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Groupon launches China service
Chris Hogg Aug 5, 2011
The daily deal site Groupon has been interested in expanding into China for months. And finally, Groupon has opened its Chinese affiliate, Gaopeng.com. The site will initially cover Beijing and Shanghai but the company hopes to grow to cover more of China's 160 cities.
Google Earth Engine maps 25 years of data
Eve Troeh Feb 25, 2011
In an effort to cut global greenhouse gas emissions, the United Nations is offering carbon credits in exchange for saving trees. To help end deforestation, Google has compiled 25 years of maps, data, and scientific measurements in its new project, Google Earth Engine. Eve Troeh reports.
China hopes to prevent protests by blocking search terms
Rob Schmitz Feb 24, 2011
As the unrest continues in Libya, Bahrain, and Yemen, the Chinese government has scaled up its control of the Internet to prevent protests in China. The government has called on search engines to block search terms related to the unrest in the Middle East, as Rob Schmitz reports.
MID-DAY UPDATE: U.S. reviews Middle East arms deals, China moves to discourage protests
Katharine Crnko Feb 23, 2011
As the unrest in the Middle East continues to escalate today, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Obama administration has launched a...
China moves to squelch potential protests
Rob Schmitz Feb 23, 2011
As political unrest continues to grow in North Africa, the Chinese government has started to censor information online and detain activists in hopes of avoiding potential protests in China. Rob Schmitz reports that while experts think unrest will not spread to China, an upheaval would be catastrophic for the global economy.
U.S. considers an Internet kill switch
John Dimsdale Feb 21, 2011
In the wake of the unrest in Egypt, the U.S. government is discussing the merits of a switch that would shut the Internet down. When former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak ordered Internet service providers to turn off access to the web in Egypt, the U.S. objected. But if the Internet itself was under attack, should the government have the authority and ability to turn it off? John Dimsdale reports.
Mid-day Update: Oil prices surge with unrest in Libya, Egyptian businesses reopen
Katharine Crnko Feb 21, 2011
Over the weekend, businesses, schools, banks and museums reopened for business in Egypt. Many businesses offered deep discounts to encourage...
Internet dating is big business
Feb 21, 2011
The online dating industry has been flat in recent years, but still generates a billion dollars in revenue.
Woman swears off Internet for six months
Sep 22, 2011
A journalism professor goes offline, and finds her relationships suffer and shopping a chore.
More than a quarter of all Americans still don't use the Internet
Matt Berger Sep 21, 2011
Results of a federal survey on Net connectivity out today suggest that more than a quarter of all Americans still do not use the Internet, and as...
