Humans FTW

The story of who controls curation on the web (and how they do it) has entered a new chapter.

WSJ: Google wanted to find out why so many phones were jammed. The answer involved flowers and sunsets.

"Google researchers in Silicon Valley were trying to figure out why so many smartphones were freezing up half a world away. One in three smartphone users in India run out of space on their phones daily."

Google’s search update is a moment of clarity, not catch-up

Google is updating how it curates your search results [Google blog], with a focus on highlighting trending news and localized content on mobile. While they seem to be prioritizing the "follow" option for topical interests, here's what I found the most interesting from its announcement: Diversifying content in News: "News stories may have multiple viewpoints from…

Real McCoys: Takeaways from Facebook’s latest study of misinformation

Facebook is still trying to do something about stopping misinformation from going viral on their platform.

What scares me the most about “fake news”

Demand isn't necessarily correlated or even triggered by supply, but we don't have any studies about demand in fake news.

Using free online tools to find better and faster news

I read the news for the first two hours of the day to get a sense of markets and top events.