Discovery

It may come as no surprise that Snapchat and Instagram have a solid lead over Facebook when it comes to the frequency that high school and college students use the social media cha... More

Because noncommercial alternatives would be free of the imperative to capture as much information about your interests as possible, they’d be likelier to experiment with new ways... More

Netflix quietly launched a new discovery feature aimed at promoting its original programming to users who are watching via an app on their television. Now, when you leave the Netfl... More

CBS News and Wazee Digital today announced the renewal of their long-standing agreement in which Wazee Digital will continue to manage and represent CBS News’ valuable archive fo... More

When it comes to TV or movies, we usually have a pretty good idea of how to tell whether or not something is a success or a failure. If you want to know if something's successful, ... More

If the camera is the new keyboard, then the future of social media will look more like a slideshow than a Word document. So while Snapchat invented Stories, we’ll have to get use... More

You may be tempted to compare Clips, Apple’s new mobile video app, to Snapchat and Instagram. When it appears in the App Store next month, the slick new app will feature filters,... More

Netflix is no long interested in subtlety. The streaming platform announced that it is doing away with its current five-star rating system and switching over to a thumbs up–thumb... More

MGM is teaming up with Snapchat parent Snap Inc. to develop “Shows” — or as the disappearing messaging-turned-camera company calls them, “TV-like mobile video content” �... More

Study after study shows that a good percentage of American TV viewers feel they are paying too much for their service and would love to cut the cord. But that desire ends the secon... More

When Apple introduced the iPhone 5s in 2013, its built-in Touch ID launched the race to invent creative, personalized passcodes. Sure, the old-fashioned password model had worked f... More

Embracing change when everything’s clicking may be one of the hardest challenges in business. But Instagram has now reimagined itself on multiple fronts. It’s built out Instagr... More

Mobile technology has reached the point of seemingly endless possibilities. Consumers can preorder lattes, interact with augmented reality, and skip the lines at stores with altern... More

Twitter wants to make it as easy as possible for companies to livestream video on its platform. According to a report from The Information, the company is set to announce next week... More

21st Century Fox introduced a single app where pay-TV subscribers can watch many of its TV networks and shows, a step toward building more direct ties to consumers. The Fox Now ... More

This year at SXSW, Sony opened up what it calls the “Wow Factory” in a converted warehouse on Trinity Street in Austin, where members of its Future Lab program have set up some... More

Sony’s bringing picture-in-picture mode to the streaming TV era. Today the company announced a new “multi-view” feature — launching first on PS4 — that allows PlayStation... More

As consumers’ habit of “showrooming” (checking out the goods at brick-and-mortar stores, then whipping out the phone to buy cheaper from a competitor) has risen, retailers ha... More

CafeMedia, the digital media company that supports and empowers quality content creators announced reaching 91 million unduplicated monthly US unique visitors (UVs) according to th... More

Suggestion algorithms can exploit what customers are known to like by pushing similar fare, or they can encourage them to explore things they might be less familiar with. Typical a... More