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As far as I know it's more of an editorially curated thing right now.

Ahh yes, he killed the infamous stylus suggestion for the iPad

And the iPhone is a bigger business than ALL of Microsoft's offerings combined Per Vanity Fair: "Exhibit A: today the iPhone brings in more revenue than the entirety of Microsoft. …

Huge only in the sense that a billion dollars is a lot regular people...Apple spends a fraction of what its competitors spend. Plus up until 2011 I think they spent about half of w…

In what way?

The problem is that it isn't a craze. Very few PEOPLE are clamoring for them. Unless by people you mean a handful of city and state officials who think it's an awesome way to spend…

A study that backs up what a lot of smart people (including PG) have been circling around lately. http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2010/12/15/walking-creates-a-thirst-for-dry-knowle…

That would be a pretty bad sign. I sure as hell wouldn't invest in a company that's going to turn around and spend the money they raise on ads. They should be building a war chest …

Pandora commands higher than average ad rates. Remnant (which is bargin basement inventory) is somewhere around $5cpm and I don't think they sell to networks for display to keep de…

I wonder if they pay lower royalties on live music and that's why they try to jam it into my playlists all the time. In the last year or so I've felt there like there was something…

I wouldn't either. Grant McCracken calls it "forced fun" and he's totally right. Zappos reminds me of those lame activities they'd make you do in college dorms or at camp. http://c…

But it is more than that. In my opinion there is kind of a nasty aversion in start up culture to permanence. Think food trucks vs opening a restaurant, outsourcing vs managing in h…

It's because HN doesn't have to show pgview growth to investors or sell it to advertisers that they're able to make a decision like this that ultimately improves the quality of the…

It's more impressive when companies add people to their board who add a perspective other than the entrenched (dare I say evil) mindset of their competition. An example: Chipotle a…