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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I have no sense of the numbers – but the volume of ‘emails’ sent through Facebook’s Messages platform must be a scale comparable to the bigger email hosts (ie GMail). Sure the product, the usage …
The world’s first offline social network.
From FX’s The League. This is terrific.
Please excuse the poor quality… home video =)
And please excuse some slight profanity – but still kosher for TV!
In the last month alone, I have purchased three books on the Amazon Kindle store (I use the Kindle app on the iPad)… had Amazon’s new Kindle Lending Library program been live, I would have …
As we build out Dogpatch Labs Palo Alto and meet with potential residents, we have had the opportunity to reflect on Dogpatch Labs… which is now a little more than years old. Credit for this …
Google has rolled out a new Chrome homepage that allows users to toggle between “most visited” websites and Chrome Applications. It also creates a navigational panel at the page’s footer.
Facebook has begun integrating their new Subscribe functionality into Facebook Comments. It includes a small subscribe link next to each commenter’s name / icon that allows in-line subscription. That does a few things:
Amazon finds a promotional ad unit they like… and they stick to it. I’ve written before about Amazon effectively selling the “buy / create once, access anywhere” tagline. It’s simple and it speaks to:
I’ve written a fair amount about how publishers should be better leveraging Twitter, Facebook Subscribe, and social products… and even tailored it to verticals like sports.
A big, important and timely update by ReadyForZero (note: portfolio company). With over $75,000,000 of credit card debts already being tracked and managed in their system, ReadyForZero today expanded their product to service other debts …
Below is a screenshot of HBO Go’s iPad App. It’s gorgeous, fun and highly dynamic.
It represents the shift of paid content to mobile: HBO Go, ESPN Watch, Netflix, Hulu, etc.
Notice anything about the below screenshot of a Twitter search? Only two of the tweets actually contain the search query (“Peyton Hillis”)…. but all of the returned tweets are relevant and discuss “Peyton Hillis” on …
Speed and computing power are the major iPhone 4S upgrade.
But Siri is the real innovation and marketing ‘sexiness’.
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