Digital Lifestyle Want To Save Journalism? Start At The Bottom Recovering newspaper people get a little squeamish when you talk about things like click-through rates, page views and social reach. That's because most of us were raised on the belief that the best newspapers carried "All the news that's fit to print," not "All the news that's fit to share." We don't like admitting the school lunch menu and the… Dave Copeland View comments
Google How Google Fights "Bad Ads" Google is an ad company with a humongous technology stack. We don't always think of it that way, but Google's business is actually content, not technology. All that infrastructure is devoted to improving the delivery and relevance of the stuff Google shows us. Ads make the money, and other content - search results or email - brings the… Jon Mitchell View comments
E-Commerce Do You Value Your Internet Privacy? The personal data that you so freely provide to Internet sites is worth something. Yet it's unclear how much individuals actually understand the cost-benefit trade-offs that they undertake when making purchase on the Internet. What does it mean to disclose personal data? A study released by the European Network and Information Security Agency… Social Alicia Eler View comments
A Game of Phones Uninspired Smartphone Buyer's Guide for the Early Adopter Every day we are bombarded by news about a new smartphone on the market. It's fast! It has Ice Cream Sandwich! LTE! Yet, for all the new innovations in mobile technology over the last couple of years, the current bumper crop of smartphones on the market is relatively uninspiring. Every new device from various manufacturers looks surprisingly… Mobile Dan Rowinski View comments
Analysis The Agony and Ecstasy of Mike Daisey The story of Mike Daisey and Foxconn's labor practices is a story of our times: what is truth and what is fiction, how workers at a Chinese factory that supplies many tech products are treated, and how we as Americans should feel about the people who make our iThings and other tech toys. Daisey is the monologist of the widely popular stage… David Strom View comments