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The news about reader attention and the evolution of media isn’t all bad — there’s the “hill of Wow”

on July 16, 2014

The future of online media may look like a bleak landscape filled with shallow clickbait and pageview-driven sharing by people who haven’t even read the entire article, but Betaworks CEO John Borthwick says there is still hope for deeper forms of content

Fans of Quibb, a content-sharing network, can now buy shares in the company on its website

on April 23, 2014

Quibb, a startup that offers an exclusive content-sharing network for professional users, is experimenting with crowdfunding via an Alphaworks widget that allows users to join in a VC round directly from the company’s website

Crowdfunding comes up short: Why the final part of the JOBS Act will never work

on February 19, 2014

Full-blown crowdfunding — which allows anybody to buy shares in any company on the internet — has attracted hype, but it’s still not here. There are good reasons for that.

Feeling blue: why tech designers may want to give the color a rest

on July 10, 2013

The color blue is ubiquitous in tech design — maybe too much so. How we got so hooked on the color may have to do with biological evolution.

Digg’s RSS reader is arriving in beta next week on desktop and mobile

on June 17, 2013

Want to see what Digg’s RSS reader will look like when it comes in beta form next week? The company released a few more details and photos of the news reader for desktop and mobile.

What Digg’s Google Reader replacement can teach us about the future of social news

on June 6, 2013

Digg isn’t a newcomer to the social news scene — in fact, it helped pioneer the concept. But the folks at Betaworks are re-imaginging social news for 2013, and the RSS reader they plan to launch in late June will play an integral role.

Design could help transform the web into a hits business, and that’s not a good thing

on June 6, 2013

Will design contribute to this growing trend of Silicon Valley turning into a hits-driven ecosystem, not unlike Hollywood?

Dots announces iPad and multiplayer versions as the game hits 250 million plays

on May 30, 2013

Waiting to play Dots on Android? It’s coming, the company says. In the meantime, Dots for iPad and a multiplayer version are here, as users continue playing the popular game from Betaworks.

Dots game from Betaworks hits 100 million game plays in first 2 weeks

on May 14, 2013

Have you played Dots yet? Chances are good that if you downloaded the new game from Betaworks, you’ve played a game or two, since users have now played more than 100 million games since the app launched.

Review: Betaworks connects the Dots to score an iOS hit

on May 13, 2013

Is the free game worth your time, or is it just a bare-bones experiment aimed to help Betaworks better its other products? Well, as it turns out, it can be both.

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