Facebook Begins Big Ad Blitz To Tout Its New Android “Home”  —  Although Facebook Home won't be available for another week or so, the social network has begun a major ad campaign pitching customers on its new Android software.  —  On its own mobile and desktop sites, Facebook is pushing …

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?

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.

Disruptions: The Logic (or Lack of It) in Appraising Start-Ups  —  I have a vision of how suitors decide how much to offer for a start-up they want to buy.  Several executives go into a conference room.  Each scribbles a number on a piece of paper and places it in a hat.

California Court Rules It Illegal To Check Maps On Your Phone While Driving  —  For years, we've discussed the problematic nature of “distracted driving” laws that seek to outlaw things like talking on your phone or texting while driving.  It is not that we don't think these behaviors are dangerous.

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.

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.

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.

Google publishes - then removes - a post stating that Fiber will launch in Austin, Texas next  —  A report from VentureBeat yesterday, citing multiple sources, claimed that Google and the City of Austin would be announcing the launch of the Google Fiber gigabit Internet service in the Texan city on Tuesday.

When cancer stole Roger Ebert's voice, Twitter gave him a new one  —  Film critic Roger Ebert talked about how much Twitter meant to him as a form of conversation, and his enthusiastic use of it as a way to connect with readers is a lesson to journalists of all kinds.