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Web Video Doubter Mark Cuban Invests in Web Video Studio Revision3

Peter Kafka in Media on February 1, 2011 at 5:01 am PT

Mark Cuban, Web video skeptic? Meet Mark Cuban, Web video investor. He’s the guy putting money into the company that brings us Diggnation, Tekzilla and Scam School.

As Egypt's Last Internet Connection Goes Down, Alternatives Appear

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 31, 2011 at 3:50 pm PT

The last significant Internet connection in Egypt has now gone down. The world has responded with numerous clever workarounds to help the people there get their messages out.

Facebook Steps Up Security After Tunisian Hacks

Liz Gannes in Social on January 26, 2011 at 10:30 am PT

Facebook is rolling out to all its users the security features it added to stop the Tunisian government from accessing citizens’ passwords.

Hate Ads? You'll Love This Site. Love Ads? You Too.

Peter Kafka in Media on January 14, 2011 at 8:30 am PT

A site for people who love to complain about ads. That’s most of you, right? It’s created by an ad guy, of course.

"Hit Me Up" Was Facebook's Breakout Slang in 2010

Liz Gannes in Social on December 14, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Other items besides Justin Bieber made it onto Facebook’s list of 2010 trends in status messages. But don’t think for a second that Bieber didn’t earn his spot on yet another year-end roundup.

Flipboard Partners With Web Publishers for Full Content (and Full Disclosure: Including ATD)

Liz Gannes in Social on December 2, 2010 at 9:22 am PT

Yesterday, I wrote about Pulse, a news-reading app with innovative design, going social by integrating Facebook. Now Flipboard, a social news-reading app based around Twitter and Facebook, is adding publisher feeds. (Full disclosure: Including from All Things Digital.) One thing’s clear: There’s a lot of excitement and energy going into how the iPad can re-create content consumption.

Apple's Ping Wants Rock ‘n’ Roll, but No Sex and Drugs

Peter Kafka in Media on October 14, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

When it comes to creating profiles on its would-be social network, Apple doesn’t want music acts thinking that differently.

Naked Brett Favre Won't Make Money for Nick Denton

Peter Kafka in Media on October 7, 2010 at 10:27 am PT

Gawker Media’s Deadspin site says it will run naked photos of the Vikings quarterback, but Denton says it won’t be a profitable decision: “These things are always money-losers”

Articles About Happy News, Sex Shared More on Facebook

Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 3, 2010 at 11:00 am PT

Negative news, from crime to the shaky financial system, might grab the most headlines. But in the world of Facebook sharing, it seems that positive stories trump negative ones–and sex still sells.