I’m an iOS partisan, but I try to pay attention to what’s happening on Android. Regardless of where your mobile platform allegiances lie (if you have any allegiances), this post by Twitter designer…

He says he's "scratching around in the dirt," trying to find a way through from linear narratives to something more systemic. But Ken Levine gives the impression of a fellow who won't allow any...

Does distraction matter — do interruptions make us dumber?

Evernote is one of our favorite multipurpose note-taking tools, so it's not surprising that so many apps out there work with it. These apps do everything from using Evernote for storage to making use of your Evernote notebooks to do clever new things. Here are a few of our favorites.

A behind-the-scenes report from the most ageist place in America: Silicon Valley.

Editor's note: The iPhone 5c was released 6 months ago today. Since I've been using the iPhone 5s almost exclusively since then I wanted someone else, someone who's been using the iPhone 5c day in and day out, to write the follow up for Apple's other new phone. Someone perhaps not as steeped in the world of Apple and technology. So... I asked my mom. Here's her review.— Rene

First Round Partner Bill Trenchard on how the best CEOs in tech get the most out of their time.

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From microgrants to business training to better tech platforms, the local news ecosystem Patch left behind could end up richer than the one that it debuted in.

When it comes to achieving your marketing goals, Twitter is a powerful tool. Find out what it takes to create a winning Twitter marketing strategy and beat the competition.

danah boyd’s SXSW keynote is sold out. When it’s over, a dozen fans rush the stage. These fans aren’t young groupies hoping to get a closer glimpse at their favorite rock star, but full-grown...

An article by Rand Fishkin made me think deeply about what I do for a living. “Content marketing” is what its called now. We used to call it blogging. If I abstract it one level, what I think we’re really talking about is writing. Nowadays we’d also include making videos and images. I guess podcasts […]

Eight Major Influencer Types Exist Today Analyst relations, public relations, influencer relations and other interested parties have witnessed the rapidly evolving and emerging buy-side and market influencer models. In the past, eight influencer types followed five distinct traits (see Figure 1): Fame. Awareness, notoriety, perceived market status. Fortune. Billing rates, wealth, earnings. Market impact. Buy-side …

Here’s a theory: successful women are Rorschach tests. They acquire meaning that is completely divorced from the reality of who they are and what they believe and instead become symbols for what...

You begin to think about the things that are often taken for granted in games when you find yourself looking through a hole in the wall of a brothel and watching someone get beaten up for sexual...

Here’s a simple truth: the internet has radically changed the world. Over the course of the past 20 years, the idea of networking all the world’s computers has gone from a research science pipe...

Anonymous or pseudonymous posting can relieve us of the burdens of social media, and the resulting narcissistic behavior.

Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. It's where your interests connect you with your people.

Twitter's acquisition of MoPub has the potential to give brand publishers unprecedented power to distribute content to the right audience at a fraction of the cost that they’re paying now.

Self-medicating via self-indulgence

Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. It's where your interests connect you with your people.

These are my notes for a talk I'm giving today at the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno

Mark Zuckerberg has finally done it. After a long succession of mobile mishaps, he has delivered the portable Facebook app I've always wanted… and there's hardly any evidence that Paper is a...

The market for news reading on your smartphone is getting crowded. There are excellent, immersive, highly customizable apps like Flipboard and Feedly, more curated options like Yahoo News Digest,...

On a recent podcast I noted that Google was perceived as invulnerable. In contrast, Apple is seen as temporarily enjoying a stay of execution. ((The list of Apple Achilles’ Heels is so long a…

A paywall can be effective and profitable for a blogger if you use your size to your advantage and take a more strategic approach.