Tech companies could make billions by serving the ‘next billion’

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the Alliance for Affordable Internet, a public-private partnership to expand internet access in the developing world, during her final press conference.

Startup Spotlight: D.C. political insider helps outsiders change public policy

BlastRoots is an automated grassroots lobbying platform that seeks to give people the tricks and tools they need to move the political needle.

14 tech companies form the ‘Justice League’ of Internet lobbying groups

Several of the country's largest tech companies have joined forces to protect the Internet from bad policies, harmful legislation, and ignorant political figures.

Facebook spent $1.61M on lobbying expenses in first half of 2012

Facebook is making its presence felt in Washington D.C. with an increasingly padded wallet allocated to courting the nation’s lawmakers.

The social network, according to its second quarter lobbying report (see below), spent $960,000 on lobbying expenses from April through …

Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Capitol Hill, opens lines of communication

Tim Cook opened the lines of communication between Apple and Washington, DC even further with a visit to the nation’s capital this past Tuesday.

Cook, who follows Steve Jobs as chief executive of Apple, is seemingly more willing to interact …

Mr. Page goes to Washington: Google lobbying tripled in Q1

If its lobbying spend is any indication, Google is trying to woo the government. The search giant spent triple what it did a year ago on lobbying efforts in Washington, according to The Hill.

Google’s spending in Washington, D.C. has …