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Tools for Taming the Media

Beth Callaghan in Eye to Eye on July 27, 2012 at 4:21 pm PT

Clay Shirky and John Battelle share their strategies for media consumption.

Despite Its Reputation for Referring Traffic, Pinterest Is Blocking All Sorts of Links

Liz Gannes in Commerce on July 15, 2012 at 11:15 am PT

Though Pinterest is much-loved as a referrer of traffic, the site has actually taken steps to block brands and marketers from measuring click-throughs.

Bitly Raises $15M Led by Khosla Ventures

Liz Gannes in Social on July 10, 2012 at 9:04 am PT

Bitly, the link-shortening and tracking service, has raised $15 million in a funding round led by Vinod Khosla at Khosla Ventures.

The Reinvention of Bitly: A Social Bookmarking Site for Mainstream Users

Liz Gannes in Social on May 29, 2012 at 8:38 am PT

Bitly wants to be more than a souped-up link shortener, and today it is relaunching its site as a social bookmarking aggregator.

A Few New Reasons to Reunite With Twitter.com

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on December 13, 2011 at 4:36 pm PT

Twitter.com has revamped its site to make it more approachable and easier to use, particularly for tweeting newbies.

Tech Is Glamour-ous: Mag Hosts Panel on Women in Tech (Video)

Kara Swisher in Media on October 13, 2011 at 9:03 am PT

What’s the state of women in tech? Click in to find out.

Why Betaworks Broke Up the Band

Peter Kafka in Media on September 15, 2011 at 7:08 pm PT

Andy Weissman jumps from the incubator/holding company to become a full-time investor at Union Square Ventures. That wasn’t the plan a few months ago.

Burp! Bitly Swallows Twitterfeed.

Peter Kafka in Social on August 9, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

This is the opposite of a megadeal, but still worth noting.

Fox News’s Twitter Triggers: Crime, Murder, Casey Anthony

Peter Kafka in Media on August 2, 2011 at 7:04 am PT

Fox News Twitter followers click on links about scary stuff. New York Times followers pay attention to basketball. And Economist readers are interested in yogurt.

How Much Traffic Does Twitter Really Drive?

Liz Gannes in Social on July 14, 2011 at 11:38 am PT

Twitter drives four times as much traffic as you think it does, say awe.sm co-founder Jonathan Strauss and his investor Mark Suster in a minor media assault today.