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media/telecom

How Social Media Boosting Features Compare

By Isabelle Sarraf · May 4, 2023 4:57 PM PDT
Most social media platforms have a similar method for users to increase the visibility of their posts: pay to turn existing posts into revenue-generating advertisements. At least, that’s the case for Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest and TikTok, where users can pay for their post to show up in user’s feeds as an ad. Facebook has... Most social media platforms have a similar method for users to increase the visibility of their...
Art by Clark Miller.
Opinion
policy

Terms of Service Have Gotten Out of Control

By David Hoffman · March 7, 2023 9:00 AM PST · 11 comments
Over a decade ago, journalist Eric Felten claimed that “most of us make more legal agreements in a year than our grandparents made in a lifetime.” The same statement—if we equate “legal agreements” with “written contracts”—would be true today only if you changed “in a year” to... Over a decade ago, journalist Eric Felten claimed that “most of us make more legal...
Pinterest CEO Chris Silbermann. Photo by Bloomberg
The Briefing

Pinterest’s Culture Challenge: The Information’s Tech Briefing

By Martin Peers · Aug. 12, 2020 6:16 PM PDT
The subject of gender discrimination in Silicon Valley is back in the news after former Pinterest COO Francoise Brougher published a post on Medium about her experiences dealing with sexism at the company. The detailed post is a little reminiscent of Susan Fowler’s Uber missive of a few years ago—and it may have as much of an impact... The subject of gender discrimination in Silicon Valley is back in the news after former Pinterest...
Art by Sam Lessin.
Why the Bonus Culture Will Spread
By Sam Lessin · Aug. 2, 2016 7:02 AM PDT · 3 comments
Art by Sam Lessin.
Modest Proposals

Why the Bonus Culture Will Spread

By Sam Lessin · Aug. 2, 2016 7:02 AM PDT · 3 comments
We are currently living through an explosion of measurement technology. Once only athletes, salespeople and investment bankers could be managed by metrics of their performance. But increasingly everyone is, as technology opens up deeper access to performance data. It makes us all better, but it also clearly leads to greater inequality. That will... We are currently living through an explosion of measurement technology. Once only athletes,...
Maria Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College. Illustration by Matthew Vascellaro.
Q&A
microsoft enterprise

On a Mission to Change the Culture of Tech

By Jonathan Weber · July 31, 2014 12:04 PM PDT · 4 comments
Harvey Mudd College, a small science and engineering school in Southern California, often lands at the very top of the rankings when it comes to the earnings of its graduates. The highly selective school has developed a unique curriculum that includes extensive liberal arts studies as well as a year-long “clinic” in which students work with a... Harvey Mudd College, a small science and engineering school in Southern California, often lands...
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper. Illustration by Matthew Vascellaro.
Q&A

In Colorado, a Startup Culture Built on Lifestyle

By Jonathan Weber · July 24, 2014 1:38 PM PDT
Colorado has long punched above its weight in the tech business, led by telecom and aerospace companies that benefited from the state’s central location and wide-open spaces. In recent years, the city of Boulder in particular has been a hotbed of startup activity; Colorado ranked eighth nationally among all states in VC investment last quarter,... Colorado has long punched above its weight in the tech business, led by telecom and aerospace...