In November, Yahoo launched the Livestand iOS app, a much-hyped "living magazine." Only a few months later, the company has shuttered the product. Executives announced during Yahoo's latest earnings Continue reading…
Pulp has been around for a while now, but it occupies a curious niche in the App Store — it's somewhere between Flipboard and Reeder, with the comfortable newspaper-style layout of the former and Continue reading…
When Twitter bought social news aggregator Summify this past January, both parties acknowledged the service would eventually be shut down and now we have a date: June 22nd. According to an email sent Continue reading…
Microsoft appears to be expanding its built-in Windows 8 apps for the upcoming Release Preview. Due in the first week of June, Windows 8 Release Preview will include News, Sports, and Travel Metro Continue reading…
Intel is launching a new Metro-styled webzine called iQ that combines staff-written content with news from across the web in an effort to get the company's brand story out to a younger audience. The Continue reading…
At the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III, one unexpected inclusion was the Flipboard app — supposedly exclusive to the handset for the first few months. However, despite the fact that the Galaxy S Continue reading…
CNN has been allowing regular citizens to submit their own video reports with iReport since 2006, and now the Associated Press is getting in on the action. The organization has partnered with online Continue reading…
Some news outlets can get away with online paywalls, but for those that can't Google has unveiled an alternative: customer surveys. The new program is called Google Consumer Surveys, and it lets Continue reading…
"Within seconds the clever software produces highly readable stories," writes Slate's Evgeny Morozov in a profile of Narrative Science's software, which turns raw data into news stories. Narrative Continue reading…
Facebook and Twitter might not be as important for news sharing as we once thought — at least for the time being. A new survey of 3,000 people by the Pew Research Center found that just 9 percent Continue reading…
