So I guess people really do video chat? Something about the whole video call/chat thing always gives me Read More
Rabbit raises $3.3M to let you multitask while chatting
I’ve said it before, but the Kindle iOS app saved my life. It wasn’t uncommon for me to Read More
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Amazon sees 45% decrease in Q4 profit
Amazon had mixed results in its Q4 earnings call on Tuesday—which also included some dreary numbers from 2012 Read More
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Ways to get people to do things they don’t want to do
A reader recently asked me a pointed question: “I’ve read your work on creating user habits. It’s all Read More
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How Technology is Like Bug Sex
This week, thousands of people swarmed the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Looking from above, the Read More
If you’re not an Amazon Prime member yet, you need to get on the ball. There is no Read More
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How to Think About Marketing an Innovation
Innovation is all about value, and both internal communications and external marketing have a critical role to play Read More
It’s been a year of rough waters and confusion for Netflix, but it looks like the streaming TV Read More
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The network effect isn’t good enough….
Note: I’m pleased to have co-authored this post with Sangeet Paul Choudary, who analyzes business models for network businesses at Platformed.info. Follow Read More
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NYC tech businesses struggling to resume post-Sandy
Hurricane Sandy might be over, but she (it’s a girl hurricane) has left a trail of destruction in Read More
It’s all about the big data, baby. Eight months after launching out of a three-year stint in stealth Read More
This week, we’ll finally get to see Obama and Romney go head-to-head on-stage for the first time. The Read More
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Samir Arora’s top 10 secrets on how to build startups
It’s a cool, balmy day in San Francisco, and Vator Splash is well underway. (Open bar! Woot!) Samir Read More
Move over, Amazon, Apple, Wal-Mart, Netflix, and every other company with an established digital video service. There’s a Read More