April 2011
11 posts
2 tags
Twitter in Talks to Buy TweetDeck →
Twitter Inc. is in advanced talks to buy TweetDeck Inc. for around $50 million, people familiar with the matter said.
There has to be a connection between this and Jack Dorsey’s newfound involvement with the company.
2 tags
Groupon Acquires iFund-Backed Pelago; Founder to... →
Groupon has acquired Pelago, the makers of a mobile application called Whrrl that allows people to check in to locations and discover new restaurants and local businesses.
This acquisition is inline with Groupon’s plan to launch a check-in based deal service for restaurants and other eateries.
2 tags
Color Shows Its True Color: Fails To Disappoint... →
Color, the mobile photosharing app that raised $41 million before launching a product, just had its very own SxSW moment during last weekend’s UK/UConn March Madness basketball game:
This weekend, we set up a 9’x16’ LED display in the parking lot of Tin Roof to display a live feed of all the photos that people were taking around S. Limestone using Color before and during the...
2 tags
Russian security service wants to ban Skype, Gmail →
This is not the first time that Skype has come under attack by the Russian security service. Similar accusations date back to January 2009 when Skype was first singled out as a threat to Russia’s security.
Sadly, the real reason for wanting to ban Skype has nothing to do with national security:
In a presentation posted on the lobby’s Web site, Vice President of TTK, a...
2 tags
Dear Google: You Can’t Threaten People Into Being... →
I disagree.
Google isn’t threatening anyone anyone into being social.
Page told his employees to start using Google’s social products so that they can give feedback to the Google’s social team. Feedback from users is crucial when trying to develop a social product. By using Google’s social products, employees will be able to provide invaluable feedback to the social...
2 tags
Steve Wozniak Says He Would Consider Returning To... →
Woz said he would consider returning?
Way to make a story out of nothing:
This is a very typical Woz story. A reporter asks Woz a hypothetical question. Woz gives an honest answer. Reporter ignores the statistical insignificance of the hypothetical scenario and reports result as if it has 100% probability of happening.
This happens to many great thinkers.
Obligatory made-up scenario:
...
2 tags
“Mac users Command. Windows users Control.”
– [via @krazyfrog]
2 tags
2 tags
2 tags
Larry Page set to take over as Google CEO starting... →
The beginning of a new era.
Engineers, not managers, in charge.
[via Techmeme]
2 tags
“Seventy-five years ago, Keynes celebrated the fact that mankind was, for the...”
– From Freefall.