The Federal Trade Commission and California Attorney General Kamala Harris said Facebook had the wrong interpretation of how COPPA applies to teenagers, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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Spanish paper firm Saica purchased Turkish paperboard producer OMK
Zaragoza, Spain-based paper and packaging firm Saica purchased Istanbul, Turkey-based paperboard producer OMK for an undisclosed amount to establish its position in the European market.
US specialty crop developer TCI buys UK's Premium Crops
Winston-Salem, US-based specialty crop developer Technology Crops International (TCI) bought Hampshire, UK-based firm Premium Crops Ltd for an undisclosed amount to expand its product portfolio.
AT&T says Netflix's call for free interconnection as an "arrogant proposition"
Jim Cicconi of AT&T said the call of Netflix CEO Reed Hastings for free internet internet connection was an "arrogant proposition" that would require everyone else except Netflix to pay, Reuters reported.
US payments firm Oink creates a way for parents to control kids' in-app purchases
Hermosa Beach, US-based payments firm Oink found a way to let parents monitor and control their kids' in-app purchases by linking a credit card to their accounts and letting them set a purchase limit for a specified length of time.
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Investor GeorgePio filed a case against General Motors Co and Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra for its failure to take care of the faulty issues that led to the recall of over 3.1 million cars, Reuters reported.
US First Lady Michelle Obama told Chinese students that online freedom is a right that everyone should have but stopped short of urging the Chinese government to grant more freedoms to its citizens, Reuters reported.
Turks are now facing a new challenge getting access to the Internet after courts banned Twitter as alternative DNS numbers that were used to access the Internet were not anymore working, Reuters reported.
A report from the US Government Accountability Office revealed that "persistent software problems" are causing delays in the testing of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 jet which could also put the project behind schedule, Bloomberg reported.
Police are not revealing a lot of details about Stingray, a cell-tracking technology tool, that helps authorities that intercepts calls or messages of criminals they are trying to apprehend, the Associated Press reported.
Developers have modified the open source Bitcoin software and released a new version to resolve the transaction flaws and to prevent a Mt Gox-like incident from happening again.
London, UK-based Video-on-Demand (Vod) service Screenburn raised $500,000 (£302,000) in an angel funding round to fuel its expansion for 2014 and to continue monetizing the presence of music and film artists on Facebook.
Chicago, US-based digital interactive application developer elevate DIGITAL scored an additional $3 million in its Series A funding round from SFX Entertainment to expand into new markets.
Makati, Philippines-based cooling solutions provider Concepcion Group is buying a stake in elevator company Otis E&M Co Philippines as a joint venture with Hartford, US-based multinational conglomerate United Technologies Corp (UTC) for an undisclosed amount.
