Automattic, the parent company of popular blog-hosting and publishing platform WordPress, has raised a funding round of $160 million to help it develop better online and mobile tools for publishing, a… Read more »
Microblogging network Tumblr (s yhoo) was arguably the highest-profile acquisition made by Yahoo under CEO Marissa Mayer. So how are things going one year in? Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp told… Read more »
A number of startups and tech public advocacy groups headed to the nation’s capital this week to make their voice heard ahead of the FCC’s official release of its new net… Read more »
In its third quarter, Adobe’s Social Media Intelligence Report has shown Facebook’s growth in video as well as a year-over-year boost in referral value. Read more »
Whether you’re already a “Fannibal” or a newcomer to the “Silence of the Lamb” prequel series, NBC and Amazon want your eyeballs this Sunday for a social media-powered binge-viewing. Read more »
The Berlin-based firm, which is developing a more touchy-feely alternative to LinkedIn’s legacy clutter, has taken on serial entrepreneur Thomas Madsen-Mygdal as chairman. Read more »
Outbox — the company that tried to get your surface mail into your email — is the newest member of the deadpool. The company burned through over $20 million in its… Read more »
Analysis of social media activity between Q2 and Q4 of 2013 show that Instagram and mobile are growing rapidly, but Facebook rules the roost — and teens aren’t really leaving it… Read more »
The stream has become the dominant form for content consumption, especially for social media like Twitter, and having a never-ending source of information can be a wonderful thing — but it… Read more »
Can Marissa Mayer make Yahoo more relevant at a time where mobile usage is skyrocketing and consumers are bombarded with information? The jury is out but several initiatives give her a… Read more »