Second Screen, Third Screen, ...
It's pretty common practice these days to pull out a tablet or phone during big live events and watch on two screens. The industry has taken to calling this the second screen experience. Or social TV....
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iPad Mini Rumors: Everything We Know
Rumors surrounding a miniature version of Apple's best-selling iPad hardware have been relentless throughout this year. But judging by an invitation sent out to the media yesterday, it looks as though...
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Making Yourself A CEO
She got a big booty so I call her Big Booty. —2 Chainz, Birthday Song The other day, a friend of mine asked me whether CEOs were born or made. I said, “That’s kind of like asking if Jolly Ranchers are...
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Social Discovery: The Serendipity and Science Behind the Social Internet
It's a big part of the modern-day tech movement and it's growing fast. Social discovery is about creating serendipitous experiences, aided by science (algorithms), to help us find people, products,...
View ArticleiPad gaming is hitting it big
In June I posted about why I think there is a real opportunity in “iPad first” game companies. This opportunity is being realized faster than I expected, and now I’m not sure how long the window will...
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Marvel War Of Heroes Review (iPhone, iPad, Android)
It's finally here. After a rather worrying silence from Mobage about the missed release date of Marvel War of Heroes last week, it finally appeared on the App Store last night, although the Android...
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JUDGE: Samsung Tablet Is Not Cool Enough To Be Confused With An iPad
LONDON (Reuters) - Apple Inc lost its appeal over a ruling that its rival Samsung's Galaxy tablet did not copy the iPad in a British court on Thursday. The world's two leading smartphone makers are...
View ArticleThe Open Internet and the 2012 Election
Engine Advocacy and NY Tech Meetup are hosting a conversation next Thursday, Oct 25th, from 6pm to 7:30pm, at the NYU Stern School about The Open Internet and the 2012 Election.They've asked me to...
View ArticleThe Simpsons Tapped Out- How To Get More Halloween Treats
Getting stuck into The Simpsons: Tapped Out Halloween content? If you want to bag as many treats as possible, we've got a few tips for you. Fun though it may be to unleash the Burns Monster upon...
View ArticleHow Big Data is Disrupting the Marketing World
By Peter Nieh and Justin Caldbeck As a firm, we focus our investments around key concepts or themes that we think will disrupt markets, create new ones and significantly improve the ways we live and...
View ArticleThe iPad Mini's Killer Feature = Price
Consumers looking for a tablet computer this holiday season will have plenty of great choices. Microsoft has its Surface RT tablets ready for pre-order, there are new Kindle Fires from Amazon, and...
View ArticleWhy Microsoft Hasn't Made A Good Enough Case For Surface RT
Microsoft took enough Surface with Windows RT pre-orders to sell out of one model — the lowest priced model is currently back-ordered for three weeks — but is it a hit? It’s far too early to say,...
View ArticleThe Windows Phone 8 Launch Is Probably The Most Frustrating Of All Time
Microsoft is loving the “anticipation” among their potential customers. They’re loving the “excitement” surrounding Windows Phone 8. There’s lots of “buzz” out there. They’re loving the “suspense”...
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Marvel War Of Heroes Cheats And Tips
Marvel War Of Heroes has finally been released on the App Store and you can download it now for free! While we're still waiting for an Android release of the game, we published our review earlier...
View ArticleSeparating Regional Economic Development Fact From Fiction
Today I read the following headline in the Boulder Daily Camera: “Phillips 66 to sell 432-acre campus in Louisville.” This was quite a reversal from the headline in the Denver Post 4.5 years ago...
View ArticleSiri Dictation: Email, Facebook, Twitter
I love this: Siri driving Twitter, Facebook, etc (I had written about the desire to do this when Siri first arrived). As I have been splitting my time between iOS and Android, I have been using Siri...
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Save Them All Review (iPhone, iPad)
It's a tough week to release a running game when you're going up against competition as tough as Polara, and you're going to need a pretty strong gimmick. Fortunately, Save Them All has one in the...
View ArticleThe economic logic behind tech and talent acquisitions
There’s been a lot of speculation lately about why big companies spend millions of dollars acquiring startups for their technology or talent. The answer lies in the economic logic that big companies...
View ArticleFeature Friday: Twitter Mobile Notifications on Android
I was at a USV event last week in SF and I bumped into Sung Hu Kim, a product manager at Twitter who handles mobile stuff. We got to talking about things I'd love the Twitter Android product to do. I...
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Sonic Jump Review (iPhone, iPad)
Many people have commented on the similarities between Sonic Jump and that all-time favorite mobile game Doodle Jump, but it's a little known fact that this Sonic adventure pre-dates the game by a...
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