Warren Buffett Quote on Selling « Chris McCann's Personal Blog. The real reason Facebook should worry. (Hint: It’s not privacy, Wall Street, or terms of service) By Sarah Lacy On December 27, 2012 Yesterday one of the more salacious stories in our world was a photo showing the Zuckerberg family’s shocked expression at Facebook’s new Poke app.
It became public due to misunderstanding with Facebook’s privacy settings. The 22 rules of storytelling, according to Pixar. The Web in 2013: Already old, or forever young? By Kevin Kelleher On January 1, 2013.
New Year’s Resolutions, Internet-Style. It’s that time of the year again: it’s time to promise to go on diets we won’t stick to, miles we won’t run, and projects we won’t complete.
Why I’m just not buying the obsession with One Key Metric. By Sarah Lacy On December 27, 2012.
The Top 25 TechCrunch Posts From 2012. Your Smartphone Will Replace Your Car Keys by 2015. Your smartphone has the potential to replace nearly everything else in your pockets, so why not your car keys?
Hyundai is working to do just that, with an embedded NFC tag that allows you to open your car, start the engine and link up to the touchscreen with a simple swipe. Hyundai outfitted its i30 compact hatch (aka the Elantra in the States) with NFC technology in its “Connectivity Concept” recently shown at its European headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. The idea is simple: Nix the key fob and let your smartphone handle it all.
SDN Startups That Could Become Acquisition Targets In 2013. Software-defined networks (SDNs) are poised to move from market hype to real technology in 2013.
International Data Corp. predicts the market size of this disruptive technology will soar from barely existent this year to $3.7 billion by 2016. When a market is expected to grow that much in so little time, big technology players take notice and start shopping for what they won't have time to build for themselves. IDC is marking five startups that will be high on shopping lists: Big Switch Networks, Embrane, Plexxi, Vello Systems and Midokura. To get an idea of why this market is so hot, let's review SDNs and why they are so potentially disruptive. Software-defined networking places control of network resources within a software layer that sits on top of routers, switches and other physical and virtual network devices. For an enterprise market where server elasticity is becoming a hot commodity, imagine what a enterprise infrastructure could do if the network were elastic, as well.
Legimi Wants To Be The ‘Spotify For Ebooks’ With A Business Model That Relies On You Reading Less. Legimi is definitely a startup I’ll be watching closely in 2013.
Put simply, it aims to be the ‘Spotify for ebooks,’ in which for a monthly subscription, users get access to a potentially infinite library of reading material, all accessible via the cloud. But more than that, this Polish startup, whether it succeeds or not, epitomises the collision of old media business models with new technology and new consumer habits. After years of being told that one day consumers will access all of their media from the cloud, anytime and anywhere, thanks to the likes of Spotify, Deezer and Rdio (music), or Netflix, LOVEFiLM and Hulu (film and television), that day has finally arrived.
The subscription, cloud-based model, combined with new consumption devices — tablets, smartphones, and Internet-connected TVs and set-top boxes — and near-ubiquitous broadband, has ushered in an era where consumers no longer feel the need or desire to own the media they consume. Every app is an island and that’s just the way Apple wants it. By Nathaniel Mott On December 27, 2012 Every app is an island.
The iOS home screen’s grid layout makes this clear – this app goes over here, that app goes over there, and goddamn if they’re ever going to overlap. Everything is in real-time: Media in the age of conversation. By Kirk McDonald On December 27, 2012 If one long sentence could sum up what 2012 means to me, it would be this: We are living at the intersection of advertising and publishing at a time of hyper growth and innovation, which separately and together present us with both formidable challenges but also game-changing possibilities.
Put another way, everything today is in real-time: not just content but mobile and bidding on media. The shifting definition of the Web browser. By Nathaniel Mott On December 31, 2012 The Web comes in all shapes and sizes.
Designers and developers are tasked with building sites capable of shifting from 3-inch smartphone displays to 92-inch (yes, really) “smart” television sets and everywhere in between. Yet supporting an ever-expanding array of screen sizes is only half the battle. Who Are The Savviest Mobile Users? Generation Y.
If you are an American between the ages of 24 and 32, there is a fairly high probability you own a smartphone. In fact, you probably have a laptop and a tablet to go with it. You have an average of 268 Facebook friends and own a high-definition television. At least, that is the way research firm Forrester profiles you in its sixth annual State Of Consumers And Technology Benchmark report. The report finds that Generation Y (defined as 24-32 years old) are at the pinnacle of Internet adoption and activity, are the most likely to own multiple connected devices (like smartphones, tablets and PCs) and are increasingly mobile.
Generation Y has a 72% adoption rate for smartphones and uses them for all varieties of interaction with information and communication and commerce. Overall, the United States has a 19% adoption rate of tablets. Gen Y Likes The iPhone. Online identity is changing, but engagement is still key. By Philip Cortes On December 31, 2012 How did LinkedIn get its growth? By SEO optimizing your online resume. And to this day, LinkedIn remains the king of online professional identity. Adafruit to Teach Electronics Through Puppets in New Kids' Show. The Circuit Playground crew. Image: Adafruit Adafruit, the kit-based electronics retailer and promoter of hobbyist engineering, is aiming to teach electronics to a younger demographic.
So young that they’re enlisting the help of puppets. 7 Bold Predictions Of What The Mobile Industry Will Do In 2013. It seems like every year, that darned rodent in Punxsutawney, Pa., predicts six more weeks of winter. Never mind the fact that Groundhog Day is technically six weeks before the official start of spring. We hail Punxsutawney Phil as the seer of seers, prognosticator of prognosticators.
Let’s focus on the really hard stuff in 2013. By Scott Tobin On December 27, 2012 The year 2012 will go down in the record books as one of the strongest years the venture industry has seen in some time. Even as Wall Street can be tough on Facebook, Groupon, and other graduates of venture, when the IPO and M&A windows are open and working in tandem, as they did for a big part of this year, it’s a great environment for venture returns and for realizing just how good this asset class can be.
While the macro-global economy is still trying to shift out of neutral, the venture industry, and all of its participants can share some collective pride that young companies are still pushing the limits of innovation and are a big driver of overall economic development around the world. The best online ads of 2012 weren’t ads. By Kirk Cheyfitz On December 25, 2012. Cheap Tech And Offices Mean Startups Need Less Funding [Infographic] With A Flick Of The Wrist, Facebook Could Destroy Current Advertising Models.
2013, the year of storytelling. By Erin Griffith On December 31, 2012. Unicornfree. On the Breadth of the Human Psyche - Shady Acres. Ben Kamens. Founder Mistakes, Part 1: "Launch Day" Is Not A Strategy. Already thinking about how launch day is going go down? Grow like Facebook: onboarding and activation. Advice on Attracting Good Developers - Samuel Mullen. What You Really Need Is A Market, Not An Idea. "A SaaS app for dog walkers? What about building another CRM app, but for auto shops? What could I build for caterers? Maybe I'll just build my own version of Basecamp, but with some new features.
Seven lessons from the worst social media fails of 2012. By David Holmes On December 27, 2012 Years ago, a company’s ads went through iteration after iteration until the final copy was approved and sent to print. The FTC's New Kid Privacy Rules (COPPA) Are a Big Mess (Forbes Cross-Post) When I first heard the name “Safari” Questions to Ask Potential Cofounders: The Master List. The Best Way to Learn How to Build Your MVP. You don't have to be local.