Policy Articles on Engadget

February 21, 2013 at 1:32PM

Smartphone petition breaks 100,000 signatures, forces White House response

February 3, 2013 at 7:12AM

FTC issues mobile privacy guidelines, values clarity and Do Not Track

December 20, 2012 at 7:33PM

Instagram rolls its ToS back to the previous version after uproar, will 'take time to complete its plans'

December 18, 2012 at 8:32AM

German state of Schleswig-Holstein orders Facebook to allow pseudonyms

October 24, 2012 at 2:29PM

Huawei gives Australia peeks at its network hardware and code to regain trust

October 13, 2012 at 12:04PM

AT&T training document suggests ISPs are gearing up to beat piracy with internet restrictions

September 19, 2012 at 11:45AM

Google, Amazon, Facebook and more confirmed as members of the Internet Association

August 16, 2012 at 7:48PM

Facebook starts really, truly deleting removed photos

May 16, 2012 at 11:28AM

Sprint reportedly cancelling its early upgrade program June 1st (update)

April 26, 2012 at 10:34AM

House passes bill that would call for a single website tracking federal spending

April 6, 2012 at 1:23PM

AT&T to begin unlocking off-contract iPhones this Sunday, April 8th (update)

March 26, 2012 at 2:49PM

FTC wants new privacy framework: asks for simple controls, transparent policies

March 23, 2012 at 2:41AM

Congressmen ask devs of 34 iOS apps about user privacy

March 14, 2012 at 5:34PM

Canada relaxes rules on foreign ownership of wireless companies, plans spectrum auction for first half of 2013

February 29, 2012 at 1:29PM

Best Buy boosts return window from 14 days to 30

February 22, 2012 at 9:19AM

Microsoft files EU antitrust complaint against Motorola Mobility, claims unfair licensing practices

February 18, 2012 at 10:45AM

Apple asks EU regulators to step in on Motorola patent dispute

February 8, 2012 at 11:05AM

Apple asks European standards body for more transparency on FRAND licensing

February 4, 2012 at 3:43AM

Nokia establishes stance on conflict minerals in formal policy

February 3, 2012 at 7:46AM

EU regulators ask Google to 'pause' its privacy changes, need more time to investigate

January 16, 2012 at 6:21PM

Verizon to stop allowing legacy Alltel devices to be activated on its network, starting today

December 24, 2011 at 10:00AM

Mobile Miscellany: week of December 19, 2011

November 11, 2011 at 10:43AM

Sprint pushes SIM lock to iPhone 4S customers, offers to undo it for good boys and girls

September 29, 2011 at 9:31AM

Sprint set to end Bill to Account program on October 5th, all equipment must be purchased outright

September 22, 2011 at 4:52PM

Sprint to launch Direct Connect October 2nd, confirms mobile hotspot capping

September 21, 2011 at 6:26PM

Sprint reportedly capping its mobile hotspot plans October 2nd

September 16, 2011 at 11:35PM

Verizon starts 'optimizing' (read: throttling) network for the most data hungry users

September 15, 2011 at 4:17PM

Sprint axes Premier program, no more annual upgrades for Gold customers

September 15, 2011 at 12:20AM

Sprint changing return policy tomorrow, nixing Premier program at year's end

September 9, 2011 at 3:31AM

US Senate passes patent system reform bill, Obama expected to sign into law

September 7, 2011 at 11:37AM

Did Netflix just start limiting users to one movie stream at a time? No

June 30, 2011 at 9:54PM

Netflix Watch Instantly works in a new region: Puerto Rico

June 9, 2011 at 8:27AM

Apple gives in to publishers, changes policy on in-app subscription prices

May 27, 2011 at 2:38PM

Transportation Department to propose mandatory black boxes in passenger vehicles?

May 25, 2011 at 12:40AM

EVO 3D shipping with locked down bootloader, but HTC may reconsider policy

March 24, 2011 at 9:05AM

Nintendo 'moving away' from insisting on 3D to play 3DS games, wants them all playable in 2D

February 21, 2011 at 12:49PM

Twidroyd and UberTwitter (now called UberSocial) back online

February 18, 2011 at 5:01PM

Twitter suspends UberTwitter and Twidroyd for 'violating' its policies (update: apps are fixed, should be live soon)

February 18, 2011 at 12:12PM

House of Representatives votes to block net neutrality

January 11, 2011 at 1:58AM

T-Mobile UK cuts 'fair use' allowance to 500MB, sends you home to watch online video

December 24, 2010 at 10:23AM

FCC releases full net neutrality rules

December 19, 2010 at 6:42PM

Best Buy nixes restocking fees

December 9, 2010 at 9:22PM

Mac App Store launching in January sans Game Center and in-app purchases?

December 1, 2010 at 3:14AM

FCC addressing net neutrality on December 21st (updated)

November 22, 2010 at 8:34PM

Verizon proposes wholesale rewrite of US telecom law

November 5, 2010 at 12:54AM

Apple's dead pixel policy leaks out, up to 15 anomalies 'acceptable' on 22-inch and above screens?

August 30, 2010 at 1:07PM

OK Go's impassioned plea for net neutrality, quirky videos

August 9, 2010 at 5:51PM

Google and Verizon's net neutrality proposal explained

August 3, 2010 at 7:43AM

Debunk: 'camera' reference in iPad configuration policy is likely a copy-paste error, not evidence of new iPad

July 21, 2010 at 8:12AM

EU sets aside €6.4b for research and innovation grants

June 9, 2010 at 6:46PM

Google, Verizon, Comcast, and more band together to form tech (and policy) advisory group

May 24, 2010 at 6:04PM

Congress investigating general revamp of telecommunications law

May 20, 2010 at 1:31AM

Apple now accepting cash for its cold hard iPads (video)

May 5, 2010 at 6:03PM

FCC to re-regulate internet in order to enforce net neutrality