Scott's Linkorama

An obscure piece on The New York Times’ website about Picasso repurposing his canvases by painting over older, abandoned projects was fascinating, at least insofar as stories about master artists and their recycling habits go.

Psychologists are beginning to unravel the mystery behind this brand of American political paranoia.

Kudos to Apple's finance lawyers, who are the Cirque Du Soleil of legal contortionism.

There’s a strong correlation between the warmth of your locale and how likely you are to drive a convertible. In Alaska, where even the bear farts are cold, only 0.34 percent of vehicles are droptops.

Angela Courtin of Aegis, Roger Wood of the Art+Data Institute and Pandora's Heidi Browning give their quick takes.

Today, thanks to the maturation of the web, digital tech, and smartphones now in seemingly every pocket, startups are finding it easier than ever before to build scalable solutions to finally address the many inefficiencies in our food...

Repeat performances of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" do not sound better at 30,000 feet

Introducing the McDonald's Theory.

From now on, every 100 digital streams of a song or album equals one sale. Here's what that changes.

Many fear that, given Google Alerts’ recent issues, it will soon join Reader in the graveyard. Here are seven apps to fill the void -- and better than Google did it.

Another day, another story of a ridiculously overaggressive legal move by a big company. This time it's the NY Times, which turned its bogus nastygramming skills on a startup called Scroll Kit. Scroll Kit is a three person startup that tries to...

Carrot Creative is a new-media marketing agency headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, specializing in social media strategy, design and development.

Photo via @Chrissy_Teigen/Instagram Presumably swimsuit model Chrissy Teigen already has her fair share of internet stalkers, but now she can add Taco Bell to the list of creepers. The fast-food...

Relations between India and Pakistan are marked by many things--and happiness is generally not one of them.

The music publisher preaches quality over quantity and engagement over eyeballs.

Taxi riders in New York, San Francisco and other cities will soon be able to use their smartphones to engage with brand content appearing on video screens inside the cabs using either NFC or QR code technology.

Starbucks is clearly taking mobile messaging to new heights, as exemplified with a recent effort that leveraged SMS and MMS to engage and surprise customers, while also tying into its larger marketing strategy.

What does an ad agency do when it realizes Peregrine falcons have laid eggs on its roof? It whips up a cool logo, builds a Tumblr, chooses a hashtag, sets up a webcam, and turns the whole thing into a mini social-media event.

The next big environmentally minded startup may be funded by an unlikely source: Patagonia.

This new billboard in Milan for an insect spray also serves as a huge pest strip, thanks to a few layers of aerosol glue. The glue was applied in the shape of an Orphea can's spray arc, which filled in as bugs got stuck in it.

The sports network has teamed up with the social network in what could be a glimpse of Twitter's TV future.