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The first Intel Smartphone Ever!
It is a head scratcher. A third tier brand from India for India debuts the mighty Medfield. Will Intel x86 be a player in phones at this rate? http://m.itworld.com/hardware/269946/intel-inside-lava-desperate-intel-or-lav…
The first Intel Smartphone Ever!
It is a head scratcher. A third tier brand from India for India debuts the mighty Medfield. Will Intel x86 be a player in phones at this rate? http://m.itworld.com/hardware/269946/intel-inside-lava-desperate-intel-or-lav…
Replacing stuff with your phone: signatures
The other day a friend had me write a reference letter about their dogs, for a new landlord. They wanted paper. So I wrote the letter in Word, pasted in a signature scan, and made a PDF. I then e-mailed
Replacing stuff with your phone: signatures
The other day a friend had me write a reference letter about their dogs, for a new landlord. They wanted paper. So I wrote the letter in Word, pasted in a signature scan, and made a PDF. I then e-mailed
Example of the Stanford startup ecosystem in action
Faculty-backed startup gets a trial by the university for online courseware. Also: Affinity Circle’s was another via alumni group. http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/april/faculty-senate-one-042012.html
Example of the Stanford startup ecosystem in action
Faculty-backed startup gets a trial by the university for online courseware. Also: Affinity Circle’s was another via alumni group. http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/april/faculty-senate-one-042012.html
Seed programs screw founders? Not sure.
Many founders say that Big VC seed programs are bad – you get some money but if you don’t get the follow-on you are doomed. Nobody else will touch you if Big VC won’t. This happened to Instagram — A16Z
Seed programs screw founders? Not sure.
Many founders say that Big VC seed programs are bad – you get some money but if you don’t get the follow-on you are doomed. Nobody else will touch you if Big VC won’t. This happened to Instagram — A16Z
Is Android too open? Colecovision was.
I suppose I hazily remember this event: The Great American Video Game Crash of 1983 It was the year that all the home console video game players went bust. From the ashes emerged Nintendo and then the more recent history
Is Android too open? Colecovision was.
I suppose I hazily remember this event: The Great American Video Game Crash of 1983 It was the year that all the home console video game players went bust. From the ashes emerged Nintendo and then the more recent history
Recent memes in web UI design
Arguably the main insight of Pinterest is an amazing UI design which is itself arguably lifted from its inventor: Flipboard. But no arguing that it’s just a better UI than the previous incumbent: The Stream Made famous by
Recent memes in web UI design
Arguably the main insight of Pinterest is an amazing UI design which is itself arguably lifted from its inventor: Flipboard. But no arguing that it’s just a better UI than the previous incumbent: The Stream Made famous by
Idea: Security in the age of sensors
Fact: phones and laptops have more sensors now (front facing cam, touch screen, whatever) Fact: Authentication as of 5 minutes ago is 1 dimensional –> type text into a box. Opportunity: use the sensor data to provide richer authentication Multi-factor
Idea: Security in the age of sensors
Fact: phones and laptops have more sensors now (front facing cam, touch screen, whatever) Fact: Authentication as of 5 minutes ago is 1 dimensional –> type text into a box. Opportunity: use the sensor data to provide richer authentication Multi-factor
About “Fortune”
Reading Boethius and the sonofagun has a point. “Oh, stupidest of mortals, if it takes to standing still, it ceases to be the wheel of Fortune.” AKA Live by the sword, die by the sword
About “Fortune”
Reading Boethius and the sonofagun has a point. “Oh, stupidest of mortals, if it takes to standing still, it ceases to be the wheel of Fortune.” AKA Live by the sword, die by the sword
The walled garden of Like
If you Like a comment in Facebook it does not retweet through the stream. Only a post does that. This is the insidious “roaches check in, they don’t check out” nature of the feed. Twitter can post to Fb. But
The walled garden of Like
If you Like a comment in Facebook it does not retweet through the stream. Only a post does that. This is the insidious “roaches check in, they don’t check out” nature of the feed. Twitter can post to Fb. But
IA’s portfolio for fund 1, now 2, and eventually 3
You shoot the guns you have though, right? http://informationarbitrage.com/post/19519971830/thoughts-on-vc-portfolio-con…
IA’s portfolio for fund 1, now 2, and eventually 3
You shoot the guns you have though, right? http://informationarbitrage.com/post/19519971830/thoughts-on-vc-portfolio-con…
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