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[Singapore][Event] Day 2 Of ad:tech Singapore 2012 Shows Mobile Promise

YoungUpstarts

The second day, however, seemed to hover over one particular aspect of that digital future – mobile. For sure, mobile adoption is growing by leaps and bounds – be it mobile commerce or mobile advertising (Yahoo! billion in 2011 to $6.9 Integrating Mobile Marketing Into Your Overall Business Strategy.

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

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But even more exciting is when I see inflection points of adoption — which is why 2011 was a particularly exhilirating year for me. What We Saw in 2011…. 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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[The Philippines] Harnessing Apps To Tackle Traffic

YoungUpstarts

In Manila, a study by the University of the Philippines National Center for Transportation Study (UP NCTS) last year placed the average annual losses incurred due to traffic congestion in Metro Manila at over P137 billion as of 2011. Sakay.ph , a web- and SMS-based app that gives commuters printable transit directions for.

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The real entrepreneurs of New York City

Startup Lessons Learned

The Winner Snapp school lsm nyc presentation 2011 apr 03 - Lean Startup Machine NYC Patrick : The winners showed discipline in demolishing their initially very strongly held assumptions about teachers and lesson plans -- tremendous learning and creative way to define a "currency" for MVP. Take a look. Co-winner of Best MVP.

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How To Choose A Market For Your Startup Or Small Business

crowdSPRING Blog

The global art market is believed to be about $61 billion (2011). According to a new report from The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF), “The number of art-market transactions in 2011 was 36.8 Let’s illustrate with an example – using a fictional new online marketplace for the purchase and sale of art.

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How The 5G Revolution Emerged And How It Will Give Business A Boost

YoungUpstarts

3G emerged from the growth of the internet during the 1990s , which created a demand for mobile phones that could support both SMS texting and multimedia MMS transmission of image, sound and video files. One economic outgrowth of 3G was the explosion of the mobile app market. 4G: Empowering Mobile Broadband Applications.

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

mashable.com

So, you’re a small or medium-sized business, and you want to build a Facebook, mobile or web app. You don’t need a developer to use App Inventor, and you can create Android applications that use a smartphone’s features, including GPS and SMS. One of the biggest keys to getting great work is being a great client.