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Google's New Privacy Campaign Costing 'Tens of Millions'

Earlier today, we reported on the launch of Google’s new consumer outreach program around guarding your privacy online, called “Good to Know“. The program is both web-based and will reach…

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David Bowie's 2002 Predictions About Music are Pretty Close

Musician David Bowie is known for a lot of things, namely his music and choice of wardrobe. On Sunday, the man who turned himself into “Ziggy Stardust” turned 65. Ten…

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New York Times Accidentaily Emails 8 Million

In what was first thought to be a spam attack against subscribers of the New York Times, it turns out that it was just an oopsie by the newspaper. Here’s…

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Just launched: The Final Edition

Today, Tony Hendra, the English satirist and writer behind The National Lampoon, SPY Magazine, and the cult film “This Is Spinal Tap” launches a new humor site The Final Edition as…

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Interview with the man suing The HuffPo

Jonathan Tasini was one of the very first writers to jump on board The Huffington Post blogging ship in 2005, reportedly at the request of Arianna Huffington herself. For the…

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Radar Founder launches The Fix

The Fix is a site about addiction and recovery, but not from the superficial self-help angle. It’s a mix of crazy stories of addiction–drugs, booze and sex– with advice from therapists and…

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The New York Times Paywall

The New York Times has today released details of its long-awaited paywall. Opting for a partially free model, users will be able to read 20 articles per month without paying. Beyond…

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Reddit hits 1 billion page views

Reddit has just reported that their site’s analytics have a sweet new punctuation mark next to them, meaning that its site has served one billion users in just one month….

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The Daily: Everything You Need To Know

After months and months of build up, and more than a few pushed back launch dates, Rupert Murdoch’s The Daily has officially arrived. You can download it here in the app…

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Murdoch's The Daily: Details Leaked

Moments before Rupert Murdoch is to officially unveil his beloved iPad newspaper, Gizmodo, who wasn’t invited to the party today, has leaked the following information about The Daily. Just $40 a…

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OnSwipe is the Future of Publishing

Sporting sneakers and chugging sugar-free Red Bulls, OnSwipe founders Jason L. Baptiste and Andres Barreto may look like typical overworked kids right out of college. But get them talking about…

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Paywalls Don't Always Drive Readers Away

Over the past year or so we’ve regularly looked at the way news publishers on the Web are starting to charge their readers. While we’ve usually looked at paywalls pretty…

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Rupert Murdoch's The Daily Set To Launch

One month from today, Rupert Murdoch will unveil “The Daily,” his much-discussed iPad newspaper. While the date has been pushed back a few times now, inside sources tell us that…

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Flipboard Is Going Online

We are big fans of Flipboard. In fact, we were the first to break the news when the iPad app known as “the world’s first social magazine” first launched. And today…

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Will Web stores save publishing?

Google’s Chrome Web Store is here. We covered its launch this week, detailing Google’s new marketplace for Web-based “apps.” The apps, which are currently free, are essentially just bookmarks to existing…