Newstex Blog

Yahoo! started as a search engine, morphed into a content provider, and today, it's hard to say exactly what Yahoo! is trying to be.

Which is better for advertisers -- Facebook or Google? With a $100 billion valuation of Facebook leading up to its IPO last week (half of Google's worth), that's a question everyone is asking.

In its annual State of the Appnation report, Nielsen reports that 50% of U.S. mobile subscribers use smartphones, which is up from 40% in 2011.

Every day, authoritative bloggers work hard to research stories, craft interesting posts, and communicate with their readers.

According to Ben Elowitz, CEO of Wetpaint, "content is no longer king." In an article Elowitz published on All Things D this week, he states that the evolution of the internet has killed that mantra, and content and distribution have parted ways making way to disaggregation.

Over the weekend, I attended the Mashable Connect conference in Orlando, Florida, and I walked away with some great insights and food for thought.

Last week, the web was buzzing with news about Google Drive, the new tool from Google that is being positioned as the alternative to Dropbox, Box, SugarSync, and other cloud storage systems.

New research from Time Inc. reveals that "Digital Natives" (people who grew up with mobile technology as part of their everyday lives) switch between content platforms 27 times per hour (that's every other minute).

In a new interview with The Guardian, Google co-founder Sergey Brin offers his warnings about the biggest threats to web freedom, and government legislation is just part of the story.

In a story released today, eMarketer predicts that 33.5% of the U.S. population (approximately 110 million people) will watch video content on a mobile phone at least once a month by 2016.

Newstex President Larry Schwartz has been re-elected to the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) Content Division Board of Directors after a two-year hiatus.

This week, Social Media Examiner launched its fourth annual Social Media Marketing Industry Report, and there are some interesting discoveries found in the report.

