Facebook Credits: A Paypal in Training?

Posted on November 10, 2009. Filed under: Industry Themes | Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

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I’ve been reading curiously about the new beta Facebook Credits platform.  Most coverage tends to focus on the unique elements of allowing users to vote economically for better content.  Give a good content producer some credits, and perhaps that will incent them to produce more.  Think Digg with economic value.  I think [...]

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Here Comes Android

Posted on October 27, 2009. Filed under: Industry Themes | Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Certain things are all about timing.  My situation with my smartphone is one of them.  I have grown incredibly frustrated with AT&T’s service on the iPhone, to the point where I am close to a breaking point.  3-4 drops on a stationary 30 minute call with full bars?  As much as I love the iPhone [...]

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Winning at Search: The Algorithm or The Infrastructure?

Posted on October 16, 2008. Filed under: Industry Themes | Tags: , |

We are on the eve of Google announcing their search results for their 3Q.  Google has become a major force in discovery and advertising by virtue of their ability to surface the closest result relevant to a user across the broadest set of queries on the Internet.   Dozens of start-ups and certainly a few large [...]

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