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Pandemic Technology Transformations for Start-up Businesses

The Startup Magazine

Most of us are familiar with their use in the hospitality industry, where pubs, wine bars and restaurants use them to allow people to access their menus on their mobile devices. QR Code technology was first developed in 1994 by a Japanese company called Denso Wave. QR scanners are now being built into most mobile phones as standard.

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Ecommerce: How to Survive its Troughs

ReadWriteStart

Dell – the American multinational computer technology firm had broken the barrier of a million-dollar online sales back in 1994. You can easily integrate this portal with different social media channels. Here, acts such as social media endorsements work best. Social media implants awareness regarding top trends.

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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. Connect on social media. Mobile class newsletters. Keep students updated on what’s happening in class with a QR linked mobile class newsletter. Mobile reminders. Polls and feedback.

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My Talk at MIT: Beyond Finance, Considering Business and Social Impact of Blockchains

thebarefootvc

A couple of weeks ago I spoke at a conference entitled “Business of Blockchains” that the MIT Technology Review and MIT Media Lab organized in Cambridge. As I note in the talk, while we have 6 billion mobile phones in the world, only 29% of women in India are on the internet – connectivity has not solved everything.

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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. How it Works.

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My Talk at MIT: Beyond Finance, Considering Business and Social Impact of Blockchains

thebarefootvc

A couple of weeks ago I spoke at a conference entitled “Business of Blockchains” that the MIT Technology Review and MIT Media Lab organized in Cambridge. As I note in the talk, while we have 6 billion mobile phones in the world, only 29% of women in India are on the internet – connectivity has not solved everything.

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