Amazon Wants to Offer Its Smartphone for Free. Who Will Follow?
“Which technology giant will be the first to offer a free smartphone? Amazon.com Inc. is making a play. In a previously unreported move, the online retailer and Kindle maker is considering introducing its long-planned smartphone for free to consumers, according to people familiar with Amazon’s effort.”
Google, Microsoft Press Lawsuits for Right to Release More Surveillance Data
“Perennial competitors in the search realm, Google and Microsoft have set down their swords to press the U.S. government in court for the right to publish statistics on secret surveillance demands against their customers, the companies said today. . . . ‘To followers of technology issues, there are many days when Microsoft and Google stand apart,” [Brad] Smith, [Microsoft’s general counsel] wrote. “But today our two companies stand together. We both remain concerned with the Government’s continued unwillingness to permit us to publish sufficient data relating to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) orders.”
Tech Companies and Government May Soon Go to War Over Surveillance
“Everyone assumes that technology companies like Apple, Facebook, and Google don’t care that their customers are being spied on. I don’t believe that’s true.”
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