Tech Daily Dose

Technology can make getting things done at work harder than ever, and the pope sends his first tweet.

An FTC report criticizes privacy disclosures on kids' apps, and Facebook wins its privacy vote.

Companies are taking online tracking to new heights, and a new round of browser wars comes to mobile devices.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski encouraged the Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday to allow more electronic devices to be safely used during flights.

About 40 Republican digital operatives met behind closed doors on Thursday at the Capitol Hill Club, for a campaign post-mortem and a reading of the will.

Two U.S. Senators are trying to turn up the heat on the Federal Communications Commission as it ponders changes to the rules governing media ownership.

Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the company will resume manufacturing some of its Macintosh computers in the United States, according to The New York Times.

A survey released on Thursday found that  most parents want more say in how much information websites and other online providers collect from children, bolstering calls for policymakers to toughen children’s privacy rules.

Barack Obama’s digital team got the better of the Republican online operation in most respects, but Romney Digital Director Zac Moffatt had the edge in one key metric--talking on the record to reporters.

State lottery directors are in town this week to lobby against Internet gambling legislation that states worry could limit their ability to expand their games online.

European Union antitrust regulators imposed fines totaling $1.9 billion against Philips, LG Electronics, Samsung SD, and three other firms for allegedly engaging in a price-fixing scheme in the television and monitor tube markets, Reuters reports.

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., on Tuesday warned the Federal Communications Commission that Congress may try to block changes that would loosen media-ownership rules if the agency moves forward with the proposal.

A Republican nominee to the Federal Trade Commission who has written articles and conducted research funded indirectly by Google and other corporate interests pledged on Tuesday to recuse himself from matters involving the Internet firm for at least two years.

Some telecom industry watchers say Tuesday’s federal Appeals Court decision upholding the Federal Communications Commission’s data-roaming rules offers some hope that the same court could find the agency’s network neutrality rules are legal.

A federal Appeals Court on Tuesday rejected Verizon Wireless’s bid to toss out an order from the Federal Communications Commission that aimed to ensure wireless carriers’ customers can access the Internet and text anywhere in the country.