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→ This Tech Bubble Is Different
Jeff Hammerbacher, former research scientist at Facebook and now founder of Cloudera: “The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads. That sucks.” Great piece showing why it may be time to move past … Continue reading
→ David Ascher: You knew the old Mozilla, meet the new Mozilla
Mozilla’s David Ascher explains how Mozilla is adapting to take on the new challenges posed by today’s closed platforms, such as Facebook and Apple. I’m delighted to see that Mozilla is fighting for user freedom again, and has broadened its thinking … Continue reading
★ Fab.com’s amazing pivot story
Fab.com‘s pivot is nothing short of spectacular. Founder and CEO Jason Goldberg tells this fascinating story with a presentation: In about 3 weeks, they completely changed their strategy — and now they’ve got significant traction and raised $40M more funding. I … Continue reading
★ Money, Freedom or Privacy: what do we prefer to give away?
Marco Arment compares claims that Apple, Google, and Facebook keep telling their users, and concludes: Everyone has their bullshit. You can simply decide whose you’re willing to tolerate. Each of these companies’ business models takes something from us — we … Continue reading
→ Mark Suster: The End of the Web? Don’t Bet on It. Here’s Why
Mark Suster has strong arguments on why the rise of the “App Internet” driven by the current generation of mobile and social products does not mean the end of the web. From my perspective, unless major breakthroughs are made in … Continue reading