Yes, Twitter is flawed during an event like the Boston bombings — and so is everything else

by Mathew Ingram Oct 26 2013, 4:18pm PDT A study by IBM information scientists that looked at the aftermath of the Boston bombings found that Twitter was unreliable -- but during such events almost all information sources are inherently unreliable Read More » Repeat a horrible lie on Twitter, pay $25,000: is that fair? by Jeff John Roberts Oct 26 2013, 1:00pm PDT People retweet lies and errors on Twitter all the time. Are there special cases where they should be punished for doing so? That's what happened in the UK, raising questions again about how to regulate speech on not just Twitter, but other sites where you can slander with a single click. Read More » There’s a crucial point at the heart of the journalists-and-coding brouhaha — it’s about the future by Mathew Ingram Oct 25 2013, 1:56pm PDT The debate over whether journalists need to code is a lot like the argument over whether bloggers are journalists -- a sign of how quickly the field is being disrupted, and of how much we still have left to learn Read More » Amazon Publishing reportedly retreating in NYC. Thank (or blame) Barnes & Noble by Laura Hazard Owen Oct 25 2013, 8:47am PDT Amazon Publishing's head honcho in New York, Larry Kirshbaum, plans to leave the company next year. The company is also reportedly scaling back its publishing presence here, something it denies. But it's undeniable that Amazon's original plan to publish traditional fiction and nonfiction like a major East Coast publisher has not gone as planned. Read More » Facebook’s violent video problem, Netflix nails its quarter and all hail the designer by Chris Albrecht Oct 25 2013, 3:35am PDT On this week's Gigaom Show we talk about Facebook facing a problem with its content, Netflix transforming TV and the importance of good design. Read More » Former NSA spy chief gets a little of his own medicine thanks to random act of journalism by Mathew Ingram Oct 24 2013, 10:21pm PDT There was probably more than a little gloating when former NSA chief Michael Hayden found a fellow passenger on his Amtrak train live-tweeting his off-the-record interviews with journalists Read More » Amazon added “millions” of Prime members in Q3, thanks in part to streaming video by Laura Hazard Owen Oct 24 2013, 6:02pm PDT Amazon Prime is growing very fast, thanks in part to streaming video, Amazon said in its Q3 earnings Thursday. Read More » Twitter hires Vivian Schiller of NBC News to run its news partnerships unit by Mathew Ingram Oct 24 2013, 4:34pm PDT Twitter announced on Thursday that it has hired former NBC News chief digital officer and former New York Times digital VP Vivian Schiller to manage its news partnerships unit Read More » Here’s the hard part about Facebook and news — it’s there, but users only find it accidentally by Mathew Ingram Oct 24 2013, 11:16am PDT A new study by the Pew Center and the Knight Foundation shows that while many users come across news while they are on Facebook, most don't go there specifically looking for it. Read More »