6 posts and columns on tasks

Get Ready for More TaskRabbit, With New Open API

in Commerce on February 10 at 8:00 am PT

There would be an obvious pun here about how TaskRabbit is going to multiply, but the New York Times already used it.
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TaskRabbit Raises $17.8 Million, Brings in Eisner as Adviser

in News on December 13, 2011 at 8:59 pm PT

TaskRabbit, the Bay Area-based start-up that outsources human “rabbits” to perform odious chores for neighbors, has raised its second cash pile in eight months.
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Kabam Raises Serious Dough to Develop Serious Games for Social

in Commerce on January 20, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Social games developer Kabam has raised a hefty round of funding to develop games for Facebook that appeal to a more traditional gaming demographic–and probably not your mother.

Help! I'm Addicted to CityVille

in Social on December 22, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Among the early adopter types I know in the tech industry, there’s a sense that casual gaming on Facebook serves an entirely different demographic from their own. The thinking is that games from Zynga and the like replace relatively mindless activities like soap opera watching. But as someone who has just reorganized her virtual retail shops to be surrounded by virtual trees so as to accumulate more virtual bonus points, I see how social gaming–especially as it gets more social–might appeal to the desire for mindless diversions in all of us.

If the Sidekick Fiasco Is a "Premium Mobile Experience," I’d Hate to See the Basic Version

in News on October 15, 2009 at 6:17 am PT

Good news for SideKick users bemoaning the backend server failure that wiped out their personal data–and those suing over it. Microsoft says it has recovered most of the data that it initially believed to be permanently lost.
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If the Sidekick Fiasco Is a “Premium Mobile Experience,” I’d Hate to See the Basic Version

in News on October 15, 2009 at 6:17 am PT

Good news for SideKick users bemoaning the backend server failure that wiped out their personal data–and those suing over it. Microsoft says it has recovered most of the data that it initially believed to be permanently lost.
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