For a couple of years there, every time Google rolled out a “social” product, everyone laughed–because whatever the company did seemed like such an obvious rip-off of Facebook. But now the tables have turned. Now it appears that it is Facebook’s designers who have had their faces pressed up against Google’s windows. The photographer...
Daily Archives: March 9, 2013
How Twitter Knows So Much About You Before You’ve Even Signed Up
See Also Twitter Just Started Fixing Its Biggest Problem With ‘Tailored Trends’ This Timeline Suggests A Twitter IPO Might Happen In August Here’s How Hackers Took Over The Burger King Twitter Account If you’ve been on Twitter for years, like many people in the tech and business world, it’s easy to forget what it...
IT Departments Have Become Completely Useless
Daniel Goodman / Business Insider Peter Hinssen is the CEO of Across, a visiting lecturer at London Business School and a senior industry fellow at UC Irvine’s School of Business. Follow him on Twitter @hinssen. Is the Chief Digital Officer the same as the CIO or the CTO ? The role of the CIO, the Chief...
Tell me who you are. Who you really are.
Last week we finished building the foundation of your brand (here’s Part I and Part II in case you missed it). Having a solid brand identity helps in three ways. First, it allows everyone on your team to get on the same page and understand your vision. Second, it’s a guide for the future and...
Stocks at all time highs? Not if you look at these recently public tech companies
Everything is worth precisely what someone will pay for it. Also, caveat emptor. Those two phrases create an ironic couplet that states the following: Someone might buy something at a certain price, but that certainly doesn’t mean the item in question is worth the sum paid. The rule above applies to stocks, strongly. A...
Elon Musk on his one regret from the NYT incident, spaceship scares & Russian missiles
Elon Musk — the CEO of Space-X and Tesla and Chairman of SolarCity — says he has a New Year’s resolution to have more fun. But in the meantime, there’s arguably not an entrepreneur alive today that thinks as big about solving global problems, has made as much money off of those solutions, and...
Dalton Caldwell on our software choices: You are what you eat
Dalton Caldwell knows that a lot of people are doubting his future with App.net. But Caldwell? He’s not stressing over picking the harder path. Dalton Caldwell talks about his App.net project on March 9 in Austin at SXSW. “It’s important to question assumptions about why things are the way they are,” the entrepreneur said...
Lean government? How HHS is following Silicon Valley’s lead
Government agencies aren’t known for their efficiency, inspiring work spaces or willingness to experiment. (If you’ve ever lived in Washington, DC, you know they can be the exact opposite.) But, last year, Bryan Sivak, the CTO and entrepreneur-in-residence at the Department of Health and Human Services, was tapped to bring more Silicon Valley spirit...
Attention Bikers! Chaotic Moon Has Built A Video-Powered Black Box For Your Dome
One of the cool things about going to a crazy tech event like SXSW Interactive in a different city is being able to meet with local entrepreneurs and check out the things that they’re working on. Yesterday, I got the chance to visit the offices of Chaotic Moon, a software and app development firm...
Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley On Whether Hot Apps Can Still Be Born At SXSW [TCTV]
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Much like Twitter got a lot of its early traction at South By Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) in Austin back in 2007, Foursquare famously started off with a bang when it launched at SXSWi in 2009. So it was great to take some time with Foursquare’s founder and CEO Dennis Crowley in Austin at this...