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How to Choose a Programming Language as a Tech Startup

The Startup Magazine

Whether you’re building the next best home automation system, a revolutionary robotics product, or a new kind of software, the programming language you use to make it happen is the foundation of your work. So, let’s make things a bit easier by running through a primer on choosing the right programming language for your tech startup.

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[Interview] RIM Eyes Southeast Asia’s Developer Scene

YoungUpstarts

During the recent launch of Blackberry 7 OS in Singapore, Research In Motion (RIM) executives had shared that Southeast Asia was a potential hotbed of application developers with whom they were keen to work with. We have partnered with existing developer communities, including academic communities to offer developer days and workshops.

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

YoungUpstarts

There will be an increase of frequent buyer and perk programs to support this movement. Online advertising needs to be targeted and cost-effective, making Facebook’s $50 ad packages a great way to advertise within the social network and direct users to that business’ page. Social media isn’t just for early adopters anymore.

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From Agency to Enterprise Software: The Evolution of Buddy Media

This is going to be BIG.

, but the evidence would suggest that repositioning the company as social enterprise software was a master stroke. Within days of the launch of the Facebook Platform, Buddy Media launched 7 applications that have been highlighted in the application directory, added by more than 300,000 Facebook users and accessed by millions of others.

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Daddy, What Does a Chief Technology Officer Do?

dontbesoanalytical.blogspot.com

Working with the customer organizations, the Director keeps up to date on shifting priorities, changes in product requirements, and new potential opportunities that the developers may need to supply. Consider how firms today confront Web 2.0 – the combination of blogs, wikis, and social networking technologies sprouting up.

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How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development

mashable.com

.&# The Future is Bright Whether it’s through a framework, via an application wrