Steve Jobs: "I Almost Died" (AAPL)

During an event to introduce the first living organ donor registry in the country today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs told a crowd he "almost died" waiting for his own transplant in 2009.

Even With 8.2 Million Uniques, 4chan Is Only Worth $45,000

With 8.2 million unique visitors viewing over 600 million pages per month, photo-sharing, meme-making 4chan.

Android Picks Up In Mobile Ad Race Against Apple

Over the past few months, mobile ad networks have reported substantial growth in ads from devices running Google Android, presenting mobile marketers with an increasingly viable alternative to Apple's iPhone and iPod touch devices.

The iPad May Change Computing, Just Not Your Life (AAPL)

From GigaOm: The first time you walk into an Apple Store and pick up an iPad, you’ll understand the hype: Apple has managed to create a beautiful, thoughtfully designed, compelling product in a space where mediocrity was, until now, status quo.

15 Lessons Old Media Must Learn From SXSW

Steve Myers at Poynter gathers some thoughts from journalists about the most important lessons they learned at SXSW:

Michael Donohoe, developer, The New York Times: Use competitive and gamelike scenarios to keep users/readers/people engaged and coming back to your Web site.

CHART OF THE DAY: Apple's iPhone Platform Still Light-Years Ahead (GOOG, AAPL, RIMM, PALM)

Apple's iPhone App Store is still crushing its peers, especially in the number of applications available to consumers.

Apple Is Now Accepting iPad Apps

Apple developers at media companies and elsewhere are getting this email directly from Apple with the subject line: "Now Accepting iPad Apps.

Sorry, Video Content Can't Be Free

As the cost of delivering video continues to get cheaper every year and video syndication to devices and platforms continues to grow, it seems more and more people are under the impression that access to premium video content should be free.

AOL's Performance-Based Pay For Top Exec Is Misleading (AOL)

Are executives at AOL saying one thing about pay and doing another?

The corporate stalkers over at Footnoted.

Google Wave Is Still A Ghost Town (GOOG)

Remember Google Wave? Perhaps one of the most overhyped products in years, Google's email-service-from-the-future is still not gaining a following.