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Ad Industry, Privacy Advocates Spar Over 'Do Not Track'

Juliana Gruenwald | Nextgov | September 21, 2012

Lawmakers and the Federal Trade Commission are being lobbied to intervene to help settle differences between some advertising industry representatives and privacy advocates over how to implement a “do-not-track” option giving consumers the choice of whether they want to be tracked online. Read More »

Charting A Locally Owned, For-Profit Future For Community News

Dan Kennedy | Nieman Journalism Lab | July 8, 2013

For those of a certain age, perusing the ads posted at The Batavian, the for-profit news site in Batavia, New York, can seem a lot like flipping through the pages of a weekly community newspaper a generation or two ago. Read More »

Facebook Is Recycling Your Likes To Promote Stories You've Never Seen To All Your Friends

Anthony Wing Kosner | Forbes | January 21, 2013

If Facebook‘s new Graph Search feature has you thinking a little harder about what you’ve “liked” for fear that an ironic dalliance in years past could come back to embarrass you, here’s one more thing to worry about... Read More »

Google To Fund, Develop Wireless Networks In Emerging Markets

Amir Efrati | The Wall Street Journal | May 24, 2013

Google Inc. is deep into a multipronged effort to build and help run wireless networks in emerging markets as part of a plan to connect a billion or more new people to the Internet. Read More »

The Largest Payment Platform On Earth Can Reach 2 Billion People–So Why Haven’t You Heard Of It?

Christopher Mims | Quartz | October 2, 2012

When Jana co-founder Nathan Eagle needed to connect to a cell carrier in the developing world, he’d come to meetings with a duffel bag full of cash and say that he wanted to buy airtime. For carriers who were taking on more customers than ever, but struggling with declining revenue per user, it was an irresistible sales pitch. The result, two years later, is that Jana is now the largest payment platform in the world. Read More »

Top 5 Things Investors Look For In A Fundable Digital Health Startup

Saif Abed | HIT Consultant | June 24, 2013

Dr. Saif Abed shares his top five key investment criteria when reviewing a digital health startup. Read More »

Why Are Dead People Liking Stuff On Facebook?

Bernard Meisler | readwrite.com | December 11, 2012

Last month, while wasting a few moments on Facebook, my pal Brendan O’Malley was surprised to see that his old friend Alex Gomez had “liked” Discover. This was surprising not only because Alex hated mega-corporations but even more so because Alex had passed away six months earlier. Read More »