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.

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 …

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).

I have written before about Amazon’s Kindle Ad Units – which are usually excellent. Here is the latest – and you will notice the similarity in prior units. Nevertheless, I love the tagline “Buy Once, …

A reminder from the uber-popular Flipboard iPad App: design and UE/UI can alter an entire experience. Using Flipboard, you can read Hacker News as a magazine… and its beautiful, fun and social. It is the …

Dogpatch Labs San Francisco resident LearnBoost announced today that they have raised $975,000 in seed funding. LearnBoost is an online gradebook for teachers. The product is remarkably slick, integrates with Google Apps and functions both …

… So when does iOS 4 arrive for the iPad?
… And why is the gap between releases (iPhone vs iPad) so significant?
I ask because, even as an active iPad fanboy, it really bugs me. …

Last week YouTube Mobile adopted HTML5… it wasn’t long ago that Apple touted YouTube as the iPhone’s original launch partner (via a native application). Their adoption of HTML5 is yet another indication that it is …

As a mobile developer / publisher, the Apple App Store is as a much a distribution floodgate as it is an enigma. Being featured within the app store guarantees massive distribution and consequently begins a …