The old press is still having the same conversation about the new press: objectivity!

Here’s the latest by the L.A. Times, titled Are Silicon Valley tech bloggers truly objective?

This can (and has) gone on and on and on. I argue that there’s no such thing as objectivity, and that transparency is a much higher standard to aspire to.

The rise of social messaging apps on smart phones has led to a decline in text messaging activity. It’s costing mobile providers an estimated $13.9 billion in potential revenues, a figure that’s jumped 60% in the last year, according to a new study. But that $13.9 billion isn’t disappearing into thin air–it’s going straight into data plans.