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Do.com is a Social Productivity App With a Killer Domain Name

by on November 21, 2011 in News, Startups

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With a domain like that, you can forgive the domain-geek in me for gushing over Do.com, a new social productivity app, which launched in private beta today. I first stumbled across the site a few weeks back when it was still in early alpha stage. My first thoughts then, as they are even today, were: that is one heck of a domain name!

So when I finally got my invite for the app’s beta launch, I couldn’t wait to camp out and test the service out. Someone paid a hefty, multi-million dollar fee for this domain name; it would only be appropriate that they utilize it properly.

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And Now Presenting: Tech Investor and Tween Pop Idol, Selena Gomez…

by on November 18, 2011 in News

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Signs that the startup culture has truly permeated the mainstream: Selena Gomez, familiar to you as Ms. Bieber and Disney star, is now a tech investor. The what, the where, the how and the why follow:

Selena Gomez joined the likes of CrossCut Ventures, Mike Jones, Kamran Pourzanjani, Brian Fitzgerald, among others in a $750k funding round for Postcard On the Run.

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Coming Soon to a Theater Near You: The ‘Lost’ Steve Jobs Interview

by on November 7, 2011 in News

Question: what do you do if you have a 70 minute interview with Steve Jobs before he came back to Apple hidden somewhere deep within your archives?

Do you:

A. Be generous and upload it to YouTube so that billions of people can watch it for free?

B. Cut a deal with PBS to air the interview as a special weekend program commemorating Steve?

C. Release it in movie theaters seeing how 70 minute interviews make for great cinematic action. After all, Frost/Nixon did pretty well, didn’t it?

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Google Planning to Launch Cable Service in Kansas City

by on November 5, 2011 in News

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The ink may not even have dried on Google’s announcement of its impending launch of 100 custom YouTube channels when we hear news of the company’s plans to enter the pay-TV business with high speed internet and cable offerings, starting from Kansas City.

Google had already announced plans to build a high-speed fiber-optic internet network in Kansas City, but now, the WSJ reports that the company may very well foray into the $150Bn/year pay-television market with a suite of cable services, as well as telephone offerings.

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This Klout Business is Getting a Bit Out of Hand…

by on November 4, 2011 in News

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Here are two cute kittens to restore some sanity.

Hello, fellow tweeters! How’s your Klout health? Good? Middling? On life support? Cartwheeling across a grassy knol?

Go check it out because the numbers on your Klout report could very well make you a millionaire.

Or at least help you become an investor in some hot startups.

Klout is partnering with Wahooly to offer equity in a select group of start-ups to members with high Klout score. In return, you’ll have to tweet and help promote the start-up.

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Apple to Overhaul Entire Product Line in 2012?

by on November 4, 2011 in News

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Swinging by the rumor mill: a report by Taiwanese trade magazine DigiTimes that Apple may (may, may not) overhaul its entire product line in 2012, with a completely new iPad and iPhone to hit the shelves by next year.

It’s just a rumor though, and a heavily salted one at that. DigiTimes has been highly inaccurate in the past (as was the entire tech press about the iPhone 5 launch). A complete overhaul seems very unlikely, though there have been a lot of voices in the tech circle that point towards a completely new iPhone 5 design.

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Here’s Something to Cheer About: Internet Explorer Usage Drops Below 50%

by on November 2, 2011 in News, Technology

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Oh Internet Explorer, how I loathe thee.

After years of assault from superior browsers, the aforementioned Explorer’s share of the browser usage pie has finally fallen below the 50% mark. Expect impromptu celebrations to break out everywhere in the world where web designers and developers can be found. Also expect massive overnight parties at two separate Mountain View, CA addresses – Mozilla’s and Google’s.

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Pottermore Breaks October Launch Promise

by on November 2, 2011 in News

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Harry Potter-anything has the remarkable ability to whip otherwise mature, well-meaning adults into teenager like obsessive, giggling frenzy. So when Pottermore was announced in June last year as an interactive platform with eBooks, games, and back stories authored by J.K. Rowling herself, Pottermania, understandably, was at a high not seen since the last book’s release.

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Asana, Facebook Cofounder’s Productivity App, Opens to Public

by on November 2, 2011 in News

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Asana – a Sanskrit term denoting a particular posture or pose, usually used to describe Yoga postures. An odd, if fitting name for Facebook cofounder, Dustin Moskovitz’ new productivity startup (practicing Yoga asanas does, after all, enhances your concentration powers).

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Yahoo Buys Interclick For $270M. Possible Distraction From Takeover Bid?

by on November 1, 2011 in News

Last week, both Google and Microsoft were reported to be gathering up the resources to buy out Yahoo, even as the shares slumped after yet another dismal quarter.

That should be old news now though, since Yahoo has just announced the acquisition of data driven advertising network, Interclick, for $270M.

It’s a big payday for the four year old company, but significantly for Yahoo, not only adds up as a strategic investment – Interclick’s proprietary data valuation platform, OSM, crunches through billions of data points everyday to deliver relevant audiences – but perhaps also doubles up as a signal flare to distract the looming reports of a takeover by two rivals – Microsoft and Google.

Yahoo’s track record with acquisitions isn’t very inspiring, however. Most acquisitions either peter out into oblivion, or are mismanaged into subpar products (hello, anyone remember Delicious?). Interclick should be a nice fit though; it can be integrated into Yahoo’s display advertising offerings. But of course, Yahoo being Yahoo, they might mess this up as well.

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