Twitter's Magic Recs Experiment Personalizes What You Follow
A few months ago, a mysterious account called “Magic Recs” appeared on Twitter. — Magic Recs promises to deliver “instant, personalized recommendations for users and content via direct message.”
Twitter Co-Founder Evan Williams Lays Out His Plan For The Future Of Media
Twitter Co-Founder Evan Williams has an ambitious new plan: to shift our daily reading habits away from consuming incremental news bites and towards engaging with enlightened ideas curated by an intel...
How Zynga went from social gaming powerhouse to has-been
In Zynga's July 2011 prospectus to future shareholders, company founder and CEO Mark Pincus outlined his firm's ambitious plan to take over the gaming world. — “My kids decided a few months ago that...
Tech's Rising Stars Push Into the Online-to-Offline Era
Although startups like Pinterest, Uber and Airbnb may not seem to have much in common except their lofty valuations, they share a similar purpose that could help describe the current era of consumer t...
Meet Hacking Team, the company that helps the police hack you
Hacking Team may not have any clients in the US yet, but it's not for lack of trying — In 2001, a pair of Italian programmers wrote a program called Ettercap, a “comprehensive suite for man-in-the-m...
“Patent troll” claiming playlists and podcasts scores license with SanDisk
Some patent trolls hide in the shadows, avoiding reporters and setting up complex mazes of shell companies to avoid scrutiny. James Logan, the owner of Personal Audio LLC, isn't like that.