TechPath Talk: Not Only Can You Text Friends, You Can Text Any Business In The U.S.The gorgeous social network Path is spinning off a messaging app that can text, not just your friends, but every business in the U.S.
Co.DesignPath 3.0 Bets That Paying Customers Are HappierStickers for purchase? Paid subscriptions? Path 3 wants to add value by charging you for it.
TechCan Stickers Help Path Finally Stick?The newest version of the social networking app features custom-designed virtual stickers for $1.99 a pack. Cofounder Dave Morin explains why he thinks they’ll have, um, sticking power.
TechPath Gets Hit With $800,000 Fine In FTC Privacy SettlementThe intimate social networking app got slammed with FTC allegations that it collected personal data without users’ permission, including from children without parental consent.
TechPath’s New Search Engine Is A Social Time Machine“One thing we’ve heard a lot from our users is that they’d really like to relive their old moments,” says Nate Johnson, Path’s VP of marketing. “That need for nostalgia–it’s an innate human trait.”
TechWant Me Get Me Gets You The VIP Treatment In Any HotelThe online travel startup takes lower commission on hotel bookings to bring members VIP perks at swanky digs.
Fast Company MagazineOn The Right PathThe success of Path’s redesign skyrockets downloads to $1.5 million.
TechHow Google+ And Other “Little Versions Of Facebook” Solve Social Media’s “Big” ProblemGoogle+ guru Bradley Horowitz, Path’s Dave Morin, and GroupMe’s Jared Hecht talk to Fast Company about “the biggest problem in social networking”–grouping the right friends in the right ways.
Fast Company MagazineA Former Facebooker Forges A New Path (App)How Dave Morin decided to launch a new, more personal network.
TechThe 10 Most Creative People in the Web Business 1. Reed Hastings, Chief Executive Officer, Netflix Reed Hastings could have stuck with his first breakthrough idea–Netflix recently mailed its 2-billionth DVD. Instead, he’s swiftly embraced streaming online and direct to TV via Netflix-ready devices made by LG, Samsung, Microsoft, and others. So far, it seems to be working: Netflix’s stock price has doubled since last November, reaching record highs.
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