The Open Market Blog

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/26/2011

Tech: Advertiser start using facial recognition to tailor pitches: “Picture this: You stop in front of a digital advertising display at a mall and…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/25/2011

Tech: Standford Gets Blessed With High-Speed Fiber, How About The Rest of Us?: “Like some sort of archangel descended from internet heaven, Google has…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/24/2011

Tech: Verizon Video launches. Bandwidth capped buyers beware: “Yesterday Verizon rolled out an updated version of its V Cast app, rebranding it to Verizon…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/23/2011

Tech: Internet restored in Tripoli as rebels take control: “Internet connectivity was restored in Tripoli late Sunday local time, as rebel forces took control…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/22/2011

Tech: Booksellers are wary as Amazon tries to have it all: ““Amazon is doing to the world of book publishing what iTunes did to…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/19/2011

Tech: Court Ruling Opens The Door To Rejecting Many Software Patents As Being Mere “Mental Processes”: “Well, this is getting interesting. Last year, when…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/18/2011

Tech: AOL at 57 cents on Dollar Gets Last, Best Hope in Private Equity: Real M&A: “For a private equity firm that’s looking for…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/17/2011

Tech: A Bull Market in Tech Patents: “Google was willing on Monday to pay $12.5 billion for Motorola Mobility in no small part because…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/16/2011

Tech: Driver using two cell phones gets 12 month driving ban: “This guy is the poster boy for why cell phone usage in cars…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/15/2011

Tech: Drug companies lose protections on Facebook, some decide to close pages: “Facebook and the pharmaceutical industry have had an uneasy partnership in recent…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/12/2011

Tech: Google Parcel Service? Search company patents electronic shipping notifications: “Google’s battle against Microsoft and Apple over their use of “bogus” patents promises to…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/11/2011

Tech: FTC Sharpens Google Probe: “U.S. antitrust regulators are focusing their investigation of Google Inc. on key areas of its business, including its Android…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/10/2011

Tech: Hacker Group Anonymous Promises To ‘Kill’ Facebook Over Privacy: “The hacker group known as Anonymous reportedly has a new target: Facebook.” Global Warming…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/09/2011

Tech: Verizon now cracking down on jailbreak tethering: “Verizon, like AT&T has now started blocking jailbroken phones from using un-sanctioned tethering apps. Verizon will…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/08/2011

Tech: Google Blames Human for Robot Car Crash: “A woman claiming to have witnessed the accident involving one of Google's robot-controlled cars says that…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/05/2011

Tech: Interference Unlocks Faster Mobile Data: “While demand for wireless data grows exponentially, the supply of available radio spectrum remains stubbornly fixed. A new…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/04/2011

Tech: German official scolds Facebook on privacy: “A leading German privacy official on Wednesday accused Facebook of using face recognition software in a manner…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/03/2011

Tech: Randi Zuckerberg Runs in the Wrong Direction on Pseudonymity Online: “The Nymwars rage on. Over the past several weeks Google has been engaged…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/02/2011

Tech: Windows XP usage finally falls below 50% mark: “At the end of July 2011, Microsoft can say that Windows XP finally fell below…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/01/2011

Tech: PayPal hands over 1,000 IP Addresses to the FBI: “PayPal was attacked by Anonymous last year when they had blocked the Wikileaks accounts…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/27/2011

Tech: Wal-Mart adds streaming video to its website: “Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has added streaming movies to its website as the world's largest retailer attempts…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/26/2011

Tech: Street View cars grabbed locations of phones, PCs: “Google's Street View cars collected the locations of millions of laptops, cell phones, and other…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/25/2011

Tech: FDA to scrutinize mobile medical apps: “The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking input on its proposed oversight of some health-related…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/22/2011

Tech: Showbiz Sandbox 112: Why Netflix Had To Raise Its Prices: “You would have thought the world was coming to an end last week…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/21/2011

Tech: Researcher Says That 8% of Android Apps Are Leaking Private Information: “Android has had its fair share of malware problems. Whenever malware are…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/20/2011

Tech: Two-screen laptops: complete overkill, or completely logical: “If you haven’t seen the photos of this laptop with two screens doing the round of…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/19/2011

Tech: 7 days in the cloud: My week with the Samsung Chromebook: “When I first agreed to write about a week working with nothing…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/18/2011

Tech: Wi-Fi hijackers cause download of trouble: “THOUSANDS of Sydney households are placing their personal information at risk and inadvertently protecting fraudsters and…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/15/2011

Tech: Amazon to Battle Apple iPad With Tablet: “Amazon.com Inc. has battled Apple Inc. over digital books, digital music and mobile applications. Now the…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/14/2011

Tech: Report: Unauthorized phone charges cost Americans $2 billion a year: “A key Senate chairman says Congress needs to pass legislation to protect customers…