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Ecommerce: How to Survive its Troughs

ReadWriteStart

For most online vendors, this new revenue model was a significant change in the way brands set advertising campaigns. Dell – the American multinational computer technology firm had broken the barrier of a million-dollar online sales back in 1994.

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50 Great Ways To Use QR Codes In The College Classroom

YoungUpstarts

That was 1994, and now, almost 20 years later, QR code technology is experiencing a revival — but not in the automotive industry. Mobile class newsletters. Keep students updated on what’s happening in class with a QR linked mobile class newsletter. Mobile reminders. Advertise new classes. Polls and feedback.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. In India, two female journalists launched a mobile app to allow women to report harrassment and abuse, an issue in their hometown of Delhi and throughout the world.

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3 Ways Technology Is Changing Small Business Lending

YoungUpstarts

In 1994 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said, “retail banks are dinosaurs, they can be bypassed,” in a Newsweek interview. Consumers can now conduct a wide variety of bank-related transactions from the comfort of their computers, tablets and mobile devices. by Jake Dacillo, Marketing Director, Balboa Capital.

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. Three revolutionaries will replace the current IT dictators: Cloud , Mobile and Social. Then Apple introduced the iPhone, leading to a revolution in full-blown computing devices that were completely mobile.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Disruptors

Hearpreneur

It is truly a wonder when you start thinking about the massive scale that Amazon works at and how far the company has come along since 1994. Their firm wreaked havoc on the music (iPod), mobile phone (iPhone), and retailing industries (branded company stores). Thanks to Adam Crossling, Zenzero ! #7- 7- Netflix. Photo Credit: Teo Vanyo.

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. Three revolutionaries will replace the current IT dictators: Cloud , Mobile and Social. Then Apple introduced the iPhone, leading to a revolution in full-blown computing devices that were completely mobile.

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