Need "Obamacare"? Watch out: These sites are out to steal your information and maybe screw you out of insurance
My inconvenient, then invasive, then harassing experience with the healthcare lead-gen industry.
Steve Jobs: Jerk or genius?
A Valley pioneer weighs in on Sorkin's portrayal versus the real thing.
FICTION: The Devil You Know (Chapter Five)
A future-fiction horror story, exclusive to Pando.
FICTION: The Devil You Know (Chapter Four)
A future-fiction horror story, exclusive to Pando.
FICTION: The Devil You Know (Chapter Three)
A future-fiction horror story, exclusive to Pando.
FICTION: The Devil You Know (Chapter Two)
A future-fiction horror story, exclusive to Pando.
FICTION: The Devil You Know
A future-fiction horror story, exclusive to Pando.
MTV’s “White People” isn’t half as provocative as you think
(Which is why it’s so radical and subversive)
Every second, three startups are launched globally, as VCs invest $90k a minute
It’s a pretty great time to raise venture capital in America.
The Book of Numbers: Easy to understand, hard to tolerate
Close that tab. Close all your tabs. Close that browser. Close that laptop. And now close Book of Numbers.
For better or worse, Hillary may very well be the Silicon Valley favorite in 2016
As a pro-business candidate without any wacky ideas about gay people or science denial, Hillary is a Valley corporation's best friend
More Americans consume news on Facebook than ever before. Uh oh
I hope you like polarizing discourse, factual inaccuracies, and poorly-sourced memes!
Founder Psychology: Spotify's Daniel Ek
How one of the nicest CEOs in the history of the Valley created such an asshole of a company
If Spotify convinces Washington to act against “unfair” Apple Music, guess who suffers most: Artists
Whenever two giant entities butt heads in the music industry, artists lose.
When a "safe space" goes wrong
Read this amazing open letter to a feminist discussion group.
Social Justice Tourists: Amy Schumer, race, and social media's censorship of satire
The backlash against the popular comedian represents the worst of modern discourse in the digital age.
Trump doubles down on racism, so let's look at some numbers
Not only is Trump a despicable racist, he’s also flat-out wrong.
Twitter, Microsoft, Reddit: Imagining Aaron Sorkin's next great tech screenplays
How would other classic tech tales look filtered through Sorkin’s wordplay-damaged worldview?
A new study flies in the face of everything we know about the music industry. Because it’s wrong
A new study tries, and fails, to prove that people totally want to pay for music.
Sorry, Trump: Average Texans are 3 times more likely to have committed sex crimes than undocumented immigrants
The Right's statistics surrounding rape and immigrants are sorely lacking in context
No, we are not entering the age of the "hipsterpreneur." Thank God.
Yesterday's hipsters started bad bands, wore bad clothes, and thought all the better of themselves. Today they start bad companies.
The 10 best albums on Apple Music that aren’t on Spotify
Ten phenomenal albums, ten huge advantages for Apple over Spotify. And, no, Taylor Swift didn’t make the cut.
Algorithms are coming to Twitter: Here's how it can avoid becoming Facebook
Doomsayers are still calling the new Twitter a tragedy, I see it as an opportunity.
Tech giants celebrate gay marriage, continue to fund anti-LGBT politicians
Google, Facebook, Oracle, Salesforce and others have supported candidates who oppose marriage equality.
Facebook finally told us what word made them ban our story about homelessness
After two days of arguing with robots about profanity, we're finally able to give Facebook our money.
Why Circa was doomed from the start
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: One of the most promising young companies of the new journalism revolution just ran out of money and closed its doors -- likely forever.
How to succeed in the music industry in three easy steps, with “music futurist” Ryan Leslie
An enormously instructive tale for aspiring creatives.
Lessons from Yo La Tengo: How to survive 30 years in the music industry
It's not so much that Yo La Tengo has ascended, as the rest of the industry has slowed down to meet them.
Facebook won't allow us to promote our story on Google's war against the homeless
Got a problem with Facebook? Take it up with the robot. Got a problem with the robot? Take it up with Facebook.
Taylor Swift's Apple reversal sounds like a win for artists, but it's not
The fight feels like a less win for musicians and more like a win for... Apple Music and Taylor Swift.
Seven things we learned about the music industry in 2015 at Pandoland/Bonnaroo
I just spent ten days in Tennessee, plied with whiskey, sun, smoke, and food as fried as I feel right now. I did it for you.
Let the dystopian future of media begin
The new media landscape is shaking out fast and the losers are getting absorbed while the big winners are getting bigger.
