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The Future of Internet & Cars

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We’ve had internet in our cars since the rise of smartphones, and arguably it’s been as much a safety hazard (distracted driving while texting, emailing, etc) as a positive transformation (navigation, music, etc). Internet connectivity is turning them into a more individualized and more comprehensive kind of media platform.

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The Unbundled Mobile Software Stack

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So if I click on a URL in another app, say an email reader or Twitter or whatever, iOS me to use Safari. They further had to open up IE to allow consumer choice of embedded services like search and media players. But for now there’s no way to make an OS-level switch to make Chrome my default browser.

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Ubiquitous Computing and the Misguided Frenzy About “Mobile”

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About 6-12 months ago you could hardly throw a rock in the startup ecosystem without hitting a VC expressing their enthusiasm for “mobile” Now the frenzy about mobile has extended into the mass media and public equity markets, though with trepidation as often as excitement. So what about consumers?

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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

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owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking. only notified them of potential IP infringement two weeks ago on February 27, 2012 (as described in the lawsuit) and Facebook heard about it through the media rather than in private. My layman’s reading is that Yahoo!’s

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Netflix / Qwikster Split Was Brilliant (and Necessary)? 2 Long Term.

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Lots of us woke up this morning to an email from Reed Hastings about Netflix splitting it’s streaming and DVD-by-mail businesses into two separate operations (each w/ it’s own brand). AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Netflix / Qwikster Split Was Brilliant (and Necessary)… 2 Long Term Impacts. September 19, 2011.