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Twitter’s “buy now” button could finally unlock micropayments for the media
To say Twitter has had a love/hate relationship with micropayments would be putting it mildly. When Twitter first arrived on the scene, many believed that its transient nature, speed and news focus...
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Google reports strong revenue growth but misses profit expectations, ad rates...
Google’s Q2 revenue grew by more than 20 percent compared with the same quarter of last year, beating the consensus expectations of Wall Street analysts, but the company’s bottom line was smaller than...
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Red-hot Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi announces an LTE phone and a $13...
Xiaomi, a quickly growing Chinese smartphone company, announced its first LTE handset and a fitness band at a glitzy event in Beijing. Red-hot Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi announces an LTE phone and...
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Max Levchin’s latest: Homer, a creepily intimate look at what apps your...
Max Levchin's latest product, Homer, lets you see your friends' phone screens to discover new apps. It also unwittingly provides a fascinating window into their lives. Max Levchin’s latest: Homer, a...
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Android “Fake ID” flaw could allow data-stealing malware infections on...
The vulnerability is of particular concern for those with old Android devices that no longer receive firmware updates. However, Google says the Play Store remains a safe place from which to download...
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Are apps safe? Digital security and the B2C app
App developers, mobile security experts, government regulators, and the creators of industry guidelines must understand the app types that create the most risk, how internal and external factors...
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The New York Times’ new app strategy seems lackluster at best — so what does...
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. So what does the company do now in order to...
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Flipboard is about to get some competition on its home turf from Japan-based...
A Japanese news-recommendation app called SmartNews that mines Twitter for topical content has raised $36 million and says it plans to use those funds to expand into North America and take on Flipboard...
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There is more to mobile web development than just HTML, Javascript and CSS
Web apps are still an easier choice for many enterprises to make when it comes to deciding how best to develop for smart devices. Even if they wanted to develop a native app, often times they simply...
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Expedia takes a page out of Hotel Tonight’s design book with its new app
Expedia has rebuilt its technical infrastructure so it can continue to attract travelers. It showed off its new tablet and wearable apps this week. Expedia takes a page out of Hotel Tonight’s design...
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London police want all phones to come with preset passcodes
The force has been lobbying handset manufacturers to include passcodes out of the box, according to a report in The Register. The Met told me it would prefer it if users set their passcodes at the...
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If you’re a media company, your mobile competition isn’t other news entities,...
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 aren't careful Google will get...
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Why the strength of your cell signal will affect the types of Facebook ads...
Facebook will start targeting mobile ads based on cell signal strength and type of connection. Why the strength of your cell signal will affect the types of Facebook ads you receive originally...
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Reddit dips its toes back into mobile with Ask Me Anything app
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 most popular features, the Ask Me...
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Why Google and the FCC are bringing wireless back into the net neutrality fight
It's like it's 2010 all over again as the FCC indicates it may take a second look at bringing the idea of network neutrality to the wireless networks as part of its Open Internet proceeding. Why Google...
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IBM ruffles feathers in push to re-educate veteran employees for cloud, data,...
Some IBM Global Technology Services employees have been told they keep their jobs (and 90 percent of their pay) as long as they retrain on hot new technologies. IBM ruffles feathers in push to...
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Pinning from Pinterest just became way easier on mobile
Pinterest lovers rejoice! Once you update to iOS 8 and adjust your phone settings, you’ll be able to pin on the go. The extension will be added to your mobile web browser so, when you hit the share...
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Facebook introduces Like button to mobile apps
Facebook’s “Like” button has gone native on mobile. As of Thursday, Android and iOS developers are able to add it inside their apps, giving users the ability to “like” an article, the app itself,...
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Neuze makes you wonder: What if the print newspaper had been invented after...
Neuze says it has developed a revolutionary product that provides an easy-to-carry news summary curated by journalists that requires no power. It's an inside joke on newspapers -- but it still makes...
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The web advertising arms race heats up as Facebook opens its Audience Network...
More developers and publishers can now use Facebook’s mobile ad network. Here’s why that matters. The web advertising arms race heats up as Facebook opens its Audience Network to the public originally...
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Scare stories about ad beacons don’t help us talk about the risks of digital...
BuzzFeed got a lot of attention for a story about a secret network of location-tracking devices hidden in New York City phone booths -- but the truth is a lot more mundane, and pumping up the hysteria...
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As mobile use takes over, Europe deregulates retail access market for...
The European Commission says there's sufficient competition in much of the fixed telephony market, which is in any case being usurped by mobile and VoIP. However, the EU's consumer organization has...
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How Facebook came up with a better way for its Messenger service to sync data
A message-queuing system called Iris has led to Facebook cutting down on delivering excess data by roughly 40 percent. How Facebook came up with a better way for its Messenger service to sync data...
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Big software discovers little gadgets: What I learned at Oracle’s OpenWorld
It took a while, but mobile and the IoT are finally big enough for enterprise vendors to care. Big software discovers little gadgets: What I learned at Oracle’s OpenWorld originally published by...
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Marissa Mayer defends her acquisition strategy by pointing at $200 million in...
