
The Social Media Editor is Dead
Every reporter works for Twitter now.

The Silent Partner
Jason Goldman helped build Google and Twitter into what they are today — but few outside of tech's inner circle know his name. On shunning the spotlight in a star-obsessed industry.

Aaron Wants To Be Free
The late prodigy Aaron Swartz was a product of — and an engine behind — the Web's open-access culture.

The First 25 People On Facebook
Today is Facebook's ninth birthday. Meet the students who celebrated its birth — and find out where they are now.

The Earliest Adopters
Would there be a Facebook without Mark Zuckerberg? Nine years later, his Harvard classmates weigh in.

Grief And Anger At Aaron Swartz's Memorial
The information activist was "doomed to be just Aaron," recalls a friend. But a prosecutor was "hellbent on destroying his life."

Google's Lost Social Network
How Google accidentally built a truly beloved social network, only to steamroll it with Google+. The sad, surprising story of Google Reader.

15 Companies Getting Back Into The Businesses They Killed
That Words With Friends board game is just the tip of the disrupted iceberg.

The Viral Iconographer
Meet the designer whose signature iOS icons are so popular, they’re often mistaken for Apple’s own.