Announcing Dogpatch Labs San Francisco Roster
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Facebook Feed Widgets Using Widgetbox (New!)
April 30, 2009 – 12:32 pm | View Comments
Facebook Feed Widgets Using Widgetbox (New!)

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Thanks to Chai’s new Newsfeed RSS application, you can now use Widgetbox to create Blidgets and Blidget Pros from your Facebook Feed. Add you Twitter activity, blog and/or RSS …

Google iPhone App Version 0.3.1448
April 30, 2009 – 9:46 am | View Comments
Google iPhone App Version 0.3.1448

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Strangely, I read through all of the update announcements for my iPhone Apps. And I enjoy it.
Sometimes you learn about bugs – either common (slowness, crashing) or unique …

Apple Takes Over ESPN.com’s Frontdoor – Again
April 29, 2009 – 9:17 am | View Comments
Apple Takes Over ESPN.com’s Frontdoor – Again

This isn’t the first time that Apple and ESPN have aggressively experimented with unique, clearly custom ad integration on ESPN.com’s homepage. A little under two months ago, Apple ran an interactive expanding ad for the …

The NYT Erroneously Concludes iPhone Users Don’t Do Work
April 28, 2009 – 4:33 pm | View Comments
The NYT Erroneously Concludes iPhone Users Don’t Do Work

The New York Times is claiming today that iPhone owners do not use their devices for work:
A new report from Compete surveying the behavior of 600 smartphone users found that 73 percent of iPhone …

Seesmic Desktop: Every Marketer Should Use It
April 26, 2009 – 7:31 pm | View Comments
Seesmic Desktop: Every Marketer Should Use It

There is no arguing that Twitter is a powerful marketing lever. There is also no arguing that Twitter can be remarkably noisy and difficult to navigate (in part because of the presence of so many …

2009 Syracuse Fashion Show – Video
April 26, 2009 – 3:33 pm | View Comments

I spent the weekend at Syracuse University for my sister Randi’s Fashion Show. As part of Syracuse’s Fashion Design program, Randi put together an entire collection for her senior year – including concept, creation (sewing, …

Worst Signage Ever?
April 26, 2009 – 3:33 pm | View Comments
Worst Signage Ever?

While in Syracuse for Randi’s Senior Fashion Show, we went to a couple art galleries. At “The Warehouse Gallery: International Contemporary Art Center”, we came across this laughable sign:

1 Billion Apps – So Now What for iTunes’ App Store?
April 21, 2009 – 9:31 pm | View Comments
1 Billion Apps – So Now What for iTunes’ App Store?

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It’s a staggering number: 1,000,000,000.
The iPhone App store launched in July of 2008 and grew faster than most anticipated – both inventory and adoption. The App Store’s 25,000 apps …

LOLapps: Reaches 22% of Facebook Users
April 21, 2009 – 7:52 am | View Comments
LOLapps: Reaches 22% of Facebook Users

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Never heard of LOLapps?
Don’t worry – most of their 44,000,000 active monthly users probably haven’t either.
LOLapps enables users to easily create custom Facebook Apps using their tools. The basic …

LivingSocial Now 3rd Largest Facebook Developer (Behind Zynga & RockYou)
April 20, 2009 – 3:56 pm | View Comments
LivingSocial Now 3rd Largest Facebook Developer (Behind Zynga & RockYou)

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The top four developers on Facebook have three very recognizable names… and one you probably are familiar with by product – but not by name: LivingSocial (whom I have …

13 iPhone Apps I Want Developed (Google, ESPN, FriendFeed)
April 19, 2009 – 9:32 am | View Comments
13 iPhone Apps I Want Developed (Google, ESPN, FriendFeed)

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1. GMail
The improved Gmail iPhone site is just that: improved. But a true GMail iPhone App would allow fuller cusotmizations, run faster, better integrate calendars and contacts… and soon …

Rich Media Advertising Comes to iPhone
April 19, 2009 – 9:04 am | View Comments
Rich Media Advertising Comes to iPhone

We have seen the iPhone provided rich advertising experiences on branded sites like Yahoo and ESPN… but this is unique:
Mobile advertising agency Medialets has created ads utilizing the iPhone’s accelerometer and audio capabilities. The below …