I am totally convinced that the world of social media is not consolidating around one “winner takes all” social platform.
– Fred Wilson
Peter Kafka in Media on January 3 at 3:30 am PT
Today’s reminder, courtesy of the NBA, the cable guys and Union Square’s Fred Wilson.
Kara Swisher in Social on November 20, 2011 at 9:51 am PT
Here’s a panel I did last week at the Privacy Identity Innovation conference that took place on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley, called “Social Sharing and the Data-Driven Economy.”
Peter Kafka in Social on September 16, 2011 at 7:52 am PT
Twitter’s is reshaping itself yet again, this time at a corporate level, as two prominent and early investors leave the company’s board at the end of the month. Sources say Twitter won’t fill their seats.
Peter Kafka in Media on August 2, 2011 at 8:40 am PT
Turntable.fm, the most-buzzed about Web music service not named Spotify, has a new high-profile backer. Next up, perhaps: Label deals.
Kara Swisher in Commerce on July 21, 2011 at 9:09 am PT
Etsy, the handmade goods online marketplace, has appointed its CTO Chad Dickerson as CEO. He replaces founder Rob Kalin, who stepped back into the top leadership role in late 2009.
Google+ fills a void between public and private, it serves what is likely to be an older demo less interested in hooking up or hipstering out and more interested in the social utility it provides.
A VC Fred Wilson, in a later part of the same post on social networking companies.
In any case, I hope Google+ succeeds. Given the blog posts saying this will kill Tumblr, Twitter, Foursquare, etc, you might wonder why I feel that way. Well first, I don’t think competitors kill companies and services. I think the vast majority of “deaths” are self inflicted.
– A VC Fred Wilson, on the newest entrant into social networking game.
Katherine Rosman, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 16, 2011 at 12:00 am PT
As a teenager, Jessica Wilson rebelled against her parents. She refused to tweet.
Parents are always looking for ways to position their children for success, from piano lessons to Mandarin immersion. In the Wilson household, that means encouraging the kids to express themselves on the Internet.
Kara Swisher in News on March 29, 2011 at 8:35 am PT
Yes, it is perverse, but I really want to come in dead last in Time magazine’s “140 Best Twitter Feeds.”
Why? Well, there’s no way I am getting near the top with the likes of Sarah Palin and Lady Gaga in the same list, so I felt the 140th–
get it?–slot on a Twitter poll is the next best thing to aim for.
