Facebook
US Facebook users: Cambridge Analytica didn't put us off
US Facebook users keep on Likin', even as the Cambridge Analytica revelations rumble on.
technology
Microsoft does sci-fi offices really well
Strange how Microsoft have finally got good at making corporate tech look sexy.
livejournal
Even George RR Martin has left Livejournal
The last big user of the first platform I used has quit: Livejournal is not what it used to be.
storyful
The Guardian catches Storyful tracking what videos journalists are watching
Storyful has been running an internal feed of all the videos clients using its Chrome extension watch. Is this malice or incompetence?
digital journalism
News can't afford to be funded by Google and Facebook; it will destroy our reputation
Google and Facebook are now two of the biggest funders of journalism in the world. Should we be comfortable with that?
Facebook
Facebook's approach to news is getting ever more elitist - and controlling
Facebook is about to start pumping millions into news publishers to create Facebook Watch as a viable video channel. That's really uncomfortable timing…
Blogs
The man who coined the word "blog" has been blogging for 20 years
Peter Merholtz, who first split "weblog" into "we blog", has been at the blogface for two decades.
smartphones
Life through the (smart) rectangle
The rise of the Stories format is forcing us to accept that the smartphone is creating brand new forms of media.