Slack is widely acknowledged as the enterprise real-time messaging (work chat) tool with the most traction, having passed the million daily user…
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Flipboard swims against the tide by launching a website
While most media companies are moving from the web to focus on mobile, Flipboard is doing the opposite -- having built the app on mobile, it is now launching a web version…
Read MoreWhy doesn’t the WhatsApp web browser version work for iOS users?
The popular international messaging app WhatsApp has unveiled a web browser-based version of its service. In a blog post, the company announced…
Read More4chan founder Moot no longer running the internet’s collective id
After more than eleven years running the anarchic online community he founded in his New York bedroom at the age of 15, Christopher "Moot" Poole says he is stepping aside from day-to-day management of the site…
Read MoreCluetrain: We have met the internet’s enemy, and he is us
Two of the authors of the original Cluetrain Manifesto from 1999 have come out with an update that says many of the risks and potential dangers facing the internet come from us, the users, and the choices we are making…
Read MoreWeb report: Online surveillance and censorship are getting worse
Mass online surveillance and censorship of what people see on the web appear to be getting worse, according to the latest Web…
Read MoreIs the web dying, killed off by mobile apps? It’s complicated
The growth in mobile app usage has some concerned that the open web is in decline, or being threatened -- but much of mobile usage doesn't come at the expense of the web. If anything, mobile apps are helping the web grow even faster…
Read MoreWhen brands become media: Mozilla launches an online magazine called Open Standard
As so many brands have done, Mozilla -- the non-profit foundation behind the Firefox browser -- has become a media entity, by launching an online magazine that it says will focus on reporting about open technologies…
Read MoreMost Russians still favor web censorship, but those attitudes are changing
A majority of Russians supports the censorship of the internet, according to a poll carried out late September and published this week…
Read MoreNeuze makes you wonder: What if the print newspaper had been invented after the web?
Neuze says it has developed a revolutionary product that provides an easy-to-carry news summary curated by journalists that requires no power. It's an inside joke on newspapers -- but it still makes you think about what benefits print media had over the web…
Read MoreThere is more to mobile web development than just HTML, Javascript and CSS
Web apps are still an easier choice for many enterprises to make when it comes to deciding how best to develop for smart devices. Even if they wanted to develop a native app, often times they simply cannot.…
Read MoreAkamai signs deal with OpenDNS to make the web faster
Akamai's job is to speed up the web, but as more companies use alternative DNS services, that can be difficult. So it's signed a deal with OpenDNS to get content to people faster.…
Read MoreHere’s everything you need to know about the Heartbleed web security flaw
Researchers have discovered a serious flaw known as Heartbleed that affects the security software that runs on about two-thirds of the servers on the internet and could expose user data, including passwords. Here's what you need to know about it…
Read MoreThe rise of mobile apps and the decline of the open web — a threat or an over-reaction?
Venture investor Chris Dixon of Andreessen Horowitz and others say they are concerned that the increasing use of mobile apps means less investment in the open web, and that this could have a negative effect on innovation. But is that true?…
Read MoreSurveillance fears are causing people to be more cautious online — and that’s good
It's healthy for people to react to the knowledge of their surveillance by being more cautious. It means they appreciate the risks and are more likely to want to get rid of them.…
Read More25 years after inventing the web, Tim Berners-Lee invites users to help draft global “bill of rights”
The World Wide Web Foundation has set up a campaign called Web We Want, which it hopes to see draft a Magna Carta for the digital world as a way of pushing back against malign corporate and government intrusions on web freedom.…
Read MoreWhy we mourn the death of the Horse_ebooks Twitter account — because it represents something we have lost
For some, the news that the widely-followed Horse_ebooks Twitter account was just another marketing gimmick didn't come as a surprise -- but for others, it was just another sign of how boring and predictable the web has become.…
Read MoreGoogle Chrome starts pulling the plug on browser plug-ins
You won't need to find or install browser plug-ins much longer in Google Chrome. The company is starting to eliminate support on January 1, 2014 as HTML5 and other web technologies alleviate the need for plug-ins.…
Read MoreCirca expands beyond mobile, now lets you follow stories from the web
Circa, the mobile app that breaks the news down into bite-sized pieces, has added a new feature to the web version of…
Read MoreNo, the Justice Department didn’t cripple Microsoft — the internet took care of that
Matt Yglesias tries to argue that if antitrust authorities hadn't stepped in, Microsoft would have prevented both Google and Apple from becoming as successful as they did -- but this stretches credulity to the breaking point.…
Read MoreThrough a PRISM darkly: Fear of NSA surveillance is having a chilling effect on the open web
The legal discussion forum Groklaw is the latest web service to shut down out of concern over the NSA's surveillance program -- and the latest sign of how much we are losing due to the chilling effects of that government behavior.…
Read MoreThanks to the web, journalism is now something you do — not something you are
The fact that it is more difficult than ever to decide who qualifies as a "journalist" may make for a confusing media landscape, and it may trouble some professional journalists and media outlets, but in the long run we are better off.…
Read MoreOne year in, it’s almost like Facebook never bought Instagram. When will that change?
If you take a look at your Instagram feed today, would you be able to tell that everyone's favorite mobile photo-sharing app is owned by Facebook? Maybe not. But over the course of the next year, we might see that changing.…
Read MoreWe need new laws not just for martyrs like Aaron Swartz, but for trolls like Weev too
Proposals are in the works to change the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in the wake of hacker-activist Aaron Swartz's untimely death, but those changes are important for reasons that go far beyond just Swartz's suicide.…
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