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Schumer pressures for removal of DWI appsNewsday (subscription) - Jose Moreno - 12 May, 2011IPhone and Android applications that show the location of drunken-driving checkpoints may soon be yanked if New York Sen. Charles Schumer has his way. Apple and Google said they will review the drunken-driving checkpoint applications available through ... |
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Google, Apple pressure to remove DUI appsNewsday (subscription) - Jose Moreno - 12 May, 2011Photo credit: AP New York State Senator is putting the hurt on Google and Apple to remove the DUI mobile apps that appear on the Android Market and App Store. Check out the full details here.... newsday.com & ExploreLI are now available at no charge to ... |
Google, Apple Pressed to Remove DUI Checkpoint AppsPCWorld - Ian Paul - 12 May, 2011Google and Apple are under pressure from Senator Charles Schumer to remove smartphone apps that alert users to the locations of nearby police DUI checkpoints. These apps typically use your device's GPS ... |
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Schumer Grills Apple, Google About DUI Checkpoint AppsPC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - May 10, 2011Sen. Charles Schumer used his time at Tuesday's cell-phone tracking hearing to question Google and Apple about the inclusion of DUI checkpoint apps in their app stores. Both companies said they are reviewing their terms and how the ... |
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Apple Has Removed 'Zero' Apps for Location-Related ViolationsPC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - May 10, 2011Apple has not removed any apps from its App Store for violations related to location-based services, Apple executive Guy Tribble told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday. In most cases, Apple tries to identify potentially troublesome apps ... |
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Apple, Google pressed on DUI checkpoint appsSan Jose Business Journal - 12 May, 2011US Sen. Charles Schumer grilled representatives of Google and Apple during a privacy hearing about smartphone apps that can reveal drunk driving checkpoints. "Apple and Google shouldn't be in the business of selling apps that help drunk drivers evade ... |
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Senator Schumer Wants To Censor Google & Apple; Displays Ignorance Of LawTechdirt - 12 May, 2011We already covered the grandstanding by various politicians on the issue of mobile privacy, but the hearing took an odd twist at one point. Senator Chuck Schumer, who has a habit of going off on weird tangents, went after both Google and Apple for not ... |
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Senator Grills Apple And Google, May Pull DUI AppsITProPortal - 12 May, 2011Tech giants Apple Inc. and Google Corp. have agreed to review their controversial DUI (driving under the influence) checkpoint apps amidst severe pressure from various entities regarding the legal as well as moral aspects of these apps. ... |
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Reason.tv: Don't Ban DUI Checkpoint Apps!Reason Online (blog) - 12 May, 2011Yesterday, Schumer went after Google, Apple, and other smartphone-industry players who have refused to follow a "voluntary" request by him and Sens. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Frank Lautenberg (DN.J.), and Tom Udall (DN.M.) that they ban apps that show where ... |
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DUI Checkpoint Apps May Vanish After Senator Demands ReviewCult of Mac - Killian Bell - 12 May, 2011iOS applications that alert drivers to DUI checkpoints and speed traps could soon be pulled from the App Store following a review by Apple that will determine whether or not these applications are illegal. ... |
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Senators press Apple, Google to ban apps that game DUI checkpoints9 to 5 Mac - 12 May, 2011Bud Tribble, Apple's long-time vice president of software engineering, testified before a US Senate subcommittee yesterday alongside Google's US director of public policy Alan Davidson. The two executives fielded questions from Senators related to ... |
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Apple and Google may pull DUI checkpoint appsTG Daily - Emma Woollacott - 12 May, 2011Apple and Google have agreed to review applications alerting drivers to DUI checkpoints to consider whether they facilitate illegal activity. The concession follows a grilling from senator Charles E Schumer, who believes such apps are an avtive aid to ... |
Schumer Secures Commitment from Google And Apple Execs to Review Dangerous ...TMC Net - 12 May, 2011(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Schumer Secures Commitment from Google And Apple Execs to Review Dangerous Apps That Allow Drivers to Avoid Drunk Driving Checkpoints - Companies Agree to Report Back to Congress Within a Month ... |
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Apple looking into senate request for DUI checkpoint app removalsApple Insider - Josh Ong - May 10, 2011During a US Senate subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, Apple Vice President of Software Technology Guy L. "Bud" Tribble told senators that the company is in the process of "looking into" the legality of apps that broadcast police DUI ... |
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Apple and Google agree to review DUI app policyWireless Week - May 10, 2011By CNET Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Apple and Google today agreed to conduct a review of applications that make use of DUI checkpoints to see if they violate each company's mobile application store guidelines. That decision came during today's congressional ... |
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Want Privacy? Nevermind. We Want to Censor!Cato @ Liberty - Jim Harper - May 10, 2011Senator Chuck Schumer rounds out a trifecta of bloggable moments from the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law's hearing this morning. Ignoring the subject of the “mobile privacy” hearing, Schumer queried the witnesses from ... |
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Apple and Google Answer Tough Questions From Senators on the Location BrouhahaAll Things Digital (blog) - Arik Hesseldahl - May 10, 2011Sen. Al Franken's hearings on the recent concerns around smartphones and location-based data are underway in Washington DC I'm monitoring the action and will be liveblogging when Apple's Bud Tribble and Google's Alan Davidson come to ... |
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News 10 WTEN: Albany, New York News, Weather, SportsSchumer presses Apple ...WTEN - May 10, 2011Entertainment News from AP Entertainment News from AP ALBANY, NY - US Senator Charles E. Schumer will press top Apple Inc. and Google Inc. executives on their refusal to remove from their online stores software applications that help drunk drivers ... |
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Apple and Google agree to review DUI app policyCNET - Josh Lowensohn - May 10, 2011A screen of Fuzz Alert, named by Senator Charles Schumer today during a congressional hearing, has already been taken off RIM's BlackBerry App World. Apple and Google today agreed to conduct a review of applications that make use of ... |
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