My Way News - Internet blocks return in Iran after brief opening
My Way News reports: "Word of the opening of Iran's blocked social media sites was spread, of
course, by social media itself: in celebratory tweets and breathless
Facebook posts. Hours later, the same sites Tuesday chewed over the
sobering reality that the four-year-old firewalls were back in place. Iran's Internet overseers blamed a 'technical' glitch on the brief window to the Web."
2013/09/17
My Way News - Brazil looks to break from US-centric Internet
My Way News reports: "The effort by Latin America's biggest economy to digitally isolate itself from U.S. spying not only could be costly and difficult, it could encourage repressive governments to seek greater technical control over the Internet to crush free expression at home, experts say."
My Way News reports: "The effort by Latin America's biggest economy to digitally isolate itself from U.S. spying not only could be costly and difficult, it could encourage repressive governments to seek greater technical control over the Internet to crush free expression at home, experts say."
2013/09/07
My Way News - PayPal app adds more mobile wallet features
My Way News reports: "PayPal is updating its mobile app, adding features such as the ability to place an order ahead of time and pay with it while at the restaurant table. [...] The free app is available Thursday for iPhones and Android phones. It includes a feature called "Shop." With it, people can find nearby stores and restaurants that take PayPal payments. People can use their phones to pay for things."
My Way News reports: "PayPal is updating its mobile app, adding features such as the ability to place an order ahead of time and pay with it while at the restaurant table. [...] The free app is available Thursday for iPhones and Android phones. It includes a feature called "Shop." With it, people can find nearby stores and restaurants that take PayPal payments. People can use their phones to pay for things."
2013/09/05
My Way News - Study finds online privacy concerns on the rise
My Way News reports: "Americans might be sharing more personal information online than ever through social networking sites and email. But they also want to better control who can see it, according to a study released Thursday by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project."
My Way News reports: "Americans might be sharing more personal information online than ever through social networking sites and email. But they also want to better control who can see it, according to a study released Thursday by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project."
2013/08/22
My Way News - NSA reveals more secrets after court order
My Way News reports: "The Obama administration has given up more of its surveillance secrets, acknowledging that it was ordered to stop scooping up thousands of Internet communications from Americans with no connection to terrorism - a practice it says was an unintended consequence when it gathered bundles of Internet traffic connected to terror suspects."
My Way News reports: "The Obama administration has given up more of its surveillance secrets, acknowledging that it was ordered to stop scooping up thousands of Internet communications from Americans with no connection to terrorism - a practice it says was an unintended consequence when it gathered bundles of Internet traffic connected to terror suspects."
2013/08/20
My Way News - China in big push against opinion-leading blogs
My Way News reports: "Many famous Chinese - from pop stars to scholars, journalists to business tycoons - have amassed substantial online followings, and these larger-than-life personalities don't always hew to the Communist Party line. Now Beijing is tightening its grip on China's already heavily restricted Internet by making influential microbloggers uncomfortable when they post material the government doesn't like."
My Way News reports: "Many famous Chinese - from pop stars to scholars, journalists to business tycoons - have amassed substantial online followings, and these larger-than-life personalities don't always hew to the Communist Party line. Now Beijing is tightening its grip on China's already heavily restricted Internet by making influential microbloggers uncomfortable when they post material the government doesn't like."
2013/08/16
My Way News - Facebook to test mobile payments service
My Way News reports: "Facebook plans to test a mobile payments service that lets users make purchases inside mobile applications using payment information they have added to their account on the social network. [...] The service would use payment information that shoppers store on Facebook to automatically complete checkout forms of certain mobile apps. Then, the app would process the purchase."
My Way News reports: "Facebook plans to test a mobile payments service that lets users make purchases inside mobile applications using payment information they have added to their account on the social network. [...] The service would use payment information that shoppers store on Facebook to automatically complete checkout forms of certain mobile apps. Then, the app would process the purchase."
2013/08/15
My Way News - Report: NSA spying broke privacy rules many times
My Way News reports: "The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008, The Washington Post reported Thursday. Most of the infractions involve unauthorized surveillance of Americans or foreign intelligence targets in the United States, both of which are restricted by law and executive order."
My Way News reports: "The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008, The Washington Post reported Thursday. Most of the infractions involve unauthorized surveillance of Americans or foreign intelligence targets in the United States, both of which are restricted by law and executive order."
2013/08/12
My Way News - UK bars trash cans from tracking people with Wi-Fi
My Way News reports: "Officials demanded Monday that an advertising firm stop using a network of high-tech trash cans to track people walking through London's financial district. [...] The trash cans join a host of everyday objects from televisions to toilets that are being manufactured with the ability to send and receive data, opening up new potential for interaction - and surveillance."
My Way News reports: "Officials demanded Monday that an advertising firm stop using a network of high-tech trash cans to track people walking through London's financial district. [...] The trash cans join a host of everyday objects from televisions to toilets that are being manufactured with the ability to send and receive data, opening up new potential for interaction - and surveillance."
2013/07/31
My Way News - Virtual currency Bitcoin blocked in Thailand
My Way News reports: "Bitcoins are created, distributed, and authenticated independently of any bank or government. The currency's cryptography makes it almost immune from counterfeiting, and its relative anonymity holds out the promise of being able to spend money across the Internet without scrutiny."
My Way News reports: "Bitcoins are created, distributed, and authenticated independently of any bank or government. The currency's cryptography makes it almost immune from counterfeiting, and its relative anonymity holds out the promise of being able to spend money across the Internet without scrutiny."
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