It's getting hammered on the App store with negative feedback. I see a 2 star average. People are complaining about connectivity issues.
So what happens if it's a complete flop, if it never takes off at all?
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wonder how important is a domain name for a mobile type app?
> I wonder how important is a domain name for a mobile type app? Very important, given the crowded state of the App Store and the unorganized state of the Android Market. This app will be spread among friends. If you want to install it, goto Color.com. Easy.
I am not so sure.
It seems that we share by sending links not by saying the name out loud.
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#43I just tried the app and definitely didn't like it, it mandatory requires you to give away your location information otherwise you cannot use the app. That's not the way to go guys :S specially with the recent discussions about internet privacy...
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#44Wow - the first thing it does is to ask you to give your name and take a photo of yourself, then it shares it with random strangers without warning or asking your permission or giving a way to delete it. Pretty unpleasant initial experience!
Sounds like a perfect match for Facebook then.
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#45It's getting hammered on the App store with negative feedback. I see a 2 star average. People are complaining about connectivity issues.
So what happens if it's a complete flop, if it never takes off at all?
Then they return whatever's left of their investor's money or pivot to a more promising direction?
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#46Any idea why they call this app Color?
I thought the app had nothing to do with photos initially.
The only reason I read about it was that they were "given more money than Google". I wonder if that can be used as a marketing strategy. Take enough money to get yourself in the headlines and simply return it after you get it. I'm sure its illegal and it's surely unethical, but it might work.
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#47For the amount of money they got, they really could have made a fancy video better explaining what its use case is.
Adam Lisagor needs to eat too, you know.
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#48Did anyone see dhh's tweet about this? https://twitter.com/dhh/status/50764612001476608 I think he may be on to something here...
That is a clever way to get liquidity out of Facebook w/o having to pull any money out of Facebook itself (hence never showing any sort of pessimism).
Instead of facebook, I'll bet they will repeat the same strategy like when Google acquired Youtube
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#49This thing's fuckin creepy. it uses the camera and mic to get my location as well. The tech sounds rad, but for privacy i wouldn't touch this thing with a 10 ft pole.
honest question, what does mic have to do with obtaining location information ?
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#50I really don't understand why it needs $41M in funding. Its just another photo app...I think its more of hype than the actual useful content.