Goldman Sachs 2011 Technology and Internet Conference
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Yesterday, at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco, Googler and PayPal founder Max Levchin and Benchmark GP Bill Gurley discussed “game-changing technology” and the future of the Web. Emblematic of today’s mindset, they attacked this rather large topic by comparing the strengths and objectives of Google and Facebook, using the latter’s jaw-dropping stats (500+ million users, 1 in every 13 people on Earth logs into Facebook each day) and its promotion of the social graph as a measure of what’s to come. Levchin said that Facebook is fast becoming the new social white pages, i.e. when you don’t know where someone is on the Web, you go to Facebook to find and connect with them. But, in addition to that, he says, the social networking giant is really “the rich white pages,” where you not only locate someone but have the added benefit of finding out what they like, what they read, what their favorite movies are, and so on.
Levchin and Gurley Say That Next Big Company Will Capture The Interest Graph
Working on it! Very early prototype is pretty awesome... Stay tuned! by Feb 17
Anyhow, when is Pearltrees gonna be available on the ipad ?!! Can't wait for that touch experience by Feb 17
Hahaha, true. But i feel that they are not completely wrong about that. by Feb 17
I wouldn't trust any banker on what Facebook is supposedly missing or not though :-) by Feb 17
These guys pointed at a really interesting subject : the interest graph is the missing key to Facebook's social graph monetization. Ads will then be more relevant and distributed around the network more efficently by Feb 17
I wanted to send you that link by direct email, but I thought you were already aware of it ... by Feb 17