February 2010
5 posts
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We Need a Startup Political Action Committee (PAC)
Congrats to the guys at Startup Visa. The Startup Visa Act of 2010 recently introduced in the Senate by John Kerry (D) and Richard Lugar (R) will only help create jobs in this country (here’s VentureBeat’s coverage). Some xenophobes might claim these foreigners are taken jobs that could be filled by Americans, but it’s actually the opposite. The terms of the bill means that...
http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/24/twitter-languages/... →
Only 50% of Twitter links are in English.
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What Location Based Apps Need In Order To Attract...
While many app developers are trying to replicate Foursquare’s success in the location-based arena, most won’t succeed because of their inability to monetize their apps. Developers can charge for their app, but most elect to the ad-supported model to try and reach the widest possible audience. The problem is the lack of mobile commerce infrastructure for connecting advertising and...
Context Optional launches all-in-one tool for... →
Check out my piece on social marketing startup context optional.
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My Thoughts On Google Buzz
Google Buzz is basically friend feed, but with a bigger installed user base via Gmail. Google Buzz is a good real-time conversation tool, it just happens to be copied pretty directly from Facebook and Friendfeed. One problem I am having with Buzz is the inability to hide/minimize conversation threads. These threads can get pretty long, so a minimize feature would be handing in sifting through...