Facebook Needs to Turn Data Trove Into Investor Gold

We shall see.

Magazine Group Offers Guidelines for Tablets

Actually picked this up from TabTimes. It’s the tip of the iceberg really. Publishers need not only a common vocabulary, but common specs, in order to develop multiplatform advertising.

For Creators of Video Games, a Faint Line on Cloning

Another example of intellectual property theft, this time in the world of games. Where does one draw the line between inspiration and copying?

The First Google Maps War

The war in search goes international.

Opt-Out Provision Would Halt Some, but Not All, Web Tracking

Though only mentioned briefly, the publishing industry is *directly* affected by what happens in privacy.

For Facebook, Risk and Riches in User Data

Defines the problem for every business in the online sphere.

Pinterest addresses copyright issues with opt-out option

More on the death of copyright. Well, that’s not what they said, but it is what it is.

New Facebook Policy on Made-Up Names Lets Gaga Be Gaga

Celebrity has its privileges as social media companies compete.

The Washington Post, Recast for a Digital Future

Not just the Washington Post. How newspapers are changing.

Facebook’s Mobility Challenge

Can Facebook hold its own in the burgeoning smartphone advertising market?

Facebook Is Using You

How data mining works against you.

Employers and Brands Use Gaming to Gauge Engagement

Companies use gamification — in which their customers or employees win virtual rewards — to gather data about their behavior.

Rawporter Wants To Make Us All (Paid) Broadcast Journalists

A startup is hoping to combine two hot web trends - crowd sourcing and microearning - into a single savior for cash-strapped, broadcast newsrooms.

Rawporter, an iPhone app that will soon be rolled out for Android, turns almost anyone into a local news cameraman or camerawoman. Instead of dispatching a camera crew to a fire during rush hour and risk they won’t get there until after the flame is out, a television news reporter can create an assignment from Rawporter’s Web interface and sned it to anyone with the app who may be in the area of the fire.

iBooks Author: You Work For Apple Now

When you use iBooks Author, you are obligated to give Apple a hefty cut and near exclusivity. Are you sure this is a good thing?

Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class

This really is a universal story, rather than a shot at Apple. Most technology is now manufactured outside the U.S.