Wednesday, February 02, 2011

The Chrome Browser At 10%

Google Chrome IconImage via WikipediaLast I checked, it was at 5%, but even back then it deserved to do better. Next thing you know it will have hit 20%. Chrome has nowhere to go but up.

InfoWorld: Chrome breaks 10 percent browser market share for the first time

Chrome is the browser I use. It is minimalist. It is fast. It does not feel like there is anything at the top. All you get is the web. I like that.

Google calls it a "modern" browser.

Google's dragging its feet on the Chrome OS Netbook is unforgivable. That is what will take the Chrome browser roaring into the 20s and 30s and beyond.

Mark Zuckerberg Loves Union Square Ventures

Union Square Ventures: You Love Me, You Love Me Not

Mark Zuckerberg saw Twitter and he liked it immensely. Today the news feed is central to the Facebook experience.

He saw FourSquare and he liked it immensely. The world got Facebook Places.

Now he has a crush over Disqus, it seems like.

Zynga has been a major money maker for Facebook.

All of these are Fred Wilson's portfolio companies.

Facebook Going After Disqus Now?

Facebook Going Into Blog Comments Is Huge

SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 15:  Facebook founder...Image by Getty Images via @daylifeFacebook Going After Disqus Now?

I have said several times at this blog that if Google wants to "get" social, it needs to go into the blogosphere. But now looks like Facebook is about to beat Google there too. This is a really, really smart move on the part of Facebook.

Non Profit Microfinance Vs For Profit Microfinance: The Stupid Debate

Differences in national income equality around...Image via WikipediaThere has been a stupid debate going on for a few years now that has taken new life the past few months. There is a school of thought that says microfinance can be non profit and non profit alone.

There has been some serious abuse of microfinance. A lot of MFIs - microfinance institutions - have been messing up the last mile in serious ways. Charging ridiculously high rates is one of them. Some debt collection methods have been shady.