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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

Both Sides of the Table

Google’s AdSense) or some other form of ad. As John Battelle chronicles in his brilliant (and must read) book, The Search , Google thought this idea stunk. So did the media. If there were no advertising on Google we would have no Gmail, no Google Maps, no Android, no Google Books.

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Twitter’s Acquisition, Chirp & Managing Developer Relationships

Both Sides of the Table

I made sure that their thesis was in-stream (as opposed to being a side-bar advertisement like Google AdSense). Salesforce was very good at managing the 1-year roadmap so at any point in time we had a pretty good idea about what we would be developing and what we wouldn’t. No, I don’t think so.

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Q Manning of Rocksauce Studios | Founder Interview

Tech Zulu Event

So in October 2010, I evaluated the competitive landscape and realized that there weren’t any app companies out there focused on what I thought mattered the most: the brand, the look, and the experience a client would have with an app. What are your thoughts on the direction from a design perspective of application development for 2012?

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