Disappointing. There's no discussion of how much they paid, or how they actually got their domain name. From the article, it makes it seem as though they are in a lease to buy situation.
Ironically for a community so adamant about data liberation, there is no way to delete your posts or identity. I am surprised there aren't laws to force site owners to allow users to delete their information.
The last time Blake Ross cloned an app for Zuck was when Facebook Answers came out to compete with Quora. I guess Zuck feels like Snapchat is a threat? I wonder if he tried to buy them.
Blake Ross Clones usually scare people, but they never work out. I don't think Snapchat has much to fear.
French entrepreneurs are upset because they can't get as rich in an exit as they would like, so they protest? And you want the rest of the country to support you in this? Okaaaaay.... This is the sort of greedy childishness that we could do without in the tech business world. If you're in it for hacking cool shit, you're not going to spend this much time thinking about your exit. This is similar to people protesting the tax rate on lottery winnings -- absurd.
Almost all of the gripes people have with Apple Internet services and software involve Cue's products, not Forstall's. But because Cue doesn't have any interest in the top job, and because of his seniority, he ducks blame every time.
At this point, it is a bit sketchy and weird that all of Twitter's execs and board members continue to keep Noah's name out of the picture, especially with all of the press on the matter recently. Especially since Noah has always been such a mellow and humble guy. Avoidance of future lawsuits, I bet.
I have to agree with this. It's obvious these guys are smart and savvy. Couldn't they have come up with a new, brilliant idea instead of a Pokemon clone? I hope this gets acquired so they can spend their 20s doing something more meaningful.