Tag: platforms

• Popular Podcasts Like Joe Rogan and Theo Von Are All Video Now. Who Is Watching?

  July 21, 2025

  An audio-only medium spawned a giant industry that is now largely focused on video. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/style/podcast-video-audience.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X08.zutZ.4HYijlURYFmh&smid=url-share more ›

• Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech

  March 5, 2025

  After a decade or so of the general sentiment being in favor of the internet and social media as a way to enable more speech and improve the marketplace of… more ›

• Apple, Its Control Over the iPhone, The Internet, And The Metaverse

  February 6, 2021

  One of the neat things about the internet is who created it, why, and how. The web’s cross-platform, standards-based and non-profit origins are inseparable from the internet’s rapid growth, the… more ›

• Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech

  December 14, 2019

  After a decade or so of the general sentiment being in favor of the internet and social media as a way to enable more speech and improve the marketplace of… more ›

• The I in We

  June 23, 2019

  In early January, employees of the We Company, formerly known as WeWork, gathered in Los Angeles for its annual summit. As with many of the company’s events, it was more tent… more ›

• Uber’s Path of Destruction

  June 18, 2019

  Since it began operations in 2010, Uber has grown to the point where it now collects over $45 billion in gross passenger revenue, and it has seized a major share… more ›

• A Study of More Than 250 Platforms Reveals Why Most Fail

  June 2, 2019

  Platforms have become one of the most important business models of the 21st century. In our newly-published book, we divide all platforms into two types: Innovation platforms enable third-party firms… more ›

• Uber, Lyft drivers manipulate fares at Reagan National causing artificial price surges

  May 26, 2019

  Every night, several times a night, Uber and Lyft drivers at Reagan National Airport simultaneously turn off their ride share apps for a minute or two to trick the app… more ›

• 14 Months, 120 Cities, $2 Billion: There’s Never Been a Company Like Bird. Is the World Ready?

  December 13, 2018

  14 Months, 120 Cities, $2 Billion: There’s Never Been a Company Like Bird. Is the World Ready? The first 10 Birds descended on Santa Monica, California, in early September 2017.… more ›

• Amazon HQ2 decision: Amazon splits prize between Crystal City and New York

  November 14, 2018

  Amazon HQ2 decision: Amazon splits prize between Crystal City and New York Amazon will open major new outposts in Northern Virginia’s Crystal City and in New York City, splitting its… more ›