December 2011
32 posts
parislemon: Andy Rubin Didn't Delete "Open" Tweet,... →
Now that’s a very interesting turn of events here… Or maybe Twitter are simply scratching Google’s back, in hope they’ll return the favor one day?
During maintenance we encountered a bug. It caused us to drop a very small percentage of tweets. One of those was Andy’s. As soon as we realized this, we began work to restore them. We were able to recover them quickly and...
parislemon: The Definition Of Open Is... Missing →
parislemon:
A few minutes ago, Android chief Andy Rubin sent out his 6th tweet. A milestone. Never mind that they’re all self-serving promotion with Rubin never responding to anything or really giving anything in the way of context. They’re all awesome. Kudos.
But wait. I thought this was his 7th…
Eight Ways To Go Viral | TechCrunch →
Should we meet pre-traction? →
Your chance to meet with a VC, no strings attached.
‘And most importantly - the downside? Will you look amateurish if you come unprepared? Must you have a product? NO. Just let me know in advance that you are looking to brainstorm. That you are still conceptualizing. That you have a prototype but no deck.’
WatchThe SNL gang in an hilarious skit, the celebrity teen crisis hotline. Hilarious!
Google Zeitgeist 2011 →
Pay To Stay
Most interesting analysis by MG on the recent Google-Mozilla deal (Google will pay $300m/year). It’s obvious Google want to keep themselves as the default search engine for Firefox, but the anti-trust reason suggested by David Ulevitch is intriguing. Very intriguing.
parislemon:
I’ve been thinking more about Google’s renewal of their search deal with Mozilla for Firefox. It’s...
The 10 biggest stories of 2011 in mobile tech -... →
The Other Side of Open →
2012 is going to be very interesting..
Amazon has commandeered Android and is closing it down for their own purposes. The problem for Google is that those purposes are decidedly anti-Google purposes. Amazon wants to control the Android app ecosystem — the one created and nurtured by Google.
by MG Siegler.
‘Caesar is Home’. Andy Serkis better get an Oscar for his work - brilliant!
LeWeb'11 in a single page (videos) →
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Alex Baldwin on SNL - Words With Friends incident →
Really impressed with iAd - opened up a world of opportunities for advertisers. Pixie by Nespresso is my favorite so far. (requires a US account to download the iAd Gallery app)
12 Lessons From My Life As An Entrepreneur |... →
Bill Gross, serial entrepreneur, shares his best practices from a lifetime of personal experience.
Six Months →
parislemon:
I happen to be in Paris at LeWeb where Eric Schmidt spoke today. I missed the talk, though several blogs summarized the more interesting bits. Namely, Schmidt seems to really believe that Android development will overtake iOS development in the next 6 months.
This is, of course, crazy talk.
John Gruber hits on the first key point that Google doesn’t seem to comprehend:
I think...
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Design is the Queen - Path and Flipboard
It’s not often that I’m taking such a strong stance in favor (or against) an app, but in the case of Path and Flipboard - I’m making an exception.
Path, the personal diary social service, released their V2.0 last month after almost 6 months of work - and it’s beautiful! As a user, you are captured immediately by the slick design, all red splash screen at the beginning,...
