Digital publishers have gotten better at creating e-books that preserve a poet’s meticulous formatting, but some writers are still leery of surrendering their work to the digital realm.
Parent groups and privacy advocates are challenging the practices of an industry built on data collection, and California has passed wide-ranging legislation protecting students’ personal information.
Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp — owner of Match.com, OkCupid and other sites — has been increasing its presence in the terrain that combines technology and romance in the last 10 years, but the market has become crowded.
A handful of entrepreneurs are trying to build web services for young children, including at a company called Kuddle, the maker of a mobile photo-sharing app.
“What we think about is kind of the before, during and after experience,” said the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s chief digital officer, speaking of the museum’s new app.
Documents from the case paint a vivid portrait of the high-stakes battle that pitted Yahoo against some top officials in the Bush administration over what was legitimate gathering of foreign intelligence and what was illegal snooping.
Social media companies, government agencies and still-connected individuals have cooperated to help locate some 12,000 people amid the flooding and communications difficulties.