Rahul || Kumar

May 19 2013 ∞

The Day Zuckerberg Turned Down Yahoo's $1 Billion

parislemon:

Allison Fass reporting on Peter Thiel’s talk at SXSW this year where he recounted the time in 2006 that Mark Zuckerberg turned down Yahoo’s $1 billion offer to buy Facebook:

His only partial rationalization at the time was that in the history of Yahoo, it had made two $1 billion offers that were also turned down. And those were to eBay and Google. “At least I could actually make a pseudo-scientific argument that in every case Yahoo offered $1 billion and it was rejected, it was the correct thing to do,” said Thiel.

I should say that I know absolutely nothing about any sort of talks/deals between Tumblr and Yahoo. And I’m not sharing this to suggest that Tumblr should turn down such a supposed offer (my initial gut feeling is actually that such a partnership would make a lot of sense). I just found it fascinating given how closely the reported number is to the key number repeated in Thiel’s story.

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Apr 21 2013 ∞

Facebook Stickers

I’m really loving the new updates Facebook has given for its iOS app, particularly Chat Heads and Stickers (they’re cute as hell) but I didn’t realize that Facebook completely copied the interface from Path, with *extremely* small adjustments. Take a look for yourself (and for comparisons with other popular messaging applications, I included LINE as well). In particular, the smiley face in the text box, and the quick access to the store. Just wow, thought Facebook would push a little harder than to completely copy the interface/idea.

Facebook for iOS:

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Path:

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LINE:

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Mar 23 2013 ∞
#Syracuse v. #Cal || Go Orange! #MarchMadness (at HP Pavilion at San Jose)

#Syracuse v. #Cal || Go Orange! #MarchMadness (at HP Pavilion at San Jose)

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Jan 28 2013 ∞

Mad Men ´The Carousel´.

One of the best sales pitches, if not the best.

(Source: vimeo.com)

Jan 19 2013 ∞
First time skiing (at Squaw Valley Ski Resort)

First time skiing (at Squaw Valley Ski Resort)

Jan 06 2013 ∞
Doin’ it nashty.

Doin’ it nashty.

(Source: lovingbasketball, via adithyaiscool)

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Jan 05 2013 ∞
Front row seats. This is the life with @aditprab and co. #SCU #Gonzaga (at Leavey Center)

Front row seats. This is the life with @aditprab and co. #SCU #Gonzaga (at Leavey Center)

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Dec 23 2012 ∞

lakers:

Steve Nash is Back at Point 

Check out Steve Nash back in action for the Lakers after his stint in the injured list.

Let the good times begin.

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SnapChat Privacy “Hole”

Ever curious who someone might be messaging or using SnapChat with? You no longer need to be curious (unless you want to see the picture or video they sent too in which case you’re shit out of luck) but downloading and trying the app, I noticed something interesting: you can see who one messages the most in the app without even needing to be their friend or adding them.

1. Find username of an individual you are curious about.

2. Open your browser.

3. Type in snapchat.com/<insert username of user here>

    i.e. snapchat.com/rkrishnakumar

4. You can see their list of “Best Friends”, or people they message often.

Alternatively, you can open the app, click My Friends, click on the name from the list of users, which will open up Safari on your iPhone and show you who any given users “Best Friends” are.

Though this isn’t a hole per se, since SnapChat makes this pretty accessible, I find it concerning that anyone who is not even a close friend of mine could see who I message often by merely entering my username into the web address. I think I’ll stick to Facebook Poke while I’m at it.

Dec 20 2012 ∞
What I worked on this summer and others much longer, Cube, is now available on the App Store.

What I worked on this summer and others much longer, Cube, is now available on the App Store.

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