Comments on: Making the iPhone More Social and Viral – We Need a Social Graph http://www.charleshudson.net/making-the-iphone-more-social-and-viral-we-need-a-social-graph?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=making-the-iphone-more-social-and-viral-we-need-a-social-graph This is my personal website for posting my views on the world of technology and gadgets. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nav http://www.charleshudson.net/making-the-iphone-more-social-and-viral-we-need-a-social-graph/comment-page-1#comment-54738 nav Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:32:34 +0000 http://www.charleshudson.net/?p=683#comment-54738 Sure. Sure.

]]> By: chudson http://www.charleshudson.net/making-the-iphone-more-social-and-viral-we-need-a-social-graph/comment-page-1#comment-54737 chudson Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:45:18 +0000 http://www.charleshudson.net/?p=683#comment-54737 Cool, I will check it out. Thanks for the pointer. Cool, I will check it out. Thanks for the pointer.

]]> By: chudson http://www.charleshudson.net/making-the-iphone-more-social-and-viral-we-need-a-social-graph/comment-page-1#comment-54736 chudson Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:38:36 +0000 http://www.charleshudson.net/?p=683#comment-54736 Hi Sachin,<br><br>I'm not sure that a 3rd party could do it unless that third party had huge market share on the iPhone (and by huge I mean 45%+ across its portfolio of applications) or a massive non-iPhone social graph (Facebook). I would hope that Apple would take the initiative and do it - it would lead to a consistent experience. The question is what social graph Apple would use. Would they bootstrap their own? Use the phone book? Partner with someone else? Hi Sachin,

I'm not sure that a 3rd party could do it unless that third party had huge market share on the iPhone (and by huge I mean 45%+ across its portfolio of applications) or a massive non-iPhone social graph (Facebook). I would hope that Apple would take the initiative and do it – it would lead to a consistent experience. The question is what social graph Apple would use. Would they bootstrap their own? Use the phone book? Partner with someone else?

]]> By: Sachin Rekhi http://www.charleshudson.net/making-the-iphone-more-social-and-viral-we-need-a-social-graph/comment-page-1#comment-54735 Sachin Rekhi Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:14:38 +0000 http://www.charleshudson.net/?p=683#comment-54735 I definitely agree there is an opportunity around alternate app discovery and promotion methods, either through an alternate app store or intra-app promotion. Seeing what your friends are adding or getting recommendations based on collaborative filtering (a la <a href="http://amazon.com" rel="nofollow">amazon.com</a>) just makes sense.<br><br>The question is whether this can come from a third party app or has to come from Apple itself. It's difficult to build an app that can know, for example, what apps you have installed. Apple may also be opposed to an alternate app store as they typically want to control the gates to everything. However, such an experience would only drive more app installs and purchases, so hopefully Apple will realize that and allow itencourage it. I definitely agree there is an opportunity around alternate app discovery and promotion methods, either through an alternate app store or intra-app promotion. Seeing what your friends are adding or getting recommendations based on collaborative filtering (a la amazon.com) just makes sense.

The question is whether this can come from a third party app or has to come from Apple itself. It's difficult to build an app that can know, for example, what apps you have installed. Apple may also be opposed to an alternate app store as they typically want to control the gates to everything. However, such an experience would only drive more app installs and purchases, so hopefully Apple will realize that and allow itencourage it.

]]> By: nav http://www.charleshudson.net/making-the-iphone-more-social-and-viral-we-need-a-social-graph/comment-page-1#comment-54734 nav Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:28:22 +0000 http://www.charleshudson.net/?p=683#comment-54734 Not sure if <a href="http://app.spreadmob.com" rel="nofollow">http://app.spreadmob.com</a> fits the bill. Still in beta, but I think the team is thinking in that direction. Not sure if http://app.spreadmob.com fits the bill. Still in beta, but I think the team is thinking in that direction.

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