutors Stymied...

FBI Director Makes Case for Security Trade-Off in Congressional Hearing

"The statements that have been made contending that resetting the Apple ID password is what made the backup impossible are incorrect. The fact that the phone was off and PIN locked is what made a cloud backup impossible before the Apple ID password was reset," he told the E-Commerce Times...

EU Fleshes Out Privacy Shield Agreement

The agreement fails to protect against access to private data, among other shortfalls, he told the E-Commerce Times It allows companies to self-certify and fails to provide adequate protection for the private data of individual users, according toAccess Now....

Apple Event Date Nudges Court Showdown

"They're stepping on their own story because the focus on the following day's new coverage is going to be all about the FBI," he told the E-Commerce Times Worse yet, the whole event could backfire on Apple in a bad way.

Privacy Advocates Blast Plan to Expand NSA Data Sharing

"There are significant privacy implications that EPIC will examine in detail," he told the E-Commerce Times The data subject to the expansion includes system-of-record notices, such as individuals of interest in foreign intelligence or counterintelligence activity....

Microsoft Bolsters Cloud Security

The company is investing in three key areas: secure platform, intelligent security graph and working with partners, he told the E-Commerce Times Planned Platform...

Facebook Gives Marketers a Blank Canvas

It's sure to appeal to marketers, he told the E-Commerce Times. For one, Canvas is "a new way to deliver a message to consumers. Adoption of display ads has grown immensely in recent years, and that's made it difficult to have ads stand out. " Besides serving as a new avenue ...

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