Yahoo's mobile effort is starting to bear fruit. Will it save the company? Marissa Mayer defends her acquisition strategy by pointing at $200 million in mobile revenue originally published by Gigaom, ©...
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Twitter’s new Fabric offering isn’t just a pitch for developers — the...
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 it needs to convince...
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The NYPD will give smartphones to its officers, and it looks like they’ll run...
The New York Police Department will give a smartphone to every single one of its officers in the field. Although Microsoft wasn't mentioned, it looks like many of the devices issued will be running...
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Flipboard launches version 3.0: Smarter recommendations plus a curated daily...
Flipboard has launched a major redesign of its social-magazine app, adding smarter curation tools using technology from Zite, which it acquired in March, as well as a daily newspaper-style magazine...
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What does the future of Tinder hold without CEO Sean Rad at the helm?
Tinder's majority owner has ousted the company's founder because it didn't trust his ability to lead. But without the visionary behind the product, will the app stagnate? What does the future of Tinder...
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Mozilla and mobile operators want to make the web more global and diverse
The web is very, very disproportionately English-speaking. The Firefox firm and the GSMA want to change that, so as to create more opportunities in emerging markets. Mozilla and mobile operators want...
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Is the web dying, killed off by mobile apps? It’s complicated
The growth in mobile app usage has some concerned that the open web is in decline, or being threatened -- but much of mobile usage doesn't come at the expense of the web. If anything, mobile apps are...
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Mobile-friendly sites might get a boost in Google search results
Google is starting to roll out a "mobile-friendly" badge on its search pages for sites that are designed for iPhones and Android devices. Mobile-friendly sites might get a boost in Google search...
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Startups should adapt to the developing world, not ignore it
Feature phones are still around, and popular in the countries that will grow in population the most over the next few decades. Startups should adapt to the developing world, not ignore it originally...
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It’s not just about print vs. digital media — it’s about culture
The biggest challenge that many traditional media companies face isn't about giving up print for digital, or designing better websites or apps -- it's about finding ways to change their culture to be...
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BuzzFeed says social rules and it is bigger than most TV networks
According to a recent presentation, BuzzFeed reaches more millennial video viewers than most of the major U.S. television networks, and it gets five times as much traffic from social as it does from...
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Twitter is tracking the apps on your phone
In its latest effort to improve its ad targeting, Twitter will start collecting information on what mobile apps its users have downloaded. Twitter is tracking the apps on your phone originally...
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When I first read the announcement this morning there was no mention of the...
When I first read the announcement this morning there was no mention of the vendors awarded the contracts. But underneath it all I got the sneaking suspicion it was going to be a big bit o’ Windows...
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Hacking media: Al Jazeera hackathon imagines the future of news
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 on the media landscape since...
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So-called “dark social” traffic turns out to be mostly Facebook
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 time — a phenomenon that...
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Will Change.org’s new funding compromise its mission?
Petition website Change.org has raised a $25 million Series C round in a rather unusual way. Instead of finding institutional investment firms, Change.org’s new funding comes from socially conscious...
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Make your own filters on this Instagram for photo pros
EyeEm, which is like an Instagram for professional photographers, is now attempting to woo Average Joes to the application. With a new update, EyeEm has added a wide range of such tools, like exposure,...
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Twitter now lets you track your tweet’s impact on-the-go
Twitter’s analytics tool, which tells you how many people have seen your tweets, among other things, is now on iOS. When you’re out and about, if you’re dying to see whether your latest quip went viral...
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Snapchat’s $10B value proves ephemeral messaging is here to stay
Snapchat's new round of financing, which values the company at somewhere close to $10 billion, is more proof that it has tapped into a powerful need on the part of many users -- namely, the desire to...
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Why testing automation is the key to enterprise mobile app adoption
Looking back at 2014, one could say that mobile apps took a giant leap forward in adoption as an enterprise development platform. One key component to mobile’s adoption moving forward will be test...
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This app organizes iPhone screenshots and makes them useful
On mobile devices, screenshots end up in the camera roll alongside your other photos, even though a screenshot is a completely different type of image than a photograph. Screenshots are something you...
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Bluewire is a Bluetooth headset with a kitchen sink of features
Bluetooth headsets aren’t the hottest smartphone accessory, but a new Bluetooth headset on Indiegogo, called Bluewire, packs enough features that it’s worth another look even for users who don’t need...
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Are media companies building another house of cards on Snapchat?
SnapChat has convinced media companies like CNN and Yahoo and Vice to be part of its new Discover feature, and they were easy to convince because of SnapChat's 200M-plus millennial audience. But who...
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The Ubuntu phone is about to go on sale, but curb your enthusiasm
Finally, after many delays, the first Ubuntu phone is about to hit the market. In Europe. And only through a series of online flash sales. And you’ve almost certainly never heard of the manufacturer....
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Flipboard swims against the tide by launching a website
While most media companies are moving from the web to focus on mobile, Flipboard is doing the opposite -- having built the app on mobile, it is now launching a web version Flipboard swims against the...
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The $19-billion question: Is Snapchat the new television?
Snapchat is a brand new and red-hot mobile app aimed at millennials, but it has a surprisingly old-fashioned media model -- and that could help it take over as television becomes less appealing to...
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