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Recent events, tragic and triumphant, emphasize the social web's role as a central source for disseminating breaking news.
Fans of the social-blogging network might not like the idea much, but a $1-billion acquisition of Tumblr would arguably solve a number of problems for Yahoo -- and do the same for Tumblr CEO David Karp.
Tumblr might become part of Yahoo as early as Sunday night, according to a report that suggests Yahoo's board of directors is set to consider a $1.
Gawker has just taken checkbook journalism to a whole new level -- asking the public to help buy a video tape that is likely to bring down the mayor of a major city.
When soap operas "One Life to Live" and "All My Children" moved online, it wasn't clear how fans would watch them.
Looking for a book suggestion? Culling information from your Twitter feed and turning that into accurate recommendations is harder than it looks, but Parakweet is looking to use natural language procesing to do just that.
Book publishers discussed digital-first and digital-only initiatives at the Making Information Pay conference this week.
Yahoo wants to buy Tumblr. We hear Facebook might spoil the party. But the question is: is Tumblr the fountain of youth that Yahoo badly needs or will this be case of a pathetic old-middle aged guy hanging with youngsters trying to be hip.
Google launched its own music subscription service Wednesday. Currently, it's not very different from all the other services out there.
Journalists and organizations now have the ability to use sensors to collect their own real-time data and report on it.