Mehdi Daoudi says, “Throughout 2015, tech-industry leaders have made a series of bold moves under the noble guise of preserving Web performance—the speed and reliability of Web pages—for end users. There’s no doubt these companies ardently support creating the fastest, most reliable, and convenient digital experiences possible. But there are other motives at play, leading to fallout for several industries. So if you do any business on the Web, or via an app or mobile site, your revenues may be at risk. Mobilegeddon Is Here In April 2015, Google announced that a new mobile-search algorithm,... [...]

Kate Lawrence says, “Twitter the company is sometimes burdened by sharing a name with Twitter the app. It knows a lot more about building mobile apps than its simple-seeming flagship might suggest. That’s the not-so-subtle message of Twitter’s first edition of a playbook for mobile apps that developer advocate Bear Douglas posted last week. AtTwitter’s 2015 Flight developer conference, Twitter showed off Vine and Periscope, two apps it acquired and has continued to develop in-house using Fabric, a set of programming frameworks and toolkits unveiled in 2014. Douglas described... [...]

Ben Davis says, “Every year at CES, internet fridges delight the masses (of journalists) who scurry off to write arch pieces on the internet of things. I didn’t attend CES, but nevertheless I’d like my oportunity to shout into the wind. Please. I need this. Some pieces are quite measured, of course. This excellent article in the FT looks upon these hulking connected devices as pointless but indicative of the falling cost of technology and slightly less silly in the context of the rising importance of the messaging app. I find it hard to be so level-headed. Take a look at the... [...]

Kate Lawrence says, “CES 2016, the big technology event in Las Vegas this week, is a place where the best and brightest that the tech world can offer. It provided in a dazzling display of demonstrations, discussions and debates. For every huge hit that receives accolades and media coverage, there are those products that don’t quite make the mark. They aren’t short of innovation or ingenuity. They identify a problem and attempt to provide a solution, and as such, we can learn from them. The failures occur because sometimes the technology hasn’t quite caught up with the creator’s... [...]