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2012 Will Be The Year Of The Empowered Merchant, says Schedulicty

YoungUpstarts

Small businesses move to the cloud. The ability to self-publish quickly via the cloud is moving businesses out of traditional media. According to a survey by Aberdeen Group , almost 40 percent of small business have adopted cloud computing. 2012, the year of Creativity. 2012 begins the Year of the “Digital Coupon Book.”.

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Picking the Most Important Features & APIs for Your Mobile App

ReadWriteStart

Earlier this summer, we posed the question of whether or not native mobile applications would eventually be made obsolete by the mobile Web. The survey, conducted by Appcelerator and the International Data Corporation (IDC), found that of nearly 2,000 developer responses, 91% of them felt a native experience is key to their app's success.

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Why Native Apps May Not Be Our Mobile Future

YoungUpstarts

Mobile websites on the other hand are accessible across all platforms and browsers, meaning you only need to design and develop one technology. This is why many app developers are beginning to lean toward utilizing HTML5 to create mobile web-based apps that use cloud technology.

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22 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Companies They Admire Most For Innovation

Hearpreneur

It ended the year with a collaboration that allows businesses to take Alipay payments and a TikTok plugin that allows them to make shoppable advertisements, I believe. I admire Aurora Solar for its ability to use cloud computing technology to create innovative clean energy solutions. Thanks to Herman Hibbert, Leaf Gutter Guards ! #4-

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

Three revolutionaries will replace the current IT dictators: Cloud , Mobile and Social. While the cloud concepts first emerged in the late 1990s, the technology only recently matured to the point where it is poised to break the chains of handcrafted infrastructure and enterprise application software. How will the CIO do this?

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Rob Go

Topics have included “Leveraging Pinterest”, “Mobile Commerce”, and “Facebook Advertising”. Entrepreneurial Development Firms. Thoughtbot - Web application development and design. Belmont Technologies – CAD in the Cloud (backed by Northbridge and NEA). Bocoup Loft - Coworking and events. Ruby specialists.

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The CEO’s CEO

Ben's Blog

If you start out building automobiles, you won’t likely pivot over to become an online advertising network. The transition from today’s web back-end architectures to tomorrow’s cloud computing will result in profound benefits. Over time, every existing application will be rewritten to take advantage of the cloud and these benefits.