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Tag Archives: Digital Media
MySpace + Google >= Facebook?
The much expected, joked about and pre-announced MySpace developer platform is finally here. Well, not quite: As Aber mentioned, we’re currently in a sandbox phase. Here are the important points to understand about this phase: Your application profiles are private … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Media, Facebook, Google, MySpace, social media, Web 2.0
Tagged Digital Media, Facebook, Google, Industry News, MySpace, social media, Web 2.0
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Polaris Digital Media Summit
I spent the last few days in Deer Valley, UT at the annual Polaris Venture Partners Digital Media Summit or PVPDMS08 as we casually refer to it (right). It’s a great event where the CEOs of our digital media companies mix … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Media, Google, Microsoft, startups, VC, Venture Capital
Tagged Digital Media, Google, Microsoft, Polaris Venture Partners, startups, VC, Venture Capital
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Going For It
In a startup environment favoring fast, relatively cheap exits instead of building sizeable companies, it is always interesting to look at the choices startup founders and CEOs make when they have the option to sell the company or build it … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Media, startups, VC, Venture Capital, Web 2.0
Tagged Digital Media, startups, VC, Venture Capital, Web 2.0
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OpenSocial: The Lowest Common Denominator?
Google’s OpenSocial is becoming the lowest common denominator for application integration in the social media space. That’s actually not that great for Google as it is rarely the case that the most successful applications run on the lowest common denominator … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Media, Facebook, Google, MySpace, social media, startups, Web 2.0
Tagged Digital Media, Facebook, Google, Industry News, MySpace, Social computing, social media, social networking, startups, Web 2.0, Web Services
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Balancing Choice
I’m on a plane to SF (for a third week in a row) re-reading parts of John Maeda‘s The Laws of Simplicity. It’s the kind of book you get more out of the second time around. One of the observations is … Continue reading
MySpace vs. Facebook : Apple vs. Orange
Although some love to throw MySpace and Facebook in the same bucket, the two companies continue to evolve in different directions to the point where it is probably better to talk about meta-competition than direct rivalry. The latest example is how they … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Digital Media, Facebook, MySpace, Social Commerce, Web 2.0
Tagged Advertising, Digital Media, Facebook, Industry News, MySpace, Social Commerce, Social computing, social networking, Web 2.0
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Amazon Web Services Event in New York
I’m polishing my presentation for the AWS event in NYC today. Polaris Venture Partners is the exclusive sponsor because we believe that what Amazon is doing is good for startups. AWS lowers the cost of experimentation online, which helps more ideas come to … Continue reading
Posted in amazon web services, Digital Media
Tagged amazon web services, Digital Media, Polaris Venture Partners
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Making Money on MySpace
It’s always been possible to make money on MySpace if you didn’t pay much attention to the terms of service. The site has never consistently enforced its ban on commerce. That’s partly due to technical reasons–from a content filtering standpoint, … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Digital Media, Facebook, MySpace, Social Commerce, startups, Web 2.0
Tagged Advertising, Digital Media, Facebook, Industry News, MySpace, Social Commerce, Social computing, social networking, startups, Web 2.0
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Social Commerce Goes Mainstream: an Industry Insider’s Take on the Kaboodle Acquisition
Social commerce is one of the three pillars of E-Commerce 2.0: Richer user experiences (e-commerce becomes engaging) Accelerating disaggregation (e-commerce happens everywhere) Social commerce (e-commerce leverages emotional/social forces) It has also been the one people have been most skeptical about… … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Media, Social Commerce, startups, Web 2.0
Tagged Allurent, Digital Media, e-commerce, Industry News, Social Commerce, startups, Web 2.0
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Facebook’s Secret Plan
I’ve figured out Facebook’s secret plan and I love it. Everyone gets everything for nothing. The everyone is truly everyone since Facebook is no longer about highschool and college kids. Most of the friend invites I get these days are … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Media, Facebook, startups, Web 2.0
Tagged Digital Media, Facebook, Industry News, Social computing, social networking, startups, Web 2.0, Web Services
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