Google (GOOG) shareholders at the company's annual meeting late Thursday pressed executives on covert Glass photos, its ban on gun advertising and…
Jun 7, 2013Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit and nonpartisan consumer protection organization, is turning a critical eye on Google for banning recording devices from today’s…
Jun 7, 2013Strange things afoot in Google's bathrooms Google's directors were accused of hypocrisy over a regulation banning attendees at its annual shareholder's meeting…
Jun 7, 2013Microsoft was the first to partner with the NSA in 2007, according to the once-secret PRISM PowerPoint deck. Other big-name tech companies followed,…
Jun 7, 2013No electronic or recordable devices are allowed Google's shareholder meetings are so private, not even its own products are allowed in. Nonprofit…
Jun 7, 2013One of the big reasons people buy long-term care insurance is to avoid burdening a spouse or grown children when they can…
Jun 7, 2013The California agency in charge of toxic regulation announced last Thursday that it had failed to collect $185 million in repayments owed…
Jun 6, 2013SAN FRANCISCO — Google chief Larry Page assured investors that privacy fears about the company's coming Internet glasses will fade as people…
Jun 6, 2013Turns out, consumer privacy advocates and casinos aren’t the only ones concerned with the invasive nature of Google Glass.
Jun 6, 2013Sources say federal investigators asked about legislator Ronald S. Calderon's ties to the Central Basin Municipal Water District. SACRAMENTO — Ronald S.…
Jun 5, 2013With so much competition, why does L.A.’s big cable provider, Time Warner, charge so much?
Jun 5, 2013Apparently, Caltrans isn't the only state agency that needs thorough scrutiny. Evidence is mounting that the state Department of Toxic Substances Control…
Jun 3, 2013A West Sacramento billboard featuring an infant who died from whooping cough marks a formal declaration of war by groups targeting elimination…
Jun 2, 2013Google is flirting with what Chairman Eric Schmidt once called “the creepy line.” At its recent developer conference, the Mountain View, Calif.,…
Jun 1, 2013Apparently, Caltrans isn't the only state agency that needs thorough scrutiny. Evidence is mounting that the state Department of Toxic Substances Control…
Jun 1, 2013Toxic regulator reveals it has not recouped $185 million in public funds from polluters The state agency in charge of regulating toxic…
May 31, 2013The State Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) admits it failed to collect nearly $185 million from polluting businesses, essentially passing those…
May 31, 2013Nonprofit advocacy group Consumer Watchdog issued an email this afternoon announcing that its executive director is leaving, effective immediately. Doug Heller is…
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