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Bottoms Up Everyone: A New Economic Revolution Is Upon Us

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Internet commerce technology has unleashed the capabilities of ordinary Americans to take matters into their own hands and craft—often literally—their own livelihoods. They connect buyers and sellers in creative new verticals, helping merchants and non-profits interact with customers or donors. by Bill Clerico, CEO of WePay.

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The Next 10 Years Of Infocomm Technology

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Painting the scenario of how things will evolve, Cort Isernhagen of IDC Insights forecasted at the recent Infocomm Technology Roadmap Symposium 2012 that the ICT landscape over the next 10 years needs to consider four macro trends supported by four key pillars of technology. 1990s to 2000: Infrastructure, Security, Management, etc.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

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Fortunately, the rise of the Internet, and specifically Internet marketplace models, act as accelerants to the productivity benefits of the division of labour AND comparative advantage by reducing information asymmetry and increasing the likelihood of a perfect match with regard to the exchange of goods or services.

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Cracking The Code: Getting through the downturn: a few thoughts.

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. It is also intriguing to see that the market bottom was reached only two years after the start of the decline for the 1929, 1973 and 2000 crises, so we might need another year before the market reaches it lowest point.

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

Last week, I wrote about Akamai , a company with strong network effects that successfully transitioned from a single product to build a platform that garners over a billion dollars in revenue and is now a core part of the Internet’s fabric. Big Data meets travel…in 2000. Magical, really. TripAdvisor’s History: Two Big Pivots.

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How To Make Mobile Convert: The Most Common Mobile Store Mistakes

ConversionXL

About 79% of American households have personal computers, 58% of Americans have smartphones, and 42% have tablets, according to Pew Internet and the US Census Bureau. Not only that but mobile traffic is now 18 times the size of the entire internet traffic from 2000. According to Cisco, Mobile Traffic grew by 81% in 2013.

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Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?

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Update March 2012: See also my expanded critique of Colin Wheildon’s legibility research. Ascenders and are the vertical strokes which rise above the body of a character or x-height. 2000-2001 , Tullis et al., ← How do people find and recognise browser bookmarks? Posted on February 17, 2008 by Alex Poole. Bernard, M.,