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Teevox (YC S10) Turns Your iPhone Into A Computer TV Remote Control

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Re: Teevox (YC S10) Turns Your iPhone Into A Computer TV Remote Control

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Post by CytokineStorm »

I think that this just the beginning for Teevox. When I met the founders last spring they were showing off a prototype iPad app that was sort of like a live newsfeed for television. As you watched a show it would pop up additional information about what was going on at that moment, like who the actors were, what song was playing in the background, trivia, and I'm sure in the future targeted ads.

I think the integration with Twitter and Facebook also indicates that they're going to be building some social features into the app, which would be pretty interesting to see. Anyway, definitely keep an eye out for these guys.

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Post by nostrademons »

shykes wrote: post #9
maxklein wrote: post #7

The latest YC companies seem to be features and add-ons for other products : things that can easily be bought by a big company!

Everything can be spinned as an add-on for something else.

Yeah. Google was an add-on for portals. Microsoft was an add-on for the Altair.

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Post by c1sc0 »

maxklein wrote: post #7

The latest YC companies seem to be features and add-ons for other products : things that can easily be bought by a big company!

Yes, makes me wonder how much 'optimizing for exit' is too much. Small investments, small companies, small 'dipshit' exits?

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Post by revorad »

I find it a bit confusing when pg invests in companies such as this, which will most likely increase the addictiveness of stuff (in this case TV), given his growing concerns of the issue[1]. I can see this makes investment sense in terms of the ROI on money, but wouldn't you rather invest in things which steer the world in a direction that you would like it to go in?

[1] http://www.paulgraham.com/addiction.html

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Post by amirmc »

revorad wrote: post #18

I find it a bit confusing when pg invests in companies such as this, which will most likely increase the addictiveness of stuff (in this case TV), given his growing concerns of the issue[1]. I can see this makes investment sense in terms of the ROI on money, but wouldn't you rather invest in things which steer the world in a direction that you would like it to go in? [1] http://www.paulgraham.com/addiction.html

I didn't read that essay the same way. I'd say he was making an observation rather than expressing a general concern.

He also said "Good" and "bad" technological progress aren't sharply differentiated, so you'd find you couldn't slow the latter without also slowing the former"

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