Revelations that the government is collecting vast amounts of our personal data from companies like Facebook and Google, is raising questions about the relationship between the feds and the tech industry.
The merger is a case of Madison Avenue trying to catch up with Silicon Valley, trying to use their size and reach to deliver small targeted markets to advertisers in real time.
Revelations that some tech companies have been turning over our data to the government — however reluctantly — has put Silicon Valley under a microscope.
The government began using the so-called “Hadoop” software for data collection, even after launching a $16 billion project to come up with its own way to manage 'big data.'
People are starting to rise up against the ‘smuggery’ of Silicon Valley — even Valley insiders are taking shots on the web and on TV at those who created Google Glass.