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Apr 13, 2010
Apr 12, 2010
It's Spring in New York. The pear trees and magnolias are in full bloom and everyone on the street is smiling, reminded again of the irrepressible rhythm of the seasons. That's the good news. The bad news is that another rhythm that [...] Read more
Apr 12, 2010
We just announced on the Union Square Ventures blog that we are hiring for two positions: an Analyst and a General Manager of the USV Network. Read more
Apr 9, 2010
Last week we took a family vacation in Rio de Janeiro! We went to visit friends who had lived just up the street from us here for the past eight years but moved back to Rio (where they are from) [...] Read more
Apr 8, 2010
The big news of course isn’t multitasking, or unified inbox, but iAds and GameCenter. These are aimed squarely at making the iPhone (and iPad) a monetizable and viral platform to rival Facebook. Still this strategy seems flawed by being tied [...] Read more
Apr 7, 2010
I have blogged in the past about threats to the open web and what to do about them. It is easy to be dismissive of concerns about Apple’s philosophy of control which necessitates a partially closed system. But there is [...] Read more
Apr 6, 2010
We were on family vacation through Sunday, so when our iPad arrived via UPS on Saturday nobody was home, which meant that we had to wait until Monday for it to be re-delivered. I wish I could share first impressions [...] Read more
Mar 25, 2010
Yesterday I saw a tweet from Josh Kopelman and then this morning a post from Bijan about Senator Dodd’s financial reform bill suggesting that it would impose a 120 day review period on angel investing (which would be crazy). They [...] Read more
Mar 24, 2010
Yesterday Heyzap announced the launch of their platform for taking social games from Facebook to the rest of the web (coverage by Venturebeat and Techcrunch). This represents not only a terrific opportunity for both Heyzap and social game developers, but [...] Read more