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Redux – The Comcast of the Future
rendslate recently spoke with David McIntosh, CEO of Redux. David and I met when I worked at Myspace amidst the early stages of planning the partnership between Redux and Myspace. After he came across my recent post on curation, we reconnected and discussed platforms, consumption and what the future may hold.
Kinect an Unpleasant Gesture to Apple
When people are talking in person or writing about innovation, typically Microsoft is not part of that conversation until now. With Kinect , Microsoft has a chance to really rally around a technology that can have an impact far greater that its original intentions. Originally...
Twitter’s Future Plans
Trendslate summarizes Adam Bain’s recent interview with Kara Swisher. Recently appointed Head of Revenue for Twitter, Adam Bain, speaks about future plans for Twitter with Kara Swisher. He is largely tasked with opening the doors to advertisers and making it easier for brands to work...
Yodlee Partners With Y Combinator
Following our post earlier in the week on how Yodlee intends on facilitating the next Mint, the company just announced a partnership with Y Combinator.
Yodlee Intends on Making a Mint
Yodlee originally formed as a portal where consumers could aggregate their account information across numerous financial institutions. They quickly realized that attempting to become a portal was quite challenging and pivoted into a B2B company that serviced the financial institutions themselves.
Usage of Social Media Infographic
Great infographic by Flowtown showing usage of social media by marketers
Lead with Your API
More often than not, startups will launch a website that is accessible across different platforms. However, one of the leanest ways to launch an application is to build an API and launch with examples of what is possible with that API. Think about it, with an API available from day one you will be able to easily pivot from one idea to another. Additionally, APIs are the new business development tool which reduces your need for staffing that area.
Curation, Everyone is a Docent
Content, commerce and curation now go hand in hand. One of the hottest areas for investors is harnessing the wealth of content available and empowering human and algorithm based curation of content. Content can take the form of links, images, video, products, music or any...
From Food Trucks to Fashion Trucks
Los Angeles was and still is a hotbed for the 100s of food trucks, however now fleets of fashion trucks are appearing. Essentially the idea of a fashion truck is to leverage a food truck type of vehicle and make it more aesthetically pleasing along with an...
Groupon’s Editorial Manual Exposed
Groupon, the shiny object of the moment, has always had an editorial style of its own. Whether it is the cat at the bottom of each deal or the comical unsubscribe video, they have a distinctive voice that probably factors into the success it has achieved thus far. We recently stumbled across Groupon's editorial manual which guides its army of writers, (typically comedians) on how to write within the guidelines of Groupon.