Sources: before iOS privacy changes, Apple and Facebook discussed ways to share revenue, like an ad-free, paid version of Facebook and IAP for “boosted posts”
The two tech giants discussed revenue-sharing arrangements, including a potential ad-free, subscription version of Facebook Tweets: @patiencehaggin , @sal19 , @jason_kint , @nickstatt , @mgsiegler , @...
How Amazon contributed to the drop in the number of babies named Alexa in the US, UK, and Canada, after an initial surge upon the device's 2014 release
Joe Pinsker / The Atlantic : Tweets: @anthroptimist , @mgsiegler , @afteralexa , @hashtagheyalexa , @alexahumanbeing , @malcolmmoore , and @marshacollier Tweets: Dr Alexa Hagerty / @anthroptimist : I...
Behind the online battle between notable tech figures including a16z partners and Balaji Srinivasan, and the journalists who report, and tweet, on the industry
Late last fall, the New York Times was preparing a bombshell article about Coinbase, a financial exchange that had become … Tweets: @gaberivera , @damiencave , @jayhinman , @joab_jackson , @yudhanjaya...
Roku has added Alex Jones' InfoWars as a channel, six months after Facebook, Apple, Twitter, Spotify, and others banned it from their platforms
Roku may have given itself a brand safety issue. The streaming service has added Infowars, the live show hosted by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, as a channel. Tweets: @jacknicas , @mgsiegler , @ale...
Techmeme now publishing paid and free “Leaderboards” showing the most influential reporters around a specific news topic
Today Techmeme has begun publishing Topic Leaderboards, which list the top authors and publications covering 24 topic areas such as cloud computing, autonomous vehicles … Tweets: @tedgioia , @the_spin...
Silicon Valley's tech industry appears increasingly out of touch with reality, the latest example being Facebook's response to recent scandals, as IQ trumps EQ
that's what makes SV SV. I think the difference is the scale of impact has grown considerably: http://500ish.com/... M.G. Siegler / @mgsiegler : Since no one seemed to pick up on the punny aspect of m...
A look at why WhatsApp has become the de facto social network for older users in India, where the app has more than 200M users
Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @skweird , @mgsiegler , @namitabhandare , @buzzfeednews , @codeblue87 , @memeghnad , and @pranavdixit Tweets: Osarumen Osamuyi / @skweird : If you replaced “India” i...