Why Topic Pages Are The Next Big Thing

Chronological and real-time consumption of content just doesn't work anymore. It's time for topic pages to add a layer of organization on top. In last week's post, 5 Reasons Why Web Publishing is Changing (Again), we explained why online publishing is going through another sea change.

http://ow.ly/d7c1n

Now You Can Embed Quora Threads On Your Website

Quora rolled out a new feature today that will let you embed content from the popular Q&A site onto your web page. The move is intended to entice media companies to use the service as a resource for reporting. Quora's embeddable quotes are very similar to Twitter's embeddable tweets introduced late last year.

http://pulse.me/s/cqnVG

Startup Movie About Startups Seeks Funding on Kickstarter

The Startup is a movie about, well, an early-stage startup. The team making the film says it's full of real-deal startup situations and laughs. The team is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter. How meta.

http://pulse.me/s/crNYT

MobileIgniter: Your Web developer can now build a fully-custom mobile app, additional revenue included

Let's talk mobile apps. Chances are good that you need one, and chances are better that the technology, price or requirements to build them have driven you away. Sure, you could use any of the copy/paste, drag and drop mobile "app" creators out there, but what you're doing is building a Web page wrapped in native code that you can't touch.

http://pulse.me/s/cr9kP

Scam alert: Watch out for WhatsApp requests on Facebook

Heads up folks, for I was just sent a WhatsApp request from a Facebook friend that promptly forwarded me to some shady URL (see second screenshot below because I prefer not to share it here) and this totally legit-looking page: That page leads to the app in the screenshot below, which looks sorta kinda authentic until you spend half a second looking at the icky URL, the low number of users, the fact that the app's name is not capitalized properly and whatnot.

http://pulse.me/s/cqqll