June 2012
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Your Next Facebook Update Could Turn Into An Ad →
Amazon is one of many companies that pay Facebook to generate these automated ads when a user clicks to “like” their brands or references them in some other way. Facebook users agree to participate in the ads halfway through the site’s 4,000-word terms of service, which they consent to when they sign up.
Not feeling all too great about Facebook these days, especially after this poor...
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May 2012
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“We try to develop products that seem somehow inevitable. That leave you with the...”
– Jonathan Ive Interview: Apple’s Design Genius Is British To The Core
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Here's The One Phrase You Can't Tweet On Twitter... →
I’ve tried to tweet “Get Better.” (without the quotes) a dozen times now, and it keeps not showing. A friend of mine told me that, while in high school, Jack Dorsey’s (the creator of Twitter) father used to spur him to work harder with that exact sentence.
If true, this would make for an awesome chapter in Jack Dorsey’s life story.
EDIT: So after a few crafty...
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Not Just A Haircut, A Buzz Cut →
It’s about time AOL stops burning money on the failed hyperlocal news experiment. I’ve never been a fan of this effort and am surprised relieved that they are finally taking action.
The Wall Street Journal’s original source article is down, or pay-gated, or a combination of the two, so here are the numbers from Forbes’ Jeff Bercovici:
Armstrong said Patch is on track to...
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“Facebook is a company of technologists, not marketers. If you wanted to bet on...”
– The Facebook Fallacy
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Facebook Is Worth More Than... →
A whole lot of companies.
Of all places that this feature could be found, the last place I would think of would be the New York Times. Alas, it’s a fun 15-second time suck that does provide some context to Facebook’s value.
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“I think it’s the beginning of the end of the valley as we know it. Silicon...”
– Steve Blank, Serial Entrepreneur and Professor at Stanford and Berkeley, on what the Facebook IPO means for Silicon Valley
(via ‘The Golden Age of Silicon Valley Is Over, and We’re Dancing on its Grave’)
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Changes Abound
After extensive thought about a week of thought, I’ve decided to change up my Tumblr approach.
I’ve renamed this blog, formally known as Forr Kicks!, to forrestkoba. It will continue to serve up technology commentary and awesome shares — hopefully in higher aggregate volume than the first four months of 2012.
And because I have an urge to start sharing more...
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Netflix Customers...Are Going Back? →
Amazingly, Netflix users that cancelled about a year ago are starting to return to the service.
Netflix CFO David Wells:
I think we’re feeling really good about the brand, the progression that we had from last year. We think there’s room to grow, but the improvements in retention and our growth in Q1 and Q2 since Q3 and Q4 of last year make us feel pretty good. Rejoined or folks...
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Virgin Atlantic launches in-flight cell use →
Airline flights — especially long ones — are a pain. So what could possibly make it worse? In-flight calls.
Virgin Atlantic COO:
“The service is intended for use in exceptional situations, when passengers need to send an SMS, make a quick call, or access an e-mail on a BlackBerry,” the company said.
Limiting the service to 6 people at a time doesn’t necessarily mean the...
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Hoodie Immaturity →
I thought I had read it all until I read this Bloomberg piece this morning, which quotes an analyst calling Mark Zuckerberg “immature” for wearing a hoodie to a meeting with potential investors.
On behalf of analysts everywhere (yes, I was one), I’m quite embarrassed.
Says Michael Pachter, this analyst:
“Mark and his signature hoodie: He’s actually showing investors he...
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Facebook's Traffic Faucet →
Big discussion yesterday over Facebook’s traffic faucet and the sudden decline in monthly actives for social reader apps.
Josh Constine:
No, Facebook news reader apps aren’t declining because users suddenly got fed up with auto-sharing. The user loss is likely due to the transition to “trending articles”, a new way of surfacing recently read articles in the news feed that Facebook is...
