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The State of the Crowdsourcing Union, 2011

crowdSPRING Blog

The users can search the database and read the reviews about how well businesses accommodate disabled people. Related posts: Three economic trends for 2011 (fueled by startup goodness). Although a young site, with relatively few listings and users, JJ’s List is a great example of a targeted crowd-driven site with a purpose.

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Frameworks Round 5

TechEmpower

Additionally, we have added a new test type focused on writes, wherein a variable number of database updates are executed per request. This test thoroughly punishes the database server to a degree not seen in any of our previous tests. As a result, you''ll notice the other database tests are essentially unchanged versus Round 4.

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When The Mobile Evolution Turns To Revolution

YoungUpstarts

For example, independent bands are becoming more and more adept at building their databases. In 2011, Scott launched Appsbar, the first cost-free tool for anyone of any skill level with a limited budget to develop professional and personalized apps that appear in the largest online marketplaces including iTunes and Android Market.

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When You Should Still Use a Relational Database Instead of NoSQL

www.readwriteweb.com

In a blog post at DBMS2 , database veteran Curt Monash explains when its still best to use a relational database. Monash gives the following use-cases as examples of when a relational database is best: Youre building a low-volume, medium-complexity suite of applications that will evolve over time.

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The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 1)

Software By Rob

After co-hosting MicroConf in early 2011 I was on the prowl for the next big thing. Even through the five day outtage in early 2011, and the semi-regular downtime throughout 2010 and 2011. It was a clean deal as deals go, and at the end of August, 2011 I was the new owner of HitTail. Aaaah yes…the search.

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Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

Gust

Given that 2011 is already behind us, I’d like to take a brief time-out from the usual legal and financial wonkery to wish you and your loved ones a Happy New Year. Building and populating databases of user-supplied information and content (copyright). Developing Web content (both the design and underlying code) (copyright, trademark).

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

CEO hinted to WSJ that it may go public in early 2011. SimpleGeo provides sites with LBS databases and tool sets (such as SpotRank ), while also helping sites warehouse and analyze the large volumes of generated LBS data; all services and data accessible through simple APIs. Note that these are “gross” revenue numbers.

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