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15 Mobile Security Best Practices For SMBs (Or Anyone Else For That Matter)

YoungUpstarts

It’s hardly a stretch in this day and age to say that everyone in the corporate workforce has a mobile device, whether it is company issued or personal. Here are some mobile security best practices that people can easily implement to protect themselves (and their devices): 1. by Don DeBolt, Total Defense, Inc.

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How to Use Frugal Innovation to Grow Your Startup

ReadWriteStart

Mobile banking in developing countries. In addition, mobile banking can lead to more excellent financial stability and empowerment for individuals and communities, helping to reduce inequalities and promote development. The Renault Logan , released in 2004, is a prime example of frugal innovation. The Renault Logan.

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Ted Rheingold Founded Dogster in 2004: Five Questions About Building a Startup, Selling a Startup and Whether SF Is Still a Good Place

Hunter Walker

Dogster launched January 12, 2004 (Happy 12th Birthday Dogster!) By the end of 2004 I had brought on two co-founders: John Vars – who is now the Chief Product Office at TaskRabbit, and Steven Reading took over Sales and Revenue. This was pre-Google images, pre-MySpace/Facebook. I spent 6 months coding and building Dogster myself.

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Their idea is that consumers will want a subscription service for short form entertainment (10-minute programs) for mobile rather than full length movies. Will consumers want to watch short-form mobile entertainment? Think YouTube meets Netflix). It’s an almost $2-billion-dollar bet based on a set of hypotheses.

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Managing Social Media With Fetch Plus

YoungUpstarts

One of the companies that will feature at the upcoming web and mobile technology startup conference Echelon 2011 is Fetch Plus , a social media and mobile application development company. In any case, Vusion didn’t quit work out. In the end, it was too late.&#. “It is funny to think what could have happened.&#.

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Introducing our latest investment: Dwellable, mobile-first vacation rentals

Version One Ventures

He also co-founded Cubeduel, a site that lets you rank your co-workers and Strangeberry, a digital media startup that was acquired by TiVo in 2004. What makes Dwellable different is that it provides the best mobile experience. News Dwellable HomeAway Maveron mobile Urbanspoon Vacation rental VRBO'

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Founding Date: 2004. Mobile Usage: 8% of 2010 query volume (mobile app download growth of 344% YoY). round closed in June 2004. 1.65M extension round closed Nov 2004. Kayak Software Corporation. Filing Date: initial S-1 filed Nov 17, 2010 , updated March 9, 2011. Headquarters: Norwalk, CT & Concord, MA.