politics

Laurene Powell Jobs Pushes for Immigration Reform on TV, Twitter and Facebook

Peter Kafka in Social on April 12 at 12:29 pm PT

Broadcast TV is big. But Steve Jobs’ widow wants more reach to send her message out. Here’s the tool she’s using.

Facebook’s Gay Marriage Map

Peter Kafka in Social on March 29 at 10:52 am PT

Did you switch your profile picture this week? Facebook can guess how likely you were to support gay marriage based on your age, gender and location.

The FTC’s Guide to Peddling Bogus Diet Pills on Twitter

Peter Kafka in Media on March 12 at 2:21 pm PT

This stuff can be tricky. Pay attention!

Lerer Ventures Hires an Obama Electioneer to Run Its Incubator

Peter Kafka in Media on January 16 at 9:01 am PT

Meet Ashley Arenson, Soho Tech Labs’ new general manager.

Netflix-Facebook Sharing Bill Clears Senate, Waiting for Obama’s Okay

Peter Kafka in Media on December 20, 2012 at 8:33 pm PT

One more signature, and you’ll be able to tell us all what you watched last night with a couple of clicks.

Netflix-Backed Video-Sharing Bill Moves Ahead, Again

Peter Kafka in Media on December 19, 2012 at 6:58 am PT

Coming soon, maybe: Your chance to tell your Facebook pals you watched “The Expendables” last night.

Election Night Was a Second Screen Extravaganza

Peter Kafka in Media on November 15, 2012 at 12:39 pm PT

Did you watch the returns with a remote in one hand and an iPhone in another? You had lots of company.

YouTube Blocks Israeli Hamas Assassination Video — And Puts It Back Up Again

Peter Kafka in Media on November 15, 2012 at 7:22 am PT

Israel wants the world to see a clip of its military at work. Google’s site took it down, but says that was a mistake. “Sometimes we make the wrong call.”

Voices

Google Outage Shows Business Risks in China

Carlos Tejada and Paul Mozur, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 11, 2012 at 1:06 pm PT

“”There appears to be a throttling under way of Web access.”

News Byte

Nate Silver Wears a Wizard’s Hat at Dinner

Peter Kafka in Media on November 8, 2012 at 5:59 pm PT

So says New York Times Web producer Eric Owles, who just posted this image to Instagram. Owles describes the other winner of Tuesday’s election as “disappointingly sober.” Wong, by the way, describes itself as an “Asian” restaurant. It’s very good.