Google, the Silicon Valley startup that quickly dominated the global search engine business, gained credibility early on with users by invoking its informal motto: “Don’t be evil.” But consumer groups last week turned the slogan against the company, saying the economics of the digital world have obscured its moral compass. Earlier last week, Google united with Verizon to bring before the Federal Communications Commission a list of proposals that consumer groups said seemed to water down the principle of network neutrality — the concept that all Internet traffic should be handled equally, regardless of who provides it or how much they can pay.
Author Archives: Kevin Hume
A journalism major at San Jose State University, Kevin is interested in combining his loves of writing, photography and videography into becoming a multimedia journalist after he graduates. He will be the Multimedia Editor for the Spartan Daily for the Fall 2010 semester before heading out into the world.
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Temporary Transbay Terminal opens Aug. 7
Demolition of the existing Transbay Terminal will begin next month with the opening of a temporary facility, shifting the daily commute of thousands of Bay Area residents a block to the southeast. A new $1.2 billion terminal is slated to open in 2017 at the current location at First and Mission streets.