The two co-invested in a second fund, Lowercase Industry LP, that Sacca used to initially acquire Twitter shares.
Google's Sacca says even if they get the San Francisco contract, right now they have no intention of putting up networks elsewhere.
Chris Sacca of Google admits that his company has its own motives for taking part and urging change in wireless.
Sacca thinks there could be just as much innovation in the cell phone market if only the wireless company's didn't have to approve.
Sacca says what he's imagining is that people carrying portable wireless devices will be able to use Google to find what they need wherever they are.
In addition, pioneer Tweeters with longstanding Twitter accounts, such as Chris Sacca and Guy Kawasaki, are more apt to have a higher percentage of inactive users.
FORBES: Which Startup Bloggers Have The Most Legitimate Twitter Followers?
Mr. CHRIS SACCA (Google): We think San Francisco can be a great test bed for the development of new applications, services, local advertising, all kinds of really cool community-based services.
Early investors also included Google, which was an early customer, with the help of Chris Sacca, the current venture investor who was at Google at the time.
"What we fear is that in an uncompetitive environment where the carriers control the destination sites that you, the user, chose, you won't have the opportunity to choose us, " Sacca said.
In the case before Sacca, the Division of Taxation and Puccio both stipulated that Puccio had spent 111 days in New York City and 80 in Connecticut and argued over the other days.
FORBES: Celebrity Defense Lawyer Thomas Puccio Loses His Own Tax Case
Mr. SACCA: We recently acquired a small company called dodgeball that allows you to let your buddies and friends of friends in an area know where you are and what you're up to and invite them to come hang out with you.
FORBES: Celebrity Defense Lawyer Thomas Puccio Loses His Own Tax Case
Sacca was an early investor in Uber (along with Path and Kickstarter) because it took a frustrating user experience (not knowing when a cab you called will show up) and used a mobile app to make the whole system more efficient and pleasurable for both rider and driver.
FORBES: State Of Startups: Closing The Loop vs. Opening New Ones
应用推荐