Peering disagreements aren’t fun or consumer-friendly, but they might be the reason consumers’ video streams are suffering. New data purports to show much an effect these fights are having on your… Read more »
Verizon is using the biggest sporting event of the year to demonstrate a new multicast streaming technology. To see it its new broadcast network, though, you’ll have to go to NYC’s… Read more »
Flipboard is rolling out new features that group content into sections for easy browsing, in much the same way that traditional print magazines do — in part to help keep readers… Read more »
Yes, Twitter is becoming filled with more noise and possibly less signal, as Jenna Wortham argues in the New York Times — but it’s also true that much of that experience… Read more »
Game video and live streaming service Twitch’s year in review shows staggering numbers for the platform, including the user base on Sony’s PlayStation console doubling in just one month. 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 »
Alexis Madrigal thinks that the social architectural motif of the stream has outlived its utility, and that we may have passed peak stream. He argues that people want more closure, and… Read more »