Workers at Medium are the latest group of tech employees that have decided to unionize, in an industry where the concept was once foreign.
Internet Companies Launch Initiative In Support of Section 230
Some of the most prominent internet companies have formed the Internet Works coalition to promote Section 230, a key internet law. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act gives companies immunity for content users upload or post on their sites.…
RIP Quibi: Revolutionary Video Service Shutting Down
Just months after launching its highly-publicized short-form, video service, Quibi has announced it is shutting down.
Ford and Microsoft Using Quantum Computing to Alleviate Traffic Congestion
Quantum computing has long been held out as the next step in computing. Despite still being highly experimental, there continue to be major strides made in the field. One such example is a partnership between Ford and Microsoft, aimed at…
Medium Teases New Browsing Experience
Medium announced that it is introducing a new browsing and reading experience, which it refers to as Collections. The goal is (of course) to make it easier to find content of interest on a personalized basis. The feature is for…
Medium Gets New Publisher Tools
Medium announced three new publishing features, which it is rolling out this week. For one, users can now schedule posts with the new “schedule to publish” feature. You can specify the date and time you want a post to be…
Facebook Looks to Be Updating Notes
Do you remember Facebook Notes? Believe it or not, you can still write notes on Facebook. A relic of the past, Facebook notes have pretty much fallen out of favor with the social networking crowd. This might be the first…
Patricia Arquette Fronts Plus-Size Model Campaign, Tells TV Execs She Will Not Lose Weight
When Patricia Arquette starred in the television show Medium, which ran from 2005 to 2011, she was once asked to lose weight for the show. She told them No. That is the kind of woman you get with Patricia Arquette.…
Patricia Arquette: From ‘Medium’ to Golden Globe Winner
Patricia Arquette, known for her role as psychic Allison Dubois in the hit NBC show Medium, won a Golden Globe on Sunday for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for the film Boyhood. Arquette beat out some stiff competition…
Laura Prepon Sparks Wedding Rumors with White Dress Fitting
Laura Prepon sparked short-lived wedding rumors when she was seen being privately fitted for a white evening gown at Bergdorf Goodman on Tuesday. In reality, the 34-year-old star of Netflix’s hit series Orange is the New Black will wear the…
Teresa Giudice: “Me Without You Doesn’t Work”
Last year, Teresa Giudice and her husband Joe were charged with 39 counts of fraud which included conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, making false statements on loan applications, and bankruptcy fraud. “Today is a most difficult…
Evan Williams’ Medium Buys Kickstarter Project ‘Matter’
Medium, the current company of Blogger and Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, has acquired Kickstarter-backed journalism startup Matter. For a better idea of what Medium itself is, read this. Matter describes itself as a publication based around a new way to…