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European activists meet with Facebook to discuss privacy concerns

As Facebook prepares for its $5 billion initial public offering here in the U.S., European representatives are meeting with student activists from Austria regarding complaints the group has filed over how the company handles private information. On Monday, Richard Allan, Facebook’s European director of policy and a former member of Parliament in Britain, and another California-based Facebook executive are meeting …

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Halliburton to drop BlackBerry in favor of Apple’s iOS

According to a report from AppleInsider, oil field services provider Halliburton has decided to drop Research In Motion’s BlackBerry platform in favor of Apple’s iOS for its workforce. An internal newsletter outlined the plan for the nearly 70,000 employees who work for Halliburton in more than 70 countries. “Over the next year, we will begin expanding the use of our …

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