September 2009
40 posts
Video: Seth Godin On The Internet As A Radio for... →
How do you get people to use your free stuff? And how do you move people from free to premium?
Seth Godin’s 3 minute answer:
Create Quality > Get Attention> Connect >Monetize= Free to…
App Store Users: The Good, The Bad and The... →
Another App Store Day is on us. With lots of numbers to dive into.
According to Apple’s official press release, 2 billion apps have been downloaded in just over a year. Itunes took 6…
Mobile Augmented Reality- Week In Review. →
Mobile Augmented Reality is still in its infancy, but it is clear that it is creating a radically new way to organize and interact with information. ”In the future, we see augmented reality…
Remember Facebook Before Its Platform? Here Comes... →
They say that personalization is coming to the 2010 web, in the form of filters and recommendations, to help user discover relevant data.
They also say that the vast majority of Twitter…
Getting Ready For Digital Advertising 2010 →
According to a forecast from ad firm GroupM, the Internet will account for 15% of global ad spending in 2010, hitting $65bn annually, as advertisers continue to shift their budget from…
BIONIC EYE: Augmented Reality on the iPhone →
mashable:
It was only yesterday that we pined about the lack of augmented reality applications for the iPhone 3GS, a device that definitely has everything such an app would require (camera with…
The Ifashion Revolution →
The fashion industry is under-going radical changes. For better or for worse, it’s a matter of personal opinions. It used to be an elitist world, accessible only through glossy magazines…
Online Payments Need Shaking Up
continuations:
Over at DailyLit (my wife’s company), some books are free and others require payment. Right now, DailyLit accepts credit card and PayPal. From that I have some good first hand experience with online payments. Based on that here are some of reasons why the existing solutions are painful and ready for disruption:
1. The fees are outrageous. Not only do the card companies take a...
Challenging Dunbar: Gist. →
A known principle in the social relationship science is the Dunbar’s number. Dunbar was a British anthropologist who theorized that, because of our cognitive limits, we can maintain…
What Location Service Are You? →
Why would you want to share your location? There are many answers to this question and mostly it depends on the situation and the personality.
1) The Socialite. If what you’re…
What Are You Telling Me? →
Sometimes companies are forthcoming about their plans and products. Think of the new Ipod Nano and of Steve Jobs words. “We’ve seen video explode in the last few years,” he said,…
Setting Up a Consumer Blackberry: Google Makes it...
continuations:
Yesterday I went to T-Mobile to get a new Blackberry 8900 for Susan, who wanted to switch back from the iPhone. There were a bunch of things she did not like about the iPhone. She never got used to typing on the glass keyboard and wanted to have a real keyboard again. She also was super unhappy when we were in Europe this summer that I was using my Blackberry with abandon due...
A Freemium Mobile World? →
With 75,000 apps in the App Store, how do you convince a user to buy your paid app? The magic word seems to be Freemium.
Who says so?
First it was Admob in its July …
App Buzz: Enjoy The Bad News With Puma Index! →
Earlier this week, Chetan Sharma blogged on GigaOM about the limits of the current mobile advertising ecosystem.Sharma is right: mobile advertising is stuck to banner ads with “Click…
Americans in Denial About Obesity, Health →
Beyond The Apple Hype-The App Stores Ecosystem →
It’s the Year of the App Stores. Brands, bands and unknown developers are all busy working on the Next App.
But for how big and hip the Apple world can be, developing only for the IPhone…
SEO And Freedom of Speech – Random Stories From... →
August 28- ITALIAN REGULATORS INVESTIGATE GOOGLE
The Plot: Italian Publishers filed a complaint to the equivalent of the Italian FTC claiming that Google is abusing its…
Two Possible Augmented Realities Coming To You →
Is AR going to set the foundations for a world full of possibilites or is it an ambiguous technology that is going to feed the next Big Brother?
Take a look….
-Facebook and Augmented…
Paul Graham's Determination
bijan:
I just tweeted out a link to Paul Graham’s latest essay, The Anatomy of Determination.
There is a lot to like about it.
I especially like Paul’s thoughts about determination. He leads off with:
We learned quickly that the most important predictor of success is determination. At first we thought it might be intelligence. Everyone likes to believe that’s what makes startups succeed. ...
Have You Seen This Cool New App? →
“hey, have you seen this cool new app?”
Apps discovery is one of the hottest area right now. If you can become the gateway for all apps, you will dominate the world of mobile consumer…
Best Entrepreneurship/VC Tumblr Blogs
siminoff:
My friend David put this list together of entreprenuer/VC blogs. If you are interested in start-up stuff this is a great list to follow:
Bijan (VC at Spark Capital, Bijan actually was the first tumblelog I followed)
Mike Hudack (CEO of Blip.tv, the Bo Duke of reblogs)
Jamie (Founder of PhoneTag and Grid)
Scott Rafer (serial entrepreneur and founder of several -ery companies)
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“Sonos is announcing today that it has integrated Twitter into its music products...”
– Sonos lets you flood the Twitterverse with Tweets about what you’re listening to (via annielin)
A 60 Second Movie From A 140 Character Tweet | Six... →
Are We There Yet? →
Mobile services without location are similar to a car without the engine. You end-up with web-like clones: dating, games, news, etc. No offense to any of the players in the space. But it…
The Hottest Apps…Are Now On (Apps)Fire →
Remember when people used to compare their phones by the tech specs? Pixels for the camera, MP3 player, etc? Luckily that’s not the case anymore: today no one cares of the hardware (sure…
