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This could be an important differentiator for Google. Let's hope that the competition will heat up on this.
If you're looking to Google for a solution then I think you're looking in the wrong direction. Just look at the latest crop of anti-competitive complaints against them -- like Yelp for one.
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In his mixergy interview, he was a nice, great, caring guy, but when Andrew took a wrong step, Blank sort of lost it on air. I chalked it up to he having a bad day or being highly stressed, but it was interesting to see such a quick shift in character. It reminds me of that scene in "Inside Job" where Columbia Dean Glenn Hubbard changes tone after a question he doesn't like. It's as if he pulled a mask off and became…
It's been a while since I've watched it, but I didn't get the impression that Blank lost it. As I remember, Andrew just made a big deal out of his minor misstep and focused on the misstep rather than getting the interview back on track. I think most interviewees, not just Blank, would find this annoying.
It starts at about 20:10 and Steve says he was "blindsided" at about 21:00 approx. as if he was misled or something by Andrew. I thought the question Andrew asked was a good question.
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The desktop is moving in this direction as well. Your example of OS X is shaky in particular, given the App Store. Even if it's still _possible_ in the future, acquiring apps outside the official channel will be exceptional, done only by enthusiasts.
I was going to say the same- I bet it would have been done long ago if, for example, MS thought they could get away with it. I'm curious as to how the law is going to interpret this in the future. The closed ecosystem of ios may be a bad (in my mind) precedent.
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I think comparing Facebook to having access to water or power is a bit of a reach.
I don't think he's comparing FB to water, he's comparing social networking/communication/connection to water. Facebook would then be the utility company, with a de facto monopoly, but no check on its power. (Personally I think competition is the check, and I'm on team Google.)
1 1638 Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple [2011-08-24]
2 1324 Boot a linux kernel right inside your browser. [2011-05-17]
3 1262 Introducing Word Lens [2010-12-17]
4 1232 Today you, tomorrow me [2010-12-14]
5 1196 Google Buys Motorola For $12.5 Billion [2011-08-15]
6 1129 A new approach to China [2010-01-12]
7 1100 Ooops. [2011-06-16]
8 1083 So A Blogger Walks Into A Bar… [2010-09-21]
9 1004 Airbnb Nightmare: No End In Sight [2011-07-29]
10 994 Twitter Bootstrap [2011-08-19]
11 940 Thoughts on Flash [2010-04-29]
12 929 Violated: A traveler’s lost faith, a difficult lesson learned [2011-07-27]
13 906 Chosen: A javascript plug-in that makes long select boxes user-friendly. [2011-07-22]
14 859 I was once a Facebook fool [2011-09-23]
15 856 Osama bin Laden Is Dead [2011-05-02]
16 850 I don't learn anything on HN anymore, bring back the upvote count [2011-04-28]
17 832 How I Hacked Hacker News (with arc security advisory) [2009-06-03]
18 827 Bored People Quit [2011-07-12]
19 822 33GB of public domain JSTOR articles, and a manifesto [2011-07-21]
20 808 A lesson on the importance of encouraging your children with their projects [2011-07-13]
Interesting article and definitely a good read. But I find it interesting that it has broken the top 20 most upvoted articles of all time on HN and is threatening the top 10. This probably has to do with f8 and whatever amount of "upvote inflation" that may be taking place as a result of more users being on HN (6 of the top 10 all-time most upvoted links are from this year. Only one in the top 20 comes before 2010).…
(to normalize against changing userbase size)
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You can look out for yourself without lying, cheating, or backstabbing others. You can operate as a moral, ethical person, and not have to mislead people, or break your promises. Looking out for yourself is not the problem, dishonesty is. This becomes a bigger problem when dishonesty becomes part of the culture.
I'll agree with outright lying in that a person knowingly lying to another person is wrong. But with the rest I'm not sure I can agree. Because again the Valley is a kill or be killed environment. The assumption is that others will look out for themselves. So, for example, if someone were to promise me something I'd ask for a contract. If I don't get a contract I'd assume that person was planning to violate that prom…
As a facebook app developer i am aware of what shaky ground it is. I must attest the best days of the platform was when Morin was in charge, people were actually flocking to make apps and the platform was adding features. Ever since he left, feature pruning started, policies were not enforced, facebook changed their designs every month and the platform team inexplicably started reinventing the wheel. Then at some poi…
As a business owner you should absolutely exploit every opportunity you can to get those users from wherever the traffic is flowing from. However, if you don't hedge your bets, you may find that in 3 years instead of having a nice business you have absolutely nothing.