In early September, we got the unfortunate news that the San Francisco Port Authority was closing Pier 38 (home to Dogpatch Labs San Francisco).
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Earlier this week Zynga launched their newest game Frontierville – it already has 1.3m monthly actives and 450k fans. While Frontierville’s gameplay inherits many of the best practices of its siblings, its domain behavior doesn’t. …
If there is a voice for mobile growth, Mary Meeker is it.
And she has 50+ slides of charts and data to prove her bullishness.
Below is the latest version of her Internet Trends deck (updated …
I love the portability of the iPad and frequently use it to work / do email / surf the web outdoors. This is what happens when the weather is decent:
As Internet Week New York kicks off next week, CNN visited Dogpatch Labs New York to understand how New York’s growing tech scene compares to Silicon Valley’s.
Google’s new homepage looks much different than their old, clean and simple homepage. The difference and opportunities for customization are a bit shocking and:
A few Dogpatch Labs / Polaris related updates – which I typically try to bundle together!
1. Dogpatch Labs New York featured on CNN
User acquisition and customer lifecycle / progression is often measured with funnels and segmentation studies (interested in more? take a look at KissMetrics – a Polaris company). It is not a big stretch – but …
It’s part Foursquare, part Fanpulse and part ESPN / vintage InGameNow:
Foursquare has teamed up with the NBA to award Celtics and Lakers badges to fans who ‘check in’ tonight and shout either “Go Lakers” or …
Facebook appears to be testing new notification settings and formats. As you can see in the below screenshot, the typical notification is rather straightforward: “Jon Doe likes your photo” – where the name links to …
Facebook’s gifting ad units have been around since the fall of 2009 – but it appears that Facebook has added functionality to the unit that displays gifts and messages shared between your friends. This change …
You could do several classes around Groupon and LivingSocial’s product / product marketing expertise. Here is a very simple example of how Groupon does the little things very well.
Many sites have Facebook Connect buttons across …
A few days ago, I highlighted the latest Carl’s Jr. Facebook campaign and noted the impressive mix of product, virality, advertising and consumer benefit (aka coupons and rewards).
Below is a similar effort from Starbucks …
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