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Observer.com: NYTimes’ interactive team hires first woman

Journalism.co.uk noticed the absence of women in the New York Times’ interactive technology team during a visit to its offices earlier this year. But now comes news that it has brought a female programmer on board, Jacqui Maher. ‘This is the 10-person team’s first and (so far) ...

Microsoft’s Online Services Division Losses Grow

Charles Arthur: But what about the Online Services division? Different story. $490m revenue — which is down from $520m in the same period last year — and losses of $480m, an increase against last year’s $381m loss. In other words, for every $1 that Microsoft&rsquo...

20 guesses about what the tablet will look like

Each one is more wrong than the others. But hey, it's a great way for Silicon Alley Insider to gin up page views. To save you the effort of looking at all of them, I've picked up a handful that are worth noting.Seriously, do not bother clicking through that whole slideshow. Most of them are so aw...

Nieman Journalism Lab: HuffPo’s A/B headline testing

The Huffington Post is applying A/B testing to some of its headlines, reports the Nieman Journalism Lab. “Readers are randomly shown one of two headlines for the same story. After five minutes, which is enough time for such a high-traffic site, the version with the most clicks becomes the ...

Twitter Co-Founder: We Started It for the Giggles

40 Million Rick-Rolled and Other Awesome Stats [VIDEO]

Among the more fascinating statistics in The Economist’s Fall 2009 “Did You Know?” video on media convergence include that 40 million people have been rick-rolled, 95% of all downloaded songs last year weren’t paid for, there are 2 million TVs in bathrooms in the U.S., and...