Product Review | Shopilly
October 3, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
Note: I serve as an Advisor to Shopilly and have seen the product grow from concept through static screen shots to a fully functional shopping service.
I believe we are witnessing the emergence of the next generation of ecommerce. While online shopping continues to grow and is dominated by Amazon and eBay — as well as retailers such as Apple, Walmart and Target — there are newer firms redefining ecommerce as inherently mobile, social and local. Shopilly is one of those new players and just recently launched its service.
What is Shopilly?
Shopilly is a new service for consumers that brings together offers, deals, and promotions from leading stores and brands in a very attractive, visual and easy-to-use interface. Read more
Product Review | Kinkast Mobile Video Sharing
June 7, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Disclosure: I’m an advisor to KinKast.
It seems of late that mobile video is going (or has gone) mainstream. Distribution of smart phones, higher quality video cameras embedded in those phones and the social phenomena of sharing appears to have hit an inflection point or has reached critical mass. In the wake of this, a plethora of video sharing apps have hit the scene: Viddy, Vlix, Socialcam and KinKast.
Most of the recent video apps seem to be imitating the success that Instagram has had with still pictures – allowing people to share their videos broadly with others (friends and strangers alike).