Article Archive for October 2010
For entrepreneurs, Quora has become the new Hacker News: the go-to-place to glean great, rich information related to startups – culture, technology, product, design, history, financing, etc. It’s all there and much of it is …
Following up on yesterday’s post about the impact Apple and Android are making on the gaming industry… here is a screenshot of today’s top grossing iPhone Apps. A couple notes of interest:
Two years ago, I wrote about the looming death of portable gaming devices… seems like it happened sooner than we thought.
Another Dogpatch Labs update: recent graduate TaskRabbit is teaming up with Google to provide employees with free task “runners”. Googlers can then use TaskRabbit to do everything from routine tasks (“walk a dog”) to …
Fun, quick collage I put together of Dogpatch Labs using Instagr.am – one of the exciting current Dogpatch Labs companies.
So my hiatus was brief… but I will keep this short to stay in spirit!
Today I got the Google TV (Sony’s Blu Ray product). It’s remarkable. Quick thoughts:
This weekend, my wife Anette and I welcomed Dillon Jacob Spoon – all 7.5 pounds and 20.5 inches of him. We thank everyone for the well wishes and notes… we were truly overwhelmed by everyone’s …
Facebook often uses their sidebar to promote other products and features:
- Image labeling
- The friend finder tool
- Facebook job openings
… etc
A quick note:
Polaris is now on Facebook & Twitter (@polarisventures). Both will be used to share news about the portfolio, the entrepreneurs, the firm, and Dogpatch Labs. Though current usage is just beginning – we …
Earlier today, Facebook announced their Bing integration and the post on Facebook included a new Facebook commenting system. TechCrunch has since covered and confirmed that a larger commenting upgrade / system is coming.
Facebook has quickly become the largest sharing and storage platform for photos. It is in part because of the social desire to share, part because of the newsfeed and part because of the simple mobile …
Have a key action you want to highlight for users? You could takeover the application as Facebook did to promote Places. You could create a persistent notification bar as Quora does.
