We are excited to announce the newest Dogpatch Labs class here in San Francisco. It includes entrepreneurs and companies that have been part of the lab over the last few months and those that just …
Read the full story »As I preface every Facebook post, it is difficult to tell how widespread a feature (or test) is because they are constantly testing new products to different segments of their massive audience.
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A handful of various updates from Dogpatch Labs companies across our three locations: Boston, New York and San Francisco. This is by no means a complete list – but it is includes links from TechCrunch …
I have been really impressed by Facebook Places – which I think has done a terrific job simplifying a rather complex product and making it usable / productive for a massive audience (which in turn …
Fascinating chart on AlleyInsider this week noting that, for the first time ever, pay TV has lost subscribers. A little earlier in the week, the NYTimes argued that TV is changing (web, applications, on-demand) but …
When Facebook launched Facebook Places, I wrote about how they boldly and centrally promoted their new feature.
I had the pleasure of spending yesterday at YCombinator’s Demo Day. 36 companies presented and launched – three of which were Dogpatch Labs residents: Fanvibe, Rapportive, and an off-the-record company.
I can’t tell if this is:
- an algorithmic enhancement
- a bug
- an indication that my newsfeed is becoming less interesting
- an indication that I am not liking enough current / real time activity
And this is why I am so bullish on Facebook Places:
The two biggest components of a winning location play are:
1. network (and we know that Facebook is the largest at 500m+ users)
2. mobile (geo is …
It is always difficult to tell when Facebook is testing new features / formats because they roll out so many variations to differrent user segments.
A few weeks ago, I wrote about YouTube’s terrific mobile promotion of their new html5 experience.
Here is an even better, more eye-catching promotion by Facebook for the new Facebook Places product. As background, to …
No real news here – unless you are a huge Doodle Jump fan (one of the highest selling iphone apps of all time – and one of the biggest time sinks of all time).
Thanks to the iPad, I have been on a documentary kick: both Netflix and iTunes make it easy to access interesting content that I otherwise wouldn’t think to watch. Combined with the iPad’s portability, consuming …
Facebook often runs their own advertisements as sponsored units on the main newsfeed. The ads typically promote new features, job openings, their ad platform, etc. So these below promotions for Facebook jobs and Facebook’s Ad …
