The Best of Recode
10+ most popular Recode articles, as voted by our community.
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Recode on Digital Life
Mary Meeker’s 2018 internet trends report: All the slides, plus analysis
Here’s a first look at the most highly anticipated slide deck in Silicon Valley.
Mary Meeker’s 2017 internet trends report: All the slides, plus analysis
The most anticipated slide deck of the year is here.
Recode on Ecommerce
This is the Amazon everyone should have feared — and it has nothing to do with its…
The fast, profitable growth of Amazon’s cloud computing and ad businesses should scare rivals.
Recode on Gadgets
Mossberg: The Disappearing Computer
Tech was once always in your way. Soon, it will be almost invisible.
Recode on Jack Dorsey
How hard is it to have a conversation on Twitter? So hard even the CEO can’t do…
Kara Swisher’s live-tweeted interview with Jack Dorsey highlighted some of Twitter’s product issues.
Twitter has ‘kicked around’ the idea of offering a premium subscription service
But CEO Jack Dorsey says it’s not something the company is ready to roll out.
Recode on Jeff Bezos
This is the Jeff Bezos playbook for preventing Amazon’s demise
It’s Day 1 forever because Day 2 is death.
Recode on Podcasting
The podcast business is still teeny tiny. Which is great news for podcasts.
A whopping $314 million last year. Let’s hope it stays small for a while.
Recode on Ray Dalio
Billionaires can’t escape public scrutiny, so now they’re trying to shape it
Ray Dalio’s 7,500-word missive reflects a new reality for the world’s wealthiest people in 2019.
Recode on Reid Hoffman
Reid Hoffman has billions of dollars and one of the best networks in Silicon Valley. Here’s how…
Inside the tech mogul's 2017 political playbook for funding candidates, causes and companies.
Recode on Subscription Business
The New York Times digital paywall business is growing as fast as Facebook and faster than Google
Times’ online subscription sales jumped 46 percent in 2017 to $340 million. Digital ad sales rose 14 percent to $238 million.
Recode on Tesla
Elon Musk: The Recode interview
Musk talks about his "excruciating" 2018, fighting with journalists on Twitter, why Tesla won’t build an electric scooter and much more.
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