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  • For years, your friends have expressed concern over your habit of checking-in on foursquare wherever you go. “But I want to be the mayor of Starbucks!” you tell them. As they roll their eyes collectively, you continue, “I just really want that $1 off coupon that I get as the...

    Your Facebook friends know you aren’t home. Just ask the guy who just robbed you.

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    For years, your friends have expressed concern over your habit of checking-in on foursquare wherever you go. “But I want to be the mayor of Starbucks!” you tell them. As they roll their eyes collectively, you continue, “I just really want that $1 off coupon that I get as the...
  • APIs turn web applications you love and use everyday, like Facebook and Twitter, into more seamless and connected experiences. For instance, the Facebook app Selective Tweets allows you to update your Facebook status from Twitter with just a hashtag. But building these connections require countless apps made by different developers. With If...

    ifttt: Digital Duct Tape for the Web

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    APIs turn web applications you love and use everyday, like Facebook and Twitter, into more seamless and connected experiences. For instance, the Facebook app Selective Tweets allows you to update your Facebook status from Twitter with just a hashtag. But building these connections require countless apps made by different developers. With If...
  • Google Plus officially opened to the general public yesterday after being invite-only for nearly three months.

    [VIDEO] The World’s First Antisocial Network: Not Google Plus

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    Google Plus officially opened to the general public yesterday after being invite-only for nearly three months.
  • Awhile ago, I discovered one of my most frequently used Twitter tools in Timely, which automagically posts your tweets for you based on their optimal times. (Quora thread on how Timely works.) Timely was a product built by the folks at Flowtown, a social media marketing company founded by Ethan...

    [INTERVIEW] Flowtown Cofounder Ethan Bloch on Timely and Gift Marketing

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    Awhile ago, I discovered one of my most frequently used Twitter tools in Timely, which automagically posts your tweets for you based on their optimal times. (Quora thread on how Timely works.) Timely was a product built by the folks at Flowtown, a social media marketing company founded by Ethan...
  • AT&T users, brace yourselves! Speed is coming! Good news for AT&T Wireless users. According to an article by FierceWireless, AT&T is poised to deploy its next-generation wireless broadband network on September 18 this year. The date has been declared by AT&T CFO John Stephens as the official date for the...

    Brace for Speed! AT&T Set to Deploy LTE Network on Sunday, September 18

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    AT&T users, brace yourselves! Speed is coming! Good news for AT&T Wireless users. According to an article by FierceWireless, AT&T is poised to deploy its next-generation wireless broadband network on September 18 this year. The date has been declared by AT&T CFO John Stephens as the official date for the...
  • The final day of Disrupt SF has come to an end. Shaker, a spin-off of sorts of Half-Life but for the “real life interactions”, took the $50,000 prize. I hope they plummet into obscurity as quickly as possible. I enjoyed watching The Matrix trilogy, but never considered living in it....

    Techcrunch Disrupt SF: Day 3

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    The final day of Disrupt SF has come to an end. Shaker, a spin-off of sorts of Half-Life but for the “real life interactions”, took the $50,000 prize. I hope they plummet into obscurity as quickly as possible. I enjoyed watching The Matrix trilogy, but never considered living in it....
  • It was a rather unexciting day at Disrupt. Most pitches bored me to tears. After awhile, every startup sounded like they were the next Quora. “Oh, so you’re a Q&A/crowdsourced knowledge base? But, I prefer Quora! What makes you any different?”

    Techcrunch Disrupt SF: Day 2

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    It was a rather unexciting day at Disrupt. Most pitches bored me to tears. After awhile, every startup sounded like they were the next Quora. “Oh, so you’re a Q&A/crowdsourced knowledge base? But, I prefer Quora! What makes you any different?”
  • I awoke this morning uncertain if I would attend Techcrunch Disrupt. Foremost amongst my concerns was actually getting into the conference. I did not purchase a ticket beforehand like I was supposed to. I had actually signed up as a volunteer during the weekend, but hadn’t received any confirmation whether...

    Techcrunch Disrupt SF: Day 1

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    I awoke this morning uncertain if I would attend Techcrunch Disrupt. Foremost amongst my concerns was actually getting into the conference. I did not purchase a ticket beforehand like I was supposed to. I had actually signed up as a volunteer during the weekend, but hadn’t received any confirmation whether...
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