Google still doesn't think it did anything wrong, even as the Federal Trade Commission folds its new search features that promote Google+ into its anti-trust investigations of the company.
Just two weeks, practically nobody knew what Carrier IQ was, but thanks to a viral YouTube video showing evidence that the company's software was logging keystrokes on smartphones, a growing list of federal agencies are opening investigations.
Anticipating the inevitable blowback to the Federal Trade Commission's official press release that Facebook "Deceived Consumers By Failing To Keep Privacy Promises," Mark Zuckerberg wrote a blog post.
Plus: There's suddenly reason for optimism in the NBA lockout talks
The Federal Trade Commission has proposed changes
Ashton drew FTC scrutiny after guest-editing Details. Are his tweets a problem, too?
Eric Schmidt's telling other moguls in Sun Valley that the search giant's not worried
The FTC is asking questions about Twitter's relationship with third party apps
Google's search, shopping and travel businesses are likely to be scrutinized
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