April 2011
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March 2011
Amazon Cloud Drive: Learn More →
mikehudack:
peterwknox:
5 GB of free online storage
Unlimited access from any computer
Never worry about losing your files again
Neat initiative.
Dropbox is significantly better. I don’t understand why they didn’t just buy them.
Amazon doesn’t have much of a history acquiring companies and integrating their tech into the main customer experience. Usually they will acquire...
City Grit NYC Events →
msg:
My buddy mattlehrer just reminded me of our event next week :)
Sarah Simmons and Michael Galpert, two people I am privileged to call friends, are teaming up for some food events and next week there are three in NYC: dinners on Wednesday (4/6), Friday (4/8) and Saturday (4/9).
You might know Sarah because last year she was named the best home cook in the country by Food & Wine...
“Your parents are not going to lose their house because Color got $41 million in...”
– The Color Of Money
Exactly. Retail investors buying Twitter stock via JPMorgan is a bubble. This is just VCs making bets.
“There just aren’t “web scale” companies down in Los Angeles, and because Los...”
– MySpace’s death spiral: insiders say it’s due to bets on Los Angeles and Microsoft — Scobleizer
Sounds like Scoble is an LA outsider.
(via jryu)
Yeah, this is bullshit. Santa Monica is where it’s at in LA.
Push Notification Overload
thegongshow:
Push notifications on iPhone are a total mess. The signal-to-noise ratio when my phone buzzes is quite poor these days.
Apple is doing the classic bad design cop-out move: give the user explicit, fine-grained permissioning and then dust their hands of the problem. I have 27 different apps I can turn on or off in push notification settings and in each one I have 3 options to choose:...
“If you’re too Web-centric right now, you’re in trouble,” he said. “Google’s...”
– Apple’s Sales May Grow 50% Through 2012 on Mobile Boom - Bloomberg
Can you imagine the concept of being “too web-centric” 3 years ago? This feels all wrong but what if he is right?
(via gross)
Apps are a short term solution to make up for the lack of rich mobile web experiences. HTML5 and...
Famous Last Words? →
parislemon:
Elizabeth Woyke:
Talach is skeptical about iTunes and NFC. “How do consumers benefit from using iTunes as a payment mechanism?” he asks.
Um, I can think of a number of benefits. Number one, using your iPhone to pay for things.
I am convinced Apple will win the mobile payment war that’s just starting. Sorry, Square.
“Borrowing a page from patent trolls, the CEO of fledgling Las Vegas-based...”
– Righthaven | Threat Level | Wired.com
This quote is from July. Righthaven now represents over 100 newspapers.
“Suing over images appears to be a new tack in Righthaven’s legal strategy. Righthaven’s business model is to acquire the copyright to content from newspapers including the Las Vegas...
If you jump 50 feet into a 10 ft deep swimming...
Serious questions going on over here.
Have you read Think Quarterly, Google's new free...
newsweek:
utnereader:
If Think Quarterly is a free, niched magazine—but it’s bankrolled by one of the largest companies on Earth—is it still considered “alternative press”?
It will be fascinating to see how this evolves. The mag is currently aimed just at Google’s partners and advertisers—but, let’s be honest, how long do we really think that’ll be the case? Here’s how managing director...
“The Valley mantra now is that price doesn’t matter as long as you can put the...”
– VC in 2011: The Haves and the Have Nots « Sand Hell Road (via pk)
See also: Index Ventures
I'm neglectful.
awkwardlyawesome:
I don’t typically check tumblr until hours after I get in from work.
I’ll endless scroll for ten minutes and then it will get stuck and NEVER LOAD.
By that point I don’t want to start over.
This is my notice that I love EVERY THING each and every one of you post.
Here’s my trick: I click on “reblog” for the last post that I can see, then click...
REPORT: Retailer Follow Up On Negative Reviews... →
courtenaybird:
The survey found that, of those who received a reply in response to their negative review:
33% turned around and posted a positive review.
34% deleted their original negative review.
Hiring NYC Community Manager - @HowAboutWe
khuyi:
HowAboutWe is looking for a part-time (15hrs/week) local community manager in NYC. This person will be in charge of our NYC community management and local marketing efforts (including events, local content, contests/giveaways/promotions, social media communication and partnerships). Here’s what we’re looking for:
You’re incredibly excited to be part of a young, growing startup changing...
“Although a big component of building a recommendation system is the math,...”
– Building a recommendation engine, foursquare style | Foursquare Engineering Blog (via iamdanw)
Gonna brag for a second here. About a year ago, Justin (from 4sq who built this) sat down with me over a burger and I told him that a huge part of Amazon’s success in recommendations is due to...
DIY Marketing Blog: Real-Time Marketing Automation... →
performableblog:
Today’s new feature is dedicated to marketers and developers who are interested in taking their data-driven marketing to the next level. Thanks to our latest software release you will now be able to setup WebHooks to get push notifications to your application or server when your customers satisfy…
This is actually pretty cool.
“J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.’s $20 billion financing for AT&T Inc., the...”
– J.P. Morgan Flexes Its Muscle in $20 Billion Loan to AT&T - WSJ.com
A subplot to the AT&T + T-Mobile deal— JPM has been winning a lot of banking business because they have the healthiest balance sheet and can throw in attractive financing options:
This has been a long-standing bone of...
“You’re energized, right? Your heartbeat just picked up, your amygdala’s plumping...”
– ‘Jazz - The Smithsonian Anthology,’ Out March 29 - NYTimes.com
Nope, never thought about the plumpness of my amygdala before.
AT&T to Buy T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion -... →
I wonder if the addition of T-Mobile towers (vs the addition of T-Mobile customers) will make data transfer faster.
Netflix Original Content Is Much More Than A... →
Agreed. Netflix is paying through the nose to rent / stream third-party content. Why not just make the content themselves? It’s like buying store-brand food instead of the fancy stuff.
Quinoa’s Global Success Creates Quandary in... →
Quinoa prices rise in response to global demand, causing locals to no longer be able to afford it.
New Rules for the New Internet Bubble « Steve... →
During the the Lean Startup era, the advice was clear; focus on building the company and avoid hype. Now that advice has changed. Like every bubble this is a game of musical chairs. While you still need irrational focus on customers for your product, you and your company now need to be everywhere and look larger than life. Show and talk at conferences, be on lots of blogs, use social networks and...
