The Heartland Institute

Mobile applications, commonly referred to as “apps,” can be enjoyed with just the touch of a screen and are often effortless to download. However, the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) current thinkingmight change all that for a specific subset of mobile apps. On July 21, the FDA issued its “Draft Guidance for Industry ...

The Salt Lake City Deseret News reported this past July that WingCash is seeking regulatory approval in several states. The Utah-based WingCash is the latest Internet currency attempting to circumvent the 3 percent transaction costs charged by credit card companies for online purchases. Online currencies are gaining traction despite ...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment about proposed revisions to its guidance to businesses about online advertising. In its May 26 statement the FTC said modifications to its “Dot Com Disclosures: Information About Online Advertising” should reflect the dramatic changes in the online world since its first publication ...

Documents obtained by a Freedom of Information Act request uncovered close and potentially unlawful contact between a big-govenrment advocacy group and high-ranking members of the Federal Communications Commission. The email and phone correspondences display a coordinated effort between FCC employees and the advocacy group Free Press ...

Washington lawmakers continue to grapple with the potential interference to global positioning satellites posed by provider LightSquared’s long-term-evolution terrestrial wireless broadband network. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski has stated the FCC will not allow LightSquared to launch commercially until ...

One year ago the U.S. Government awarded Education Networks of America a $14.3 million E-Rate stimulus grant to provide broadband Internet technology to underserved school districts. A year later, ENA refused the funds in order to go it alone. The Indiana office of the Nashville, Tennessee-based company was awarded the grant ...

The Federal Communications Commission fined a Merced, California man $7,000 after he refused to let FCC investigators inspect his citizens band (CB) radio station. The commission alleges Ira Jones apparently willfully and repeatedly violated FCC rules by failing to permit the inspection. After complaints of radio frequency interference ...

The Federal Communications Commission is cracking down on consumers, manufacturers, and retailers who market, sell, or use cell phone and GPS jamming devices. Jamming devices are identified as radio frequency transmitters that intentionally block, jam, or interfere with all types of lawful communications. In a significant turnaround ...

Hackers believed to have originated in China compromised at least five multinational oil and energy companies in coordinated covert and targeted cyberattacks, according to a report by cybersecurity firm McAfee. The network intrusions, which have been dubbed Night Dragon by McAfee, are believed to have begun in November 2009. The ...

Driving distractions caused by cell phone conversations and texting have prompted legislation restricting or banning the practices in 30 states and caused U.S. Secretary of Transportation Roy LaHood to declare texting while driving a menace to society. Even Oprah Winfrey has mounted an offensive against operating a vehicle while ...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment about proposed revisions to its guidance to businesses about online advertising. In its May 26 statement the FTC said modifications to its Dot Com Disclosures: Information About Online Advertising should reflect the dramatic changes in the online world since its first publication ...