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Outbrain's Content Recommending Ways Seduce Readers To Stick Around

The New York-based startup demolishes conventional wisdom about the best ways to draw in readers--and snaps up $64 million in financing.READ»

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Personalized iPad-Mag Zite Launches iPhone App, Takes On Flipboard [Video]

On the heels of FlipBoard's iPhone app, today personalized e-magazine Zite expands from the iPad to the iPhone, as well. The move by the nine-month-old startup, which CNN acquired in September for $20 million, demonstrates just how competitive the mobile aggregation space has become.READ»

MANAGEMENT   |  Comment

How Tweeting Can Get You Fired

As the Department of Defense revisits its social-media policy (it simply calls for the secure use of sharing technologies), it has plenty of other industries' mistweets to learn from.READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

David Bohrman Takes Over Current TV As President

Illustration by Chris Philpot It's been a busy few months for David Bohrman, one of our 2011 Most Creative People in Business. In March, the television vet left his post as CNN's Washington bureau chief to become the network's chief ...READ»

Who Spreads The News? In Today's Connected World, Everyone [VIDEO]

Every so often news breaks and stops everyone dead in their tracks. When a story is big enough, it invades our lives. The Internet and mobile devices keep us closely connected, allowing news to spread exponentially faster than ever before.READ»

CNN   |  Comment

CNN's $20M Hedge On Zite Values Aggregation Biz Over Original News

CNN paid $20 million for personalized iPad magazine Zite this week. But if you use it, odds are you won't get CNN's original news. So what's CNN getting for its money? READ»

INSTAGRAM   |  Comment

What Instagram Plans To Do With 150 Million Photos And Faster Growth Than Flickr

In just nine months, the photo-sharing startup hit 150 million pix and more than 7 million users who upload about 1.3 million photos daily (15 per second). Founder Kevin Systrom tells Fast Company what's next. READ»

Apple, iPhones, And Mobile Broadcasting's Bright Future

While the BBC is bringing smartphone tech to its journalists for on-the-spot newscasting, Apple has its own plans for this tech--and it's quite promising for everyone from foreign correspondents to citizen journos. READ»

How CNN And YouTube Forged A Presidential-Debate Partnership

Such interactive and social media-savvy coverage wasn't always so commonplace in politics. David Bohrman, CNN's chief innovation officer, gives us a bit of insight into how part of the tech-centric evolution began.READ»

Social Media And The Modern Startup

How Social Media allows early adopters to share an experience without the risk of being the entrepreneur creating it.READ»

Welcome to CNN's New Digital Playground: TV Everywhere!

From Video Commenting to iReport Integration, mobile consumers and videophiles are about to have a lot more on-the-go options from CNN.com--and presumably others to come.READ»

Don't Touch My Junk Bro…or Sis

Everybody can turn their own experiences into stories. Don't use other people's stuff.READ»

SOTU 2011   |  Comment

State of the Union, the Digital Party

Did you watch the State of the Union on television, old-school style? The real party was online. Photos! Infographics! Salmon! Here’s a deeper look.READ»

ART   |  Comment

CNN Tries to Explain Syyn Labs

Syyn Labs hit the headlines with its viral-success music vid for OK Go and a promo for Google's new science fair initiative. But what happens when the crazy, ephemeral group of scientists and dreamers hits CNN? This:READ»

IFIVE   |  Comment

iFive: Microsoft's Slates Inbound, IBM Playing Jeopardy, Brits Back Assange, Kindle Sells Millions, Cuba's Wikipedia

Tuesday's early innovation news, to get you a head start on the day:READ»

Behind The Scenes of CNN's Election Tech: iPads, Magic Walls, Holograms, Twitter

Walking into CNN's newsroom is like walking into Best Buy during the holidays: gigantic flat panel displays are plastered all over the hangar-like space; people are running around frantically with laptops and Blackberrys and ...READ»

FACEBOOK   |  Comment

Facebook, Twitter Election Results Prove Remarkably Accurate

Do Facebook fans and Twitter conversations provide a more accurate portrait of elections than scientific polls?READ»