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.

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 …