Google Glass gets the first news app for the ‘connected generation’

Google Glass owners now have a news aggregation app. Straight from Glass, they can flag content for later, "like" and "dislike," or listen to an entire article.

Former elevator repairman builds iPad app to keep ‘global citizens’ informed

Track180 launched its iPad app today to provide an easier way for people to consume information about global issues and current events.

Mind the facts: Quick tips to stay vigilant while reading news

It’s easy to become caught up in tweets or Facebook posts alleging a story is true when there is very little to back it up. Recent events like the Boston Marathon bombing and fertilizer plant explosion in Texas incite a …

LinkedIn buys Pulse for $90M as its publishing ambitions take shape

Stepping even further into the media fray, LinkedIn announced today that it has acquired the popular news reader app Pulse.

Yahoo acquires news summarization app Summly — will be integrated in Yahoo’s mobile side

Yahoo has acquired Summly, a startup that has developed technology to automatically summarize news articles for mobile sites, the company announced this morning.

Sorry, gonzo pollsters: Twitter sucks at reflecting public opinion

Either there are very different people on Twitter than the average Jane Q. Everywoman, or we tend to say very different things in public than we do in private.

Google wins! Publishers win! No one wins, in German news copyright decision

Google and news publishers in Germany are going to have more problems before this all gets figured out, and this recent legislation is a complete waste of time.

Winston: A digital butler that reads your news and social media updates aloud

Like one part Siri and one part morning news update, a new app called Winston could change the way you consume news online.

Launch.it will make sense of the startup news bonanza at CES 2013

Launch.it, a New York City-based startup that has built a platform for managing and distributing news, has been tapped to power the onslaught of news coming from startups at the Consumer Electronics Show next month.

News Corp axes iPad news app The Daily (and bolsters the New York Post)

Production of the Daily's iPad app will cease on December 15, 2012, though News Corp says its brand will "live on" in other properties.

The inside story on how Reddit was created: ‘I wanted to make the world suck less’

"The day I woke up and Reddit was working on its own was just the most incredible feeling," Huffman says.

YouTube wins news innovation award — the day before Israel broadcasts an assassination almost live

YouTube has become a massive news destination, YouTube chief executive Salar Kamangar said in his acceptance speech, with 7000 hours of news-related footage uploaded every single day.

Meet the Internet boy genius with an app to summarize the news

Summly, available to download for free, reduces full-blown articles into snippets, making it easier to skim the news on a mobile device.

Something new in news: Circa launches a mobile app in which news follows you

Circa has released a new mobile app for news. And -- hallelujah -- it is most definitely not just another copycat attempt to cash in on the path that Flipboard and Pulse paved.

Mediafed acquires news DJ company Taptu to expand its RSS ad empire

Taptu, creator of mobile apps that let you "DJ" your news, has been acquired by RSS advertising firm Mediafed, the companies announced today.