As more sources of news start to go direct by posting their thoughts to their blogs, Twitter and Facebook pages, a journalist’s role becomes more about deciding what to amplify and what to ignore. Read more at GigaOM »
Twitter’s ongoing moves to control more of its network — in order to monetize it — is an attempt to turn back the clock and undo some of the openness it started out with. But will it also rob the service of what made it so powerful? Read more at GigaOM »
Kickstarter is not just a startup– it’s part of an important shift away from the industrial manufacturing era & toward the maker economy. In this wide-ranging interview, founder Perry Chen talks about how society is reaching a new ‘bursting point of creativity,’ & where Kickstarter goes from here. Read more at GigaOM »
What we know about Bilton’s new book deal. Read more »
Square, the high-profile mobile payments company started by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, has yet to launch outside the U.S. But in the meantime, a… Read more »
Richard Branson is no stranger to investing in mobile media: among his more notable moves have been establishing *Virgin Mobile* years ago,… Read more »
The game is on for mobile payments. Square has announced that it has picked up $100 million in a third round of funding, which now values th… Read more »
While the big players in the payments industry haggle over the best way to turn mobile phones into credit cards, Square is doubling down on… Read more »
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who stepped down as CEO of the company two and a half years ago, is returning to a day-to-day role at the co… Read more »
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile: Square fends off accusations from VeriFone; OpenFeint launches a fund with The9 to bring more… Read more »
It’s still very early days for mobile payments, but with operators, handset makers and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) jumping on the NFC bandwagon, the… Read more »
Off the back of the strongest holiday season yet for mobile shopping, mobile payment startup Square has raised a round of funding worth $27.… Read more »
Changes are afoot at Twitter, still in search of a business. Now it is trying to see if changing/switching management will help: Evan Willia… Read more »
