Tag Archives: Google

Why Some Diversity Thinkers Aren’t Buying Tech Industry’s ‘Pipeline’ Excuses 

Posted on July 19, 2016 by The Soul Brother

by Alina Selyukh The thing about the tech industry and employee diversity reports is they can feel like Groundhog Day: Google, 2014: “Put simply, Google is not where we want to be when it comes to diversity.” Google, 2016: “We … Continue reading →

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Here’s One Way You Can Get Rid of Most of the Damning Information About You on the Web

Posted on July 3, 2016 by The Soul Brother

By Elizabeth Preza If you’re one of the millions who use Google services everyday, you might be concerned about the troves of data the company has gathered on everything from your daily habits to your porn preferences. Now, in an … Continue reading →

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NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking

Posted on December 11, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Ashkan Soltani, Andrea Peterson, and Barton Gellman The National Security Agency is secretly piggybacking on the tools that enable Internet advertisers to track consumers, using “cookies” and location data to pinpoint targets for government hacking and to bolster surveillance. The … Continue reading →

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Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Verizon and Other Telecoms Fighting to Cash In… on You

Posted on August 21, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Lynn Stuart Parramore They call it “modernizing the rules.” We call it “cashing in on your privacy.” Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Verizon, DIRECTV, and other giant U.S. cable and telecommunications companies are going hard-core with an aggressive anti-consumer agenda … Continue reading →

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Manager Training Guide Blames Women For Coworkers Who Come On To Them

Posted on August 21, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Bryce Covert Jhana, an online resource with articles and tools for managers used by employees at Google, Groupon, Eventbrite, Modcloth, and Ask.com, published an article called “What if a male colleague gets the wrong idea?” to help women deal … Continue reading →

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Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders

Posted on August 16, 2013 by The Soul Brother

Interesting presentation, considering she’s been extremely lucky by being employed by both Facebook and Google in her career. Some points are valid and others are not.

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Google Fiber TV Adds Walmart’s Vudu TV and Movie Service

Posted on August 15, 2013 by The Soul Brother
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Google Chromecast

Posted on July 25, 2013 by The Soul Brother
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New Google Nexus 7

Posted on July 24, 2013 by The Soul Brother

Google’s Breakfast with Sundar event is over and the biggest news to come out of it was the announcement of a new Nexus 7 tablet. Yep, it’s real, and is already available for preorder. As expected, the new Nexus 7 is … Continue reading →

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Technology to Protect Against Mass Surveillance

Posted on July 18, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Seth Schoen In the past several weeks, EFF has received many requests for advice about privacy tools that provide technological shields against mass surveillance. We’ve been interested for many years in software tools that help people protect their own privacy; … Continue reading →

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