- According to a consumer survey, more than 70% of time spent in social media takes place on mobile devices, including tablets. Total mobile engagement on social networks is up 55% in the last year. Of the social networks, Twitter and Pinterest are the most mobile-centric.
- The U.S. government issued about 150,000 requests for customer information from Verizon Communications in the first half of 2014, most of them subpoenas, Verizon has announced. This was the second summary that Verizon has made of government data requests.
- The ride-sharing service Lyft, which connects riders to drivers by means of a mobile app, has been declared by New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission to be “unauthorized” because it does not comply with safety requirements and does not hold a license to dispatch cars to pick up passengers.
