Mobile Makes Its Mark at Y-Combinator’s Demo Day
With 66 companies attending this is the largest demo day for Y-Combinator took place in Silicon Valley today at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. The event attracted Silicon Valley's elite, investors and executives from number of firms from around the country and around the globe.
The Demo Day has been dominated by mobile companies, not a shocker given that the combined reach of iPhone and Android's reach millions of users. Especially Android's fast market growth made mobile more attractive for entrepreneurs.
Some of the companies that delivered presentations with mobile focus:
Google Robot Cars
I finally spotted a Google Robot car the other day and grabbed a shot. Based on statistical data provided by Google, there has been only one car accident so far, and robot car was at no fault.
I can't help but wonder why would you tell a car to go somewhere without you in it.
1) children, old people, unconscious people are transported.
2) car drives you to work, drives home. No parked cars on the street. Or - you dont own a car. Taxis everywhere take people places.
3) you keep working while you are being transported. Way to increase efficiency in our unnecessarily already efficient life.
Madonna’s New Album MDNA Is Turning Her Into A Techie
For the album’s debut yesterday, Madonna decided to forgo the typical round of morning talk shows. She instead opted for an interview at Facebook’s New York headquarters, a live Twitter chat, and a giveaway on Spotify—two lucky listeners who play MDNA at least three times in the next two weeks will receive free tickets to one of her upcoming shows. Madonna’s most unusual promotion, however, involves Fab.com. The nine-month-old design-focused retailer boasts 3 million members and has dedicated its homepage to MDNA, which it’s selling in both physical and digital format for $7.99, half the price of most other outlets.
