Facebook's ‘Phone’ Is Another Triumph of Mediocrity  —  Maybe you were hoping for something radically new and different from a Facebook phone.  If so, Zuck just broke your heart.  But so what.  Facebook never does anything new.  New doesn't matter in the blue.

iPhone naming: when simple gets complicated  —  When Apple introduced the iPad 3 as “the new iPad” — dropping its number altogether — it gave Apple watchers something new to ponder.  —  Would the coming iPhone 5 simply be “the new iPhone”?  Would Apple's naming convention finally be applied equally across all product lines?

Streaming Sites and the Rise of Shared Accounts  —  LAST Sunday afternoon, some friends and I were hanging out in a local bar, talking about what we'd be doing that evening.  It turned out that we all had the same plan: to watch the season premiere of “Game of Thrones.”

Google's $100 Million Man: The Neal Mohan Story  —  Two years ago, Twitter was in disarray.  —  On April 14, 2011, Fortune's Jessi Hempel blasted Twitter for failing to launch exciting new products, generate meaningful revenues, or hang on to executive talent.

Allen Stern, blogging pioneer and entrepreneur, passes away — we will miss you Allen  —  Allen Stern, an early blogger as well as an entrepreneur and an all-around great human being, passed away last week, according to an update posted on his Facebook page by his sister Sari Rosenberger.

The Next Don: How VCs Plan For The Future  —  We all remember the last scene in The Godfather, where Michael Corleone is depicted as the next Don, taking over the role from his father as the figurehead of the mafioso Corleone family.  As a viewer, we are partly left with a sense of relief …

YouTube Won't Put Your Video Back Up, Even If It's Fair Use, If It Contains Content From Universal Music  —  Patrick McKay, who has been a harsh critic of some of YouTube's failings when it comes to the DMCA process and various takedowns, has highlighted a very serious issue with YouTube that has received little attention.

Until Today, If You Were 17, It Could Have Been Illegal To Read Seventeen.com Under the CFAA  —  If you are 17 or under, a federal prosecutor could have charged you with computer hacking just for reading Seventeen magazine online—until today.  —  It's not because the law got any better.

The HTC One Review  —  It is nearly impossible to begin to review the HTC One without some context, and I'll begin our review of the HTC One (formerly the device known as codename M7) much the same way I did my impressions piece simply by stating that HTC is in an interesting position as a result of last year's product cycle.