About

The Industry Standard features news and analysis about the technologies that are changing people's lives and the ways companies do business. Topics include the Internet, mobile devices and applications, advanced software and hardware technologies, venture funding, mergers and acquisitions, and other subjects of interest to business and technology leaders. In 2009, the Standard won three Best in Business awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in the project, blog, and creative use of online categories.

Additionally, The Standard aggregates community knowledge in a quantified fashion, thereby ranking both the knowledge of the individual community members themselves, as well as the value of the information the community provides as a whole. This system is built as a prediction market, intersected with a reputation-based social network. Think of the prediction market as an Internet Economy Index -- a way to track the sentiment surrounding Web businesses as well as other technology trends.

The Industry Standard is based in San Francisco, CA.

Tech geeks with inquiring minds who want to know can read about our tech stack.