New York: Bill Nguyen, the prolific entrepreneur whose previous company was overtaken by
Apple Inc in 2009, is storming back into business with a new cellphone-based social network
and is all set to cross swords with Facebook.
His latest offering “Color” is a free smartphone-based application which would be featured on.iPhones and Android devices. It will allow people in close proximity to capture and share their
photos, videos and text simultaneously to multiple phones in a jiffy.
As, photos and video-sharing are considered, the most popular activities on Facebook , Color's
founders portend that the always-on mobile nature of Color will give birth to a different kind
of 'post-PC' social network. Nguyen said social networks and apps have created a considerable
gulf between users and the traditional PC-based Web, many users were hooked on to before.
"This swivel to post-PC world will be of huge significance” Nguyen surmised.
Nguyen, who sold online music start-up Lala to Apple for an exorbitant $80 million, worked
with the iPhone maker for just under a year.
Color is a free service which doesnÂ’t involve the usage of any user names or passwords but
Nguyen and his team are counting on advertising and location-based marketing services, to
generate revenue.
People have woken up to the innumerable possibilities of bringing out the best of social network
with devices like the iPhone. With color, users can pull off several new things that are
practically impossible to accomplish on a PC
The company is willing to pour in monitory resources to get the companyÂ’s graph high on
development and will go beyond any end to get its infrastructure sound and sturdy.
Color recently took DJ Patil on board, the chief scientist of business social network LinkedIn.
Patil gave his nod to Color for joining the company as its new chief data officer. He will play his
role in helping color, analyze the vast amount of data it anticipates as users of the network move
from location to location.
Given, Nguyen track record of not owing a company for a longer span of time. There is a
possibility that he will put his 8th start-up (color) for sale as well.
Apple Inc in 2009, is storming back into business with a new cellphone-based social network
and is all set to cross swords with Facebook.
His latest offering “Color” is a free smartphone-based application which would be featured on.iPhones and Android devices. It will allow people in close proximity to capture and share their
photos, videos and text simultaneously to multiple phones in a jiffy.
As, photos and video-sharing are considered, the most popular activities on Facebook , Color's
founders portend that the always-on mobile nature of Color will give birth to a different kind
of 'post-PC' social network. Nguyen said social networks and apps have created a considerable
gulf between users and the traditional PC-based Web, many users were hooked on to before.
"This swivel to post-PC world will be of huge significance” Nguyen surmised.
Nguyen, who sold online music start-up Lala to Apple for an exorbitant $80 million, worked
with the iPhone maker for just under a year.
Color is a free service which doesnÂ’t involve the usage of any user names or passwords but
Nguyen and his team are counting on advertising and location-based marketing services, to
generate revenue.
People have woken up to the innumerable possibilities of bringing out the best of social network
with devices like the iPhone. With color, users can pull off several new things that are
practically impossible to accomplish on a PC
The company is willing to pour in monitory resources to get the companyÂ’s graph high on
development and will go beyond any end to get its infrastructure sound and sturdy.
Color recently took DJ Patil on board, the chief scientist of business social network LinkedIn.
Patil gave his nod to Color for joining the company as its new chief data officer. He will play his
role in helping color, analyze the vast amount of data it anticipates as users of the network move
from location to location.
Given, Nguyen track record of not owing a company for a longer span of time. There is a
possibility that he will put his 8th start-up (color) for sale as well.
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