Perhaps the defining flaw of the modern internet, at least of web 2.0, has been that while we as users create its value (we post, we share, we create), the economic value we create (and control over our data) are co-opted by entities unrelated to us (namely, corporations). Web3, blockchain…

With all the buzz surrounding NFTs (and the millions of dollars being spent on JPG images and virtual cats) it’s hard to know what’s real or just hype. SNL captures the confusion (and surprisingly many salient facts) about NFTs in its timely sketch “What the hell are NFTs?”: Kidding…

We just surveyed 500 Millennial women about how they shop for fashion, online and in-store. In particular, we wanted to understand how they used social media and online influencers to discover and buy fashion. …

When our team first adopted Slack back in 2014, we felt that team chat had finally been “solved.” Prior tools we had used such as Skype and GChat were designed for individuals not companies, and using them for team communication felt cumbersome. Slack gave us centralized team management, granular notifications…

Consumers are becoming savvier at tuning out ads, and marketers are scrambling to find new ways to reach them. At the same time, people — especially teens and millennials — are becoming increasingly engaged with online influencers. Some statistics illustrate where we’re headed: 32% of internet users will use an…

The most significant development coming out of Apple’s iPhone 7 announcement was not the outgoing analog audio jack (an obvious move in line with Apple’s forward-thinking design philosophy), but rather the incoming AirPods and, in particular, their unprecedented capability as a voice input device. …

From Amazon’s Alexa to Google’s Allo, see where the industry stands today. — Two trends — the exploding popularity of mobile messaging apps and advances in artificial intelligence — are coinciding to enable a new generation of tools that enable brands to communicate with customers in powerful new ways at reduced cost. …

As brands hop onto Snapchat, curate their Instagram feeds, and wrestle with Facebook’s algorithm, Twitter has largely fallen out of favor with marketers and brands over the past year. …

After each Apple event, people tend to fall into one of two camps — either “Apple has completely lost its mojo” or “OMG that was the best Apple announcement ever.” While its true that it may be hard to top Steve Jobs’ original iPhone announcement in terms of raw disruption…