RE/CODE NEWS AND CONTENT
Gaming
Nintendo Always Avoids Catastrophe. This Time Might Be Different.
Nintendo has a knack for bouncing back from setbacks. But the modern gaming landscape is its toughest challenge yet.
December 5, 2014, 5:30 AM PST
Code/Media
Code/Media SF in Three Minutes (Video)
The smartest minds in digital media joined us for a lively conversation Thursday night in San Francisco. Here are some of the don’t-miss moments.
December 5, 2014, 5:00 AM PST
Media
California Ex-Governor Further Debases Self, the Fall of Gamergate HQ and More #Mustreads
Also, “dark social” goes mobile.
December 5, 2014, 3:00 AM PST
Code/Media
Jim Bankoff Says Vox Media Is Content Publisher for a New Generation
“There are companies that have been built on lists,” Bankoff said, but he didn’t name any names.
December 4, 2014, 8:27 PM PST
Code/Media
Fullscreen CEO George Strompolos on Premium Content and Making Viewers Pay
Fullscreen is looking to create television-grade programming that could reach audiences in new ways with shows that they’d be willing to pay for.
December 4, 2014, 8:23 PM PST
Code/Media
Twitter to Media Companies: We Come in Peace
Twitter VP Katie Jacobs Stanton says Twitter is not a media company, and it is not the competition.
December 4, 2014, 7:55 PM PST
Code/Media
Internet Stardom Has Its Own Rules, Says Fullscreen CEO George Strompolos
If you’re an Internet star and you get a sponsorship deal, your fans don’t think you’ve sold out, according to Strompolos.
December 4, 2014, 7:32 PM PST
Mobile
Samsung Mobile Executives to Leave After Profit Slide: Source
The three executives directly reported to division chief JK Shin, who this week retained his post despite sagging device sales.
December 4, 2014, 7:12 PM PST
News Brief
Attn: Gets $4.1 Million From Ryan Seacrest and Others to Get Attention of Millennials
December 4, 2014, 4:22 PM PST
Social
Who Is Behind After School, the Anonymous App Taking Over American High Schools?
Anonymous app After School is dealing with bullying, gun threats — and massive growth.
December 4, 2014, 3:39 PM PST
Policy
Tech Group: AT&T’s DirecTV Deal Would Improve Internet Access
An AT&T deal would help get more Americans online, says a prominent tech lobbying group.
December 4, 2014, 3:00 PM PST
General
Barnes & Noble Ends Pact With Microsoft in Nook Media
The move ends a two-year partnership that started off promisingly but didn’t deliver.
December 4, 2014, 3:00 PM PST
Security
Malware in Sony Attack Linked to 2013 South Korean Incidents
Similarities are found to an attack against South Korean banks and TV broadcasters.
December 4, 2014, 2:36 PM PST
General
Cost for Apple to Build Its Own Auditorium? $161 Million. Value of Secrecy? Priceless.
Secrecy-conscious Apple is constructing a $161 million theater on its new campus for future product unveilings.
December 4, 2014, 2:07 PM PST
Voices
Limited by Design
A vote against “over-featurization” and for intentionally limited product design.
December 4, 2014, 2:00 PM PST
Policy
New U.S. Cybersecurity Prosecutor Unit to Focus on Prevention
The new unit will work with law enforcement, the private sector and Congress.
December 4, 2014, 12:54 PM PST
General
Dropbox Hires Head of People Ops From Google, Arden Hoffman
She arrives at Dropbox at a time when it has 1,000 employees, having doubled in both of the past two years.
December 4, 2014, 11:16 AM PST
Culture
CNN’s Van Jones Speaks on Tech’s Digital “Cotton Pickers”
“The future’s going to be built by people who look nothing like us.”
December 4, 2014, 10:53 AM PST
