Semil Shah
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My Weekly TechCrunch Habit Ends
Over the past three years, every weekend, I sit down with my laptop and write something that eventually becomes a blog post on TechCrunch. Every Sunday, 10am.. → Read More
In Digital Health, Does Nike Have A Path To Victory After Fuelband?
This past week, conflicting reports about Nike leaked, suggesting either big changes or outright abandonment of its high-profile Fuelband line. For those.. → Read More
UberRUSH Raises Three Critical Questions For The Future Of Mobile On-Demand Services
Last week, my column discussed how on-demand mobile services -- Tap Your Phone, Get Stuff -- are ripe for venture capital investment. In the seven days that.. → Read More
Tap Your Phone, Get Stuff (Including Funding)
Earlier this week, Steve Schlafman, an investor with RRE in New York City, created this image about all the various startups that offer consumers the ability.. → Read More
Mobile Platforms, Smartwatches, And Golden Handcuffs
Ask three different smart, knowledgeable people in tech about their views on smartwatches, and you’re bound to receive at least four plausible opinions on.. → Read More
Looking In The Rearview Mirror For Mobile App Inspiration
Every Sunday, I try to write something about mobile that’s relevant today or tomorrow. This week, I thought it would be fun to briefly look back in time... → Read More
How Secret May Uncover A New Secret To Mobile Growth
Greetings from a rainy (but always fun) Austin, TX. As is the case leading up to every SXSW, many wonder what will be the breakout app. As someone who works.. → Read More
The Whatsapp Effect
It’s no secret that many entrepreneurs and investors are seduced by the specter of network effects. Walk around any young company fine-tuning their product.. → Read More
An iPhone Loyalist’s First Few Weeks With Android
A year ago, I wrote a post titled “Silicon Valley Slowly Awakens To Android.” Recently, I purchased a Nexus 5 as we develop and begin the early tests of.. → Read More
How CodePath Trains Developers To Build In A Mobile World
Late in 2013, I stumbled upon two bootstrapped entrepreneurs -- Timothy Lee and Nathan Esquenazi -- who were on very focused, technical, educational mission:.. → Read More
Unpacking Facebook’s Mobile Strategy: Paper, All The Mobile News That’s Fit To Print
In the world of mobile apps, the biggest news from this week was the announcement, by Facebook, of a new app, built by the social network, to read news and.. → Read More
Enterprise Mobility: Devices, Security, Design, And Distribution
Every Sunday for this column, I write on something related to mobile. To date, it’s mostly been about consumer-facing apps, device sensors, user interfaces,.. → Read More
Revisiting Mobile Identity, TouchID And Beyond
About three years ago, Rebekah Cox, an early product designer at Facebook and Quora, tweeted: “The first company to fully execute on embedding your identity.. → Read More
The Automobile As A Consumer Mobile Frontier
I’ve never been to CES before, but it’s hard to escape the flurry of noisy tweet, and headlines. One morsel that managed catch my attention centered.. → Read More
A Passive Yet Potentially Aggressive Mobile App Strategy
Yes, we know...If you’re reading TechCrunch, there’s a great chance we all look at our phones too many times during the day, during meetings, during.. → Read More
How Snapchat Became The Breakout Consumer Product Of 2013
Last year, as 2012 ended, I scanned the early-stage startup landscape and tried to identify one company that was a breakout for the year -- I ultimately.. → Read More
For Holiday Shopping, Mobile Apps Bring Out My Inner Grinch
Every week for this column, I write about something related to mobile technology or apps. It would be only natural, then, for me to devote at least one column.. → Read More
The Shifting Ways In Which We’ll Interact With Mobile Apps
‘Tis the season to reorganize the apps on my iPhone. With iOS 7 and the shift from spotlight search to swipe-down-to-search for apps, I’ve noticed my app.. → Read More
On Mobile, The Location Arrow May Finally Be Pointed In The Right Direction
From time to time on Twitter, I’ll unknowingly dip my toes into contested waters. There are some debates which run deep, like strong ocean currents... → Read More
A Tweet About Mobile That Took On A Life Of Its Own
I’ve been fascinated with mobile startups like Uber and Snapchat, among others -- but not for the standard reasons. Yes, they’re both great products and.. → Read More