Ron Paul, Mitt Romney L...
The Republican presidential candidacy is still far from decided, based on the split primaries and mixed polls so far. So here’s another source for trying to figure who’s really pulling ahead — the number of new Facebook fans that each candidate is getting, according to...Y Combinator Names Seas...
Y Combinator has just announced the newest partner to join the prestigious firm: Geoff Ralston . Ralston’s previous credentials include founding Four11, which was acquired by Yahoo back in 1997 for $96 million and served as the foundation for Yahoo Mail. Ralston spent eight years...
Fanhattan Adds A Person...
We’ve been following the Fanhattan iPhone/iPad app from the very beginning , when it was exclusively available for the iPad and only had a handful of content partners. But the app has come along way in a short time — migrating to the iPhone and adding new content — and...What Happens When Apps ...
In a new research report from Distimo , the app store analytics provider examined two different ways that allow mobile developers to get a bump in both their download numbers and revenue. One way, which is within the developers’ control, is putting the app on sale. Within the first...
Reed Hastings: “We Ex...
After some fairly sizable blunders last summer , Netflix suffered for the remainder of 2011, losing money and subscribers. Perhaps surprising many, Netflix bounced back today in its fourth quarter earnings — in spite of the fact that it will continue experiencing losses throughout...Early Facebook App Caus...
Causes launched with the Facebook Platform back in 2007 as a way to help friends more easily campaign for the social causes of their choice. The app benefited from getting in early on the platform, being the only one in its category (other developers were building poking apps or games at...SOPA Spring...
I haven’t written one of these things in quite a while, since before PandoDaily and SOPA Spring and the Republican Rumble in the primaries. The way things are going for Mitt Romney, it appears harder for him to close the deal with voters than for Twitter to come up with a business...RIM’s New Playbook: T...
It was a big day for football fans, with both the AFC and NFC Championships taking place this afternoon and this evening. The games grab more than a few eyeballs every year — last year’s championships grabbed 54.8 million and 51.9 million viewers, respectively . While the...Pulse Jumped From 1 Mil...
In November, Amazon began shipping its new Kindle. At the time, even though reactions were varied, though Amazon hoped for the best, as some projected it would sell as many as 5 million by the end of 2011. Though the indications are that it didn’t get there. However, the media hype...