Skyway Recommended May 13th to 19th

This week: NSA Runs into California Roadblock; State of the Internet: Lousy?; How to get a job at Google; Euro Court rules Google must respect right to “be forgotten”

 

Reuters | NSA data-gathering may run into California roadblock

The federal government would need a warrant from a judge if it wants the cooperation of California officials in searching residents’ cellphone and computer records, under a bill making its way through the state legislature. Read More…

The Atlantic Live | The State of the Internet is… Not Good?

Choire Sicha, co-founder of The Awl, shares his concerns about how we digest information online. Read More…

Medium | How to Get a Job at Google

Dan Crow was a Googler for nearly five years, in the New York and London offices. During that time he interviewed hundreds of candidates for software engineer and product manager positions and is often asked how to get a job at Google, very often by students who are about to graduate and want to work there. Read More…

Reuters | European court says Google must respect ‘right to be forgotten’

Internet companies can be made to remove irrelevant or excessive personal information from search engine results, Europe’s top court ruled this week in a case pitting privacy campaigners against Google. Read More…