May 3, 2012
The historic decision from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to open the top-level domain market has received a lot of criticism ever since its announcement last year. Recent developments, however, are bringing even more concerns to table...
April 29, 2012
How would you like to have a Facebook News Feed for all the news and information you consume? A new startup that just launched into public beta aims to do just this. The company is called Wavii and takes the concept of news aggregation to a new level.
As Adrian Aoun, the CEO of Wavii, explained to WebProNews, the company aims to understand everything on the Web. Although he admits it’s an ambitious goal, Aoun believes that Wavii has the potential to...
April 27, 2012
Adobe made several announcements this week, much to the excitement of creative professionals. The company introduced Adobe Creative Suite 6 as well as its Creative Cloud.
As Heidi Voltmer, the Director of Product Marketing at Adobe, explained to WebProNews, CS6 includes 14 new products and 4 Creative Suite additions. She told...
April 22, 2012
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, which is more commonly known as CISPA, is expected to receive a House vote this week. The Internet community, with the exception of tech giants such as Google and Facebook, has been raising concerns about the bill claiming that...
April 19, 2012
The labor conditions in Asia have long been a controversial topic, but they have recently come into the spotlight due to concerns over Apple’s working practices in China. Back in January, The New York Times exposed new details involving what takes place in the factories of Apple’s largest supplier...
April 17, 2012
The time is quickly approaching for the Internet to be introduced to a whole new array of generic top-level domains (gTLD). Last year, ICANN made its historic decision to allow companies and individuals to purchase their own gTLD.
Although the decision was met with much criticism, especially from the...
April 12, 2012
The JOBS Act was signed into law last week in an effort to boost the economy. The law, which in long form is the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, is designed to help startups and small businesses raise capital and avoid cumbersome regulatory hurdles.
Michael McGeary of Hattery Labs worked directly with lawmakers on this bill and spoke with WebProNews about it. According to...
April 10, 2012
Comcast recently came under fire for net neutrality concerns after it made an announcement about its soon-to-be-released video streaming service, Xfinity. The cable company said that it would not count the television programming users access through their Xbox against their monthly data cap.
Although many consumers took the announcement as good news, several media activists spoke out saying that the move...
April 3, 2012
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission released its final report on privacy. The Commission hopes to bring privacy by design, simplified choice for businesses and consumers, and greater transparency through its recommendations.
As WebProNews previously reported, the White House also released a...
April 1, 2012
Cyber security has been getting a lot of attention in recent years after a number of corporations and government websites have undergone security breaches. In fact, Congress is even weighing the idea of cyber security legislation in an effort to prevent against cyber warfare.
Jerry Brito, however, who is the Director of the...