Secretary of State John Kerry was very direct with those who held the idea that an action against Syria’s Assad regime would cause retaliation on Tuesday during a Google+ hangout. Kerry said that those who would retaliate against the U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry told a Google+ hangout today that it is imperative that the U.S. deliver some response to the Assad regime. When asked about Americans who were concerned about getting involved in another war Kerry said directly,
Secretary Kerry told a Google+ hangout on Tuesday that President Obama “retains” the right to initiate a military strike on Syria without Congressional approval. “The President is the President,” Kerry said, “and he has that power.”
Twitter purchased mobile-ad company MoPub for $350 million in stock according to a blog post from the firm. The San Francisco-based companies did not disclose terms, but a person familiar with the matter said Twitter paid $350 million in stock
Even as President Obama attempts to make the case for urgent military action, suggesting that the Syrian regime can be deterred from chemical weapons use by such action, Secretary of State John Kerry threatened “unbelievably small” consequences for Bashar al-Assad’s
Informant might be the most fair assessment of Brandon Darby’s journey from far-left radical to New Media conservative one could realistically expect from the liberal film realm. The documentary, a more balanced production than the thematically similar 2011 hit piece
(AP) World leaders push big companies to pay more taxesBy ANGELA CHARLTONAssociated PressST. PETERSBURG, RussiaIt’s time to make Google, Apple and other multinational companies pay more taxes. That’s the message President Barack Obama and the leaders of the world’s leading
Americans are more worried about their personal information being stolen on Facebook than by government agencies like the National Security Agency, according to a new Pew Research study. According to the survey that was released on Thursday, 33% of Internet
It is fitting that Labor Day is a federal holiday, given that under a supposed wage freeze from 2010 to 2012 the average base salary for federal workers increased by 10% to $78,467. Over the same period, private sector workers’
(AP) Yahoo unveils new logoSUNNYVALE, Calif.Yahoo has refreshed its logo for the first time since shortly after the Internet company’s founding 18 years ago. The new look unveiled late Wednesday is part of a makeover that Yahoo Inc. has been
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 9/4: Now you can search for tweets as old as Twitter with Topsy; family limits tech use to pre-1987 years; is tech affecting your baby?; disgruntled airline customer wins Twitter;
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICONAssociated PressMEXICO CITYEnglish speakers need subtitles to understand the movie and probably Google to know where they’ve seen the star, if at all. But a movie featuring a Mexican actor whose shows have been a TV staple
According to USAID (United States Agency For International Development), the federal agency in charge of distributing the vast majority of foreign aid monies to other countries, United States taxpayers have paid for over one billion dollars in foreign aid packages
(AP) Column: Could Bama be in for a big surprise?By TIM DAHLBERGAP Sports ColumnistThere’s not a lot to like about it, maybe because it seems so inevitable and Nick Saban always seems so crabby. Root for Alabama to win a
Google Palestine was defaced by hackers, who wrote on the site, “uncle google we say hi from palestine to remember you that the country in google map not called Israel. its called Palestine.” The hackers seemed to be responding to
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 8/27: Syrian Electronic Army Hits NY Times, Twitter Through Attack on Domain Registrar; twerk and selfie added to dictionary; NSA parody t-shirt pulled from shop; camp for internet addicts; epic
The New York Times’ website nytimes.com experienced its second outage this month today. According to reports, “multiple attempts to access the site failed Tuesday afternoon, directly and redirected through links.” The company blamed a previous 2 hour outage on maintenance
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 8/26: Officials focus on two minute window in NASDAQ shutdown probe; GIF Hell; game pokes fun at over-redacting; Reddit’s pay it forward moment; Facebook could affect your credit score; Kate
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Finally, as we honor Ty’s courage on the battlefield, I want to recognize his courage in the other battle he has fought. Ty has spoken openly — with honesty and extraordinary eloquence — about his struggle with Post-Traumatic
Top-secret documents obtained by The Guardian reveal the National Security Agency (NSA) paid millions of dollars to Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft to cover costs associated with the agency’s PRISM surveillance program. The revelation is the the first evidence of a
ESPN is reportedly in talks to stream all of its channels online and has held talks to make its programming available “on internet television services like the ones said to be under development by Apple, Google, Intel, and Sony.” According
Yahoo has reversed its steady two-year decline in unique page views, besting Google’s traffic for the first time since 2011. Yahoo came out on top of Google for July according to comScore, a service that tracks unique visitors to U.S.
(AP) ‘Boyfriend Tracker’ app raises stir in BrazilBy JENNY BARCHFIELDAssociated PressRIO DE JANEIROBrazilians were outraged when they learned their country was a top target of the U.S. National Security Agency’s overseas spying operation, with data from billions of calls and
(AP) Google and NFL meet; Sunday Ticket up for grabs?By SARAH SKIDMORE SELLAssociated PressPORTLAND, Ore.Google has been holding talks with the National Football League, raising speculation that the Internet monolith is seeking new inroads into television. Other tech companies like
On Al Jazeera America’s The Stream, a community activist from Florida whose brother was killed as a result of the violence in Egypt last week claimed that the Egyptian military and security forces are bombing Christian churches and blaming it on the
