A teenager’s perspective on how he uses different social networks is useful, but sociologist danah boyd warns that generalizing about what this means for all teenagers inevitably marginalizes some users who… Read more »
Two of the authors of the original Cluetrain Manifesto from 1999 have come out with an update that says many of the risks and potential dangers facing the internet come from… Read more »
Despite the fact that our ability to track and measure almost every aspect of user traffic has never been stronger, there has been a strange gap in our knowledge for some… Read more »
The Qatar-based news operation Al Jazeera is notable for a number of reasons, including the fact that it is one of the first new TV ventures to become a significant force… Read more »
With the launch of the Fabric suite of tools, Twitter is betting the company on a plan to become a full-fledged mobile services provider for other apps and services — but… Read more »
The NYT is laying off more staff and shutting down one of its new mobile apps, saying it failed to gain enough of an audience — but the paper needs to… Read more »
Reddit has largely avoided the mobile space since its last attempt at a dedicated app failed in 2011, but now the site has launched an app focused on one of its… Read more »
Many media outlets have figured out that they need to focus on mobile, but for the most part their apps fail to take advantage of the smartphone’s potential, and if they… Read more »
The new mobile apps from the New York Times have so far failed to make much of an impact, and the paper’s existing paywall is peaking in terms of its reach… Read more »
Postmedia, a large Canadian newspaper chain, is relaunching not just its newspapers and websites, but also offering two very different mobile products: an update-focused phone app and a magazine-style tablet app… Read more »