The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that companies are allowed to monitor employees' Internet activities, including online chats, provided they have been warned beforehand that the private use of company resources is forbidden. Because this decision has been handed down by the ECHR, the highest human rights court in Europe,...
Court agrees, company can fire employee for Yahoo messaging after fair warning
Venture capital investing holds steady in 2015, but are warning clouds forming?
The venture capital ecosystem remained relatively robust in the Pacific Northwest in 2015, with investors sinking $ 1.5 billion in 165 deals last year. That was about on par with the $ 1.53 billion invested in the region in 2014, a...
Warning! New ‘Minecraft 2’ app is fake, will probably crash your iPhone
Today’s nominee for “worst thing” is certainly the fake Minecraft 2 app that managed to make it into Apple’s App Store. Minecraft: Pocket Edition 2, which is selling for $ 10.99, is not a sequel to the mobile version of Minecraft, but instead a “crudely made swipe...
Ready for the ‘Really Big One’? Congress boosts quake warning system
The omnibus spending bill that was approved by Congress today includes another $ 8.2 million for a quake-monitoring system that could provide early warning if we’re hit by “the Really Big One” that everyone’s been freaked out about. Sen. Patty Murray...