We are seeing an increase in citizen journalism, crowdsourcing news, and collaboration among journalists outside the newsroom as the new ecosystem emerges.

Amazon’s sales tax-free shopping just ended in the state of California, after a one-year grace period. Other states are considering similar measures.

Reddit’s “Ask Me Anything” with President Obama has made it famous, with the media buzzing about what the co. is doing right and who should be taking notes.

How are social media being used in the presidential race? With all the tech advances we’ve made since 2008, the next few months are going to be interesting.

Video is “in” this season, according to Fashion Week’s debut of blogger TV. Will vlogs overtake blogs? Don’t bet your cigarette pants.

Google giveth and Google taketh away, but the taketh part gets considerably more coverage. We right that wrong by looking at Google’s charitable deeds.