Uber Exec Proposes Smear Campaign on Journalists to Stop Bad Press

Smear campaigns are always bad business, but are becoming all the more common the Internet. The latest attempt at a smear campaign comes from Uber’s senior vice president of business, Emil Michael.
The Uber exec – at a dinner party with several journalists present – said he would pay “one million dollars” for a smear campaign on PandoDaily editor-in-chief Sarah Lacy, who wrote an article crediting Uber of “sexism and misogyny”, after a report showed Uber were offering “hot chick drivers” in France.

European Union Will Monitor Sales of Surveillance To Certain Countries

The European Union has announced they will start banning sales of evasive surveillance software to certain countries, with companies requiring a permit to sell software programs.

YouTube Announces Subscription Music Service

YouTube has finally announced its long awaited subscription music service, named YouTube Music Key. The service offers two features: ad-free music and music videos – for $7.99 per month.

Coalition of Facebook, Google and Apple against NSA Surveillance

 Internet companies want more transparency from the U.S. government when it comes to data requests, and some of the biggest names in the tech industry, including Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Apple, have set up a coalition to make it possible.