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I came across a great post by Doctor Popular (via Laughing Squid) about Using the iPhone as a gamer interface. Very cool stuff. And it got me thinking…
My brother and business partner John Sampson mentioned the other day that he was pretty amazed that more people haven’t gotten into the Apple TV. It [...]
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App Store for Apple TV?
July 18th, 2008 ·
Tags: Tech Industry · Television
Killer Product Features
March 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments
I am beginning to think there is no way to avoid it. Every time we launch a new product feature at MyBlogLog, someone (usually multiple someones) tells me the new feature will kill another company. In the past month I have heard, “This new feature is…”
a Digg killer.
a Technorati killer.
a FriendFeed killer.
a Socialthing [...]
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MacSpeech Dictate Shipping Update
February 16th, 2008 ·
I posted last week that MacSpeech was reporting that Dictate — their new voice recognition software for Mac — would be shipping yesterday. A new news release on their site says that they have started shipping, but only to “iListen Founding Customers” (whoever they are). They will next ship to iListen “crossgrade” customers. [...]
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Kent Brewster at Search Sig
February 10th, 2008 ·
I already posted about Ian Kennedy speaking at the Net Tuesday event in San Francisco this Tuesday, February 12, 2008. But, as Ian pointed out in the comments, there is another great event happening Tuesday night.
If you are closer to the South Bay, be sure to check-out Kent Brewser at the Search Sig event [...]
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Distributed Social Networks have Tipped
February 10th, 2008 ·
The last several months we have seen the launch of OpenSocial, Data Portability, DiSo, Google’s Social Graph, and many related efforts. I have also noticed the MyBlogLog Reader Roll on nearly every site that I visit. (Even with the amazing MyBlogLog growth numbers of the last year, I thought it was probably just [...]
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Building Non-profit Communities
February 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments
MyBlogLog Product Manager and all-around great guy Ian Kennedy will be speaking at the upcoming Net Tuesday event. The event will cover building online communities for non-profit organizations with MyBlogLog, Yahoo! Groups and Upcoming. The festivities kick-off this coming Tuesday (February 12, 2008) at 6pm.
Note: I will not be able to attend due [...]
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FIFA Street 3 Video
February 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Yes, I know this is probably quite a bit of CG, but I just don’t care. It is too cool.
(Via Tim Ferriss.)
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Creating and Selling MyBlogLog
January 21st, 2008 ·
Writing the TechStars 2008 post earlier today reminded me about the video the team shot of Eric and I while we were there last year. As Eric mentions in the video, this was really the first time since selling MyBlogLog to Yahoo! that the two of us discussed the whirlwind adventure. It was [...]
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TechStars 2.0
January 21st, 2008 ·
Eric Marcoullier and I were fortunate enough to help mentor the 2007 TechStars. It was a fantastic experience for all involved. Eric and I got to meet, encourage, and help focus some budding entrepreneurs. The startups gained invaluable advice, some A-list contacts, and the chance to do something amazing — which many [...]
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Google Search Share Drops Slightly in December
January 18th, 2008 ·
According to Nielsen Online, Google’s domination of the U.S. search market dropped slightly in December. Google’s search percentage fell to 56.3% from 57.7% the previous month. Yahoo’s search share also fell .2% to 17.7%. Microsoft gained a not-insignificant 1.8% to 13.8%.
So is this a holiday anomaly, the impact of Microsoft Live/Vista, the [...]
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