Saturday, October 06, 2012

Dick Costolo Was A Standup Comedian

But you knew that.

A Master of Improv, Writing Twitter’s Script
Mr. Dorsey’s role has since been reduced after employees complained that he was difficult to work with and repeatedly changed his mind about product directions. He no longer has anyone directly reporting to him, although he is still involved in strategic decisions.

Mr. Dorsey declined to comment on how people feel about working with him. But, in a statement, he said he considered Mr. Costolo to be one of Twitter’s founders. “He’s had a dramatic impact on the company and the culture,” Mr. Dorsey said. “He’s questioned everything we started with and made it better.”

Mr. Costolo says he looks to Mr. Dorsey for ideas and sometimes has to pull them out of him. Although Mr. Dorsey is a regular on the media circuit, appearing on CNN, as well as “Charlie Rose” and other programs, he tends to be quiet in meetings.
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Thursday, October 04, 2012

Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Samsung Hits Back

What Apple and Samsung are doing to each other is stupid.

Samsung makes good on threat of patent suit against iPhone 5
adding the iPhone 5 to a list of devices that includes the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPad 2, and the new iPad that Samsung accuses of infringing on several Samsung patents. .... the eight patents in question include six utility patents and two standard essential patents unrelated to its LTE patent portfolio
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Sean Parker's Misadventure: AirTime

The AirTime I got to know was a video chat site where the video simply did not work. I tried a few times and gave up. This has not been a failure of the idea.


“Like Eating Glass”: Sean Parker on Airtime’s Bumpy Launch, Exec Departures and More
Like Color, time for Airtime to get off the air
Sean Parker's Airtime weathers early turbulence
Absurdly Hyped Startup Airtime Has Officially Flopped And Top Execs Are Fleeing
Execs Abandon Airtime as Sean Parker Resorts to Meaningless Buzzwords
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Monday, October 01, 2012

FreedomPop: Free, Mobile Broadband

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FreedomPop offers free mobile broadband
The folks at FreedomPop are also doing some interesting things to get you more free data, as users can watch ads or refer friends to get more free data per month. We haven't tried it out yet but reports suggest FreedomPop will offer download speeds of 4 to 6Mbps down and 1 to 2Mbps up.....companies like FreedomPop, Ting and Republic Wireless are all reselling Sprint's services with some relatively radical business models.
That and a $99 tablet from Google and you have a free phone that is seven inches. No?

Or 2GB for $18 a month also sounds reasonable.

This is Republic Wireless' sibling.

This is just awesome. Power to the masses.

$99 Is A Great Price Point

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