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New Software Aims to Keep Facebook Safer(blogs.wsj.com)
1 points by thafman 17y ago|0 comments
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by thafman 17y ago
OK; twitter for enterprise, nice UI, not really seeing how you differ from Yammer. Side topic; has anyone succeed long-term with get[name].com? Or do you always end up buying your dot-com name?
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EU Clears Oracle to Buy Sun Microsystems (online.wsj.com)
39 points by thafman 17y ago|11 comments
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by thafman 17y ago
But they already have 'favored partners' for search (Goog and Yhoo) you can't add another search provider even if you want to.
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Google talks Chrome OS, HTML5, and the future of software(arstechnica.com)
7 points by thafman 17y ago|0 comments
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GetApp.com Aims To Become The Premier ‘App Store’ For Business Software(techcrunch.com)
1 points by thafman 17y ago|0 comments
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Foursquare Now Seeing A Check-In Each Second(techcrunch.com)
1 points by thafman 17y ago|0 comments
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by thafman 17y ago
Use mint.com... kidding. Get an extra job freelancing, night shift, whatever - trade your free time now for your 'side projects' time later.
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Facebook Fights Social Spam with Mark You Don’t Know Response to Friend Requests(insidefacebook.com)
4 points by thafman 17y ago|0 comments
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by thafman 17y ago
I'm 26, so apparently the clock is ticking...
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The Innovation Age Bias At Sequoia Capital(siliconbeat.com)
12 points by thafman 17y ago|20 comments
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Apple’s App Store Downloads Top Three Billion(apple.com)
1 points by thafman 17y ago|0 comments
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A New Behemoth Emerges In Google Maps: Wikipedia(searchengineland.com)
2 points by thafman 17y ago|0 comments
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My New Year's Resolution: A Home in Silicon Valley (ceoblog.worldmate.com)
1 points by thafman 17y ago|0 comments
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by thafman 17y ago
sounds awesome
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In Allowing Ad Blockers, a Test for Google (nytimes.com)
6 points by thafman 17y ago|2 comments
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by thafman 17y ago
Once a service crosses a certain threshold they stop being cool and start reflecting the masses. Look at YouTube now, its MTV + America's funniest home videos (minus Bob Saget). Facebook mainly beat this by being a very walled garden. Oh-
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by thafman 17y ago
Fred, as someone who felt your wrath earlier today all I can say is that we (the loosely dev/hacker community) feel that Zynga, playfish,et al. peed in the pool by having bad offers in the first place and made it much harder for the rest of
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by thafman 17y ago
To his credit, Fred donates all proceeds from his blog to charity: http://www.businessinsider.com/2009/1/fred-wilson-makes-3000...
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by thafman 17y ago
fair enough, I may have over done it
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by thafman 17y ago
I apologize http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1028422
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by thafman 17y ago
Not a fair reply, Zynga today makes >90% of its revenues from virtual goods (and above 80% of that is from Farm-ville) that was not the case when Fred invested when they were makeing >75% of their revenues came from offers.
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by thafman 17y ago
Not taking Fred seriously until we hear an explanation from him of how much he knew about Zynga's shady offers business. He has been disturbingly quiet about this.
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by thafman 17y ago
Does anyone else think that while Fogcreek and 37signals have done something cool, a whole generation has tried to imitate them with little success and the constant posting of Joel + Jason does this site little/no good?
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by thafman 17y ago
I genuinely thought that I would be clicking through to an insightful post about how many crappy web-based "business productivity" apps that try and go the 37signals/Fogcreek route to success, and why the glut in this market helps no-one. S
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by thafman 17y ago
currently you have with the iPhone: a phone that handles calls and small tablet computer that runs app and can view the web, it is also a pretty good music/video device. I want apps that can add functionality to the phone, contacts music an
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by thafman 17y ago
Meant "Android". Doh.
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by thafman 17y ago
while the Adriod market isn't really open enough, given time it is still going to open a can of whup ass on Apple and their * control everything and lock the user in app prison *strategy. Given time their will be apps and services (starting
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by thafman 17y ago
You have no concept of how true this is, these days I have a good gig at a great company, but there was a time not so long ago when the VC world almost shut down and I found myself out of a job (was an analyst/due diligence guy) and started