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Google Reader lived on borrowed time: creator Chris Wetherell reflects

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in the early 2000s, Web 2.0 companies were building platforms that wanted to work with each other, today, we have platforms that are closed
Estimated reading time: 6 min

Loren Brichter: Designs on the future of iOS apps

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It’s like an iceberg. No one is solving the fundamental problems underneath the surface correctly. I want to give that a crack.”
Estimated reading time: 5 min

Here is why Facebook bought Instagram

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Instagram has what Facebook craves – passionate community. People like Facebook. People use Facebook. People love Instagram.
Estimated reading time: 4 min

Why Facebook Home bothers me: It destroys any notion of privacy

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unlike the iPhone and iOS, Android allows Facebook to do whatever it wants
Estimated reading time: 3 min

What's love got to do with it? For startups, everything

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A year ago, Fab.com got a new lease on life, pivoting to become a design sales site after a lackluster showing in its first incarnation as Fabulis, a gay social network.
Estimated reading time: 4 min

Dennis Crowley and the cycle of second-guessing

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Sorry guys, entrepreneurship isn’t a lifestyle, it is life.
Estimated reading time: 3 min

The joy of iPad

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It didn’t matter how it was happening — just that she could talk to her grandson who was oceans apart from her. If there ever was a moment that captured the emotion in a piece technology, that was it.
Estimated reading time: 2 min

Mountain Lion threatens Facebook and Microsoft

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I realize how crazy this might sound at Facebook, so here is a bit of perspective: The most valuable company in the U.S. has just declared war on you. They want your users’ photos on their system. They want your users’ eyes and attention in their ecosystem and not focused on your site. Oh, and they have $100 billion in cash, the largest mobile operating system and the fastest growth in personal computer share.
Estimated reading time: 6 min

Sorry Google; you can Keep it to yourself

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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Google may think it can waltz into a market that Evernote and others have staked out, but I’m not going to dance.
Estimated reading time: 2 min

Jack Dorsey and Twitter: Can you have a part-time product visionary?

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“The history of tech companies shows again and again that having a great product-focused founder at the helm has always been the best thing for the company and for its customers/users.”
Estimated reading time: 4 min

What does Twitter want with Germany?

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The choice of location is in some ways surprising — international tech companies have tended to put roots in wealthier areas such as Hamburg and Munich.
Estimated reading time: 2 min

Apple Doesn't Target Markets. It Targets People

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It targets people. It focuses on users. And Apple lets them decide how and where they’ll use its products.
Estimated reading time: 3 min

Should Apple buy Twitter?

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If Apple wants to integrate Twitter so deeply, why not just acquire it so Apple has full control?
Estimated reading time: 4 min

My 10 years of blogging: Reflections, Lessons & Some Stats Too

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Why? Mostly because curation and sharing of content has become as important as writing. By sharing videos, photos, links, or quotes we are all essentially editors and the sharing itself is an act of editorializing.
Estimated reading time: 10 min

Coffee & Empathy: Why data without a soul is meaningless

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The idea of combining data, emotion and empathy as part of a narrative is something every company — old, new, young and mature — has to internalize. If they don’t, they will find themselves on the wrong side of history.
Estimated reading time: 7 min
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