Posted on 21 August 2011
Hey, Kids! Can you find four things wrong with this advertisement in a 6th Ave Electronics flyer? Turn your screen over for answers! sıɥʇ ɹoɟ ɹǝʌo uǝǝɹɔs ɹnoʎ uɹnʇ ʎןןɐǝɹ noʎ pıp ˙4 ˙ʇno pןos ʎןqɐqoɹd s,ʇı ˙3 ˙ʇı puıɟ uɐɔ noʎ uǝɥʍ 66$ sʇsoɔ ʇı ˙2 ˙ɯɹoɟʇɐןd pǝןıɐɟ ɐ ‘soqǝʍ sunɹ ʇı ˙pɐdɥɔnoʇ ɐ sıɥʇ ˙1 [ Thanks, Evan! ]
Tags: 10px-7px, electronics, Facebook, four-things, funny, gadgets, screen, things, wtf, your-screen
Posted on 21 August 2011
There are a number of online apps that let you create a timer that counts down to a given date and time, but frankly, most of them suck.
Tags: color, consider-moving, countdown, countdowns, crunch-disrupt, Facebook, friends, notice-at-first, sharing-buttons, touch-the-clean, united, united-states
Posted on 21 August 2011
Editor’s note : Guest contributor Semil Shah is an entrepreneur interested in digital media, consumer internet, and social networks. He is based in Palo Alto and you can follow him on twitter @semilshah . All year, I’ve heard some variation of this phrase: “ A big shift, from search to discovery, is underway online.
Tags: album, amazon, digital-media, Facebook, friends, Mobile, opinion, person, search, search-engine, social-networks, thoughts, words
Posted on 21 August 2011
Chris Dixon wraps up his interview with FindTheBest (and DoubleClick) co-founder, Kevin O’Connor by asking him about his end goal for FindTheBest. O’Connor responds that an “exit strategy is total bullshit,” he is simply doing what he loves doing and notes that if you solve a big problem “you end up with lots of options.” O’Connor also suggests that people are actually using the social web less intensely as its novelty fades and it becomes a regular part of their web experience. As the interview concludes in the video below, Dixon inquires about O’Connor’s distribution channel for his “decision-making engine,” FindTheBest
Tags: chris-dixon, competitive, connor-prior, dixon, interview, kevin o'connor, makes-it-harder, social, space, tctv, Video
Posted on 20 August 2011
Borders’ bankruptcy this summer has further underscored a major shift in the way people consume the written word, namely in pixels as opposed to print. As our chain brick and mortar bookstores inevitably go the way of our chain brick and mortar video stores and record stores, the ever-sharp Jon Stewart and author (and PC-dude) John Hodgman mull over various ways bookstores can stay competitive (video, above).
Tags: beyond-black, black, borders, borders-towne, personal, should-embrace, summer, underscored, Video, williamsburg
Posted on 20 August 2011
Short Version: Energizer’s Inductive Charging pad gets rid of the wires, looks nice, and just makes getting your charge on easier.
Tags: accessories, berry-curve, book, case, device, energizer, gadget, gadgets, iphone, Mobile, money, night, phone, portable
Posted on 20 August 2011
The Inside Network Job Board is dedicated to providing you with the best job opportunities across social and mobile application platforms. Here are this week’s highlights from the Inside Network Job Board , including positions at Aarki , King.com , Acquinity Interactive , TinyCo , GREE International , Elti Solutions , Tagged , Breaktime Studios and Ace Studios/Tetris Online .
Tags: design, development, games, intelligence, jobs, marketing, Mobile, online, online-marketing, publisher
Posted on 20 August 2011
They’re out there. Be afraid.
Tags: children, clients, hacking, michael-meehan, News, people, security, vanity-fair, voldemort
Posted on 20 August 2011
The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Seth Goldstein, John Taschek, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — sat in awe of Apple’s massive hammerlock on the tablet market. What the New York Times called 97% of the purchased category became crystal clear as HP folded its cards and went home to an uncertain future
Tags: @scobleizer, @stevegillmor, Facebook, gillmor-gang, ios 5, spotify, turntable.fm, windows, windows-phone
Posted on 20 August 2011
Editor’s note: Jules Maltz is a General Partner at Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), a late-stage venture capital firm based in Menlo Park. You can follow him on Twitter @julesmaltz. Whenever I’m about to make a new investment, I always think about the 2
Tags: business, companies, crowd, Facebook, jules-maltz, media, News, opinion, our-portfolio, portfolio, venture-capital