Apple has announced that, thanks to its involvement in the ConnectED initiative, 32,145 students are now “learning, creating and exploring” on iPads at underserved public schools across the US. ConnectED…
A new Obama administration privacy policy released Friday explains how the government will gather the user data of online visitors to WhiteHouse.gov, mobile apps and social media sites, and it…
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sought to assure leading Internet and tech executives that his administration is committed to protecting people’s privacy, a week before a self-imposed deadline for a…
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the late actor and director Harold Ramis, a native of his hometown of Chicago, was one of America’s “greatest satirists.” In a statement, the…
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has secured commitments from U.S. companies worth about $750 million to get more students connected to high-speed Internet. AT&T, Sprint, Apple and Microsoft are among…
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is putting limits on the harvesting of Americans’ phone records and seeking revisions to a program that sweeps up email and Internet data around the…
U.S. President Barack Obama is ready to announce reforms to the National Security Agency’s data collection programs, the White House said Friday. White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters Obama…
President Barack Obama is expected to tighten restrictions on U.S. spying on foreign leaders and also is considering changes in National Security Agency access to Americans’ phone records, according to…
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is meeting Tuesday with executives from leading technology companies, including Google, Twitter and Apple. The White House says the meeting will focus on efforts to…
LONDON – Major technology companies, stung by poor publicity for having helped the U.S. government access personal data, on Monday issued an open letter to President Barack Obama asking for…