The news reader service uses artificial intelligence to find the best quality stories, regardless of the size or prominence of the source or how many people are sharing them.
Last April Fools' Day, publishers from Time Inc. to the Washington Post Company sent fast-growing startup Zite an aggressive cease-and-desist letter. The publishers weren't joking, accusing Zite's app, a personalized news reader for the iPad and iPhone, of copyright infringement and calling it "plainly unlawful."
In this extended version of the conversation from our latest issue, we chat with Mark Johnson, the CEO of Zite. "Part of the problem with the news today and news discovery," he tells us, "is we've been so satisfied with good enough for so long that we haven't opened our eyes to the possibility of what news discovery can be."
The tech wizards in this month's Fast Talk say they know what you want before you do. Here, Zite CEO Mark Johnson on curating content for an iPad magazine that gets smarter as you use it.
A week after launching the app, Flipboard's racked up a million downloads and tripled their engagement (measured in "flips per month"). "Every industry, every type of business we think about needs to be fundamentally reinvented in the face of social," cofounder Evan Doll tells us.
