It’s tempting to see private vs. public as something binary or black and white, but there is a whole universe of human behavior expressed through services like Twitter and Facebook that… Read more »
Grasswire’s founder says he launched the crowdsourced breaking-news service because he believes the power of the crowd to generate and curate news is a much stronger force for good than many… Read more »
Mark Zuckerberg says his approach to mobile consists of breaking the monolithic Facebook app down into smaller, more discrete experiences — ones that may look and feel nothing like the big… Read more »
The $19 billion Facebook is paying for WhatsApp makes it seem like a desperate move to retain users, but it is also a sign that Mark Zuckerberg is more than willing… Read more »
Many companies have tried to come up with a single service that allows teams to work effectively without email, but former Flickr founder Stewart Butterfield believes he has done it with… Read more »
Instagram has launched chat features, just as Twitter beefs up its messaging — and Facebook continues to dream about becoming the one ring to rule them all. But such a thing… Read more »
Twitter has apologized for posting fake advertising testimonials and attributing them to real users, but the slipup seemed to spark some angst among users about the company’s control over their content… Read more »
If Snapchat’s dramatic growth is at least in part a result of our increasing desire for impermanence when it comes to social media, why don’t we have more services that offer… Read more »
Instagram has launched a new feature that allows users to share short video clips — but photos and video are very different animals, and the audience for the latter may not… Read more »
Some of the criticism Yahoo has gotten about its Flickr relaunch likely comes from users who are resistant to change of any kind — but critics have also raised some good… Read more »