I appreciate his "conflict & cooperation" approach to the their tiff, but the truth is the conflict is more interesting and prevalent than the cooperation here. Especially with Apple's reaction, openly going after the Kindle and Maps could be a huge money pit for them.
These guys did a killer demo at NYTM. Very cool demo of turning a plant into an instrument (they played an orchid on stage). There was a good question about detection of differing touches of the doorknob, this could totally replace the key some day!
Ugh, I hope this isn't an indication of any trouble they could be having raising.
The explore function could be moved a bit more front and center, they have incredible data to go head to head with yelp.
Google shopping has always been a weak link in the search chain for Google. The May iteration did wonders for the interface and usability, but the basic search functionality and content still sucks. Seems like they've gone the route of sales to source the data, I still think there is has to be a crawler solution to this.
I would love to see this grow, but it really looks like he has most areas covered.
I think the coolest things going on involve value creation both the individual user and the businesses uses the services. I think Klout comes very close here, using their "social currency" to push a modified advertisement medium at individuals.
Good point, I find it kind of unnatural to transform a developer community into a recruiting platform. I think it's just companies searching for a solution to solve the resume problem.
Went from disgusted to amused as I read the article, looks like both are safe. Shows both social media savvy and a solid self of humor, nice work again White House.
We've been seeing articles everywhere about how App economics don't make sense, it looks like games are the exception. I'd love to see the communities thoughts about this!
PG tweeted about the awesome data usage during the election, and how a book should be written about it. If anyone else has anything interesting about the role of big data in the election, I'd love to see it!
The author hinges the entire article on "sees a lot of opportunity for mixing computing and crap."
Seriously though, brilliant idea, and kudos to MS for using other green energy sources.
The US Patent System is the envy of the world!? I'd love to have more international opinions on this, but from my experience in Japan, France and England, no one envies our patent system, and most programmers simply ignore it even when working on products for the US market.
This is what I felt Rakuten did so well (besides the whole emphasis on marketplace and supply chain management optimization), giving brands control of their own identities and customers. If I was Rakuten, I would quickly counter this with emphasis on customer support for the merchants.
The most interesting thing to me now in Education reform is that it seems to be less of a technology issue and more of a bureaucratic issue. I have yet to see any of the amazing edutech platforms implemented at anything other than a novelty level.
I think it's the entrepreneurial bias speaking here, but I've been talking with my officemates about building a social network for startups to source talent and share resources. I'd love to have HN's thoughts!
Freelancer is a solid choice for individuals, but if you're company is paying for it, the New York plans are surprisingly comprehensive. Nice to see the city supporting entrepreneurs like this!
Well put, it's a 100% user driven service, and has been historically friendly to developers. While the later point may be shifting, they can never lose site of their content creators value, and have to actively listen and work with them in order to make their publishing as easy as possible. I think that makes sense of their recent purchase of Vine, a beautifully crafted service on the twitter platform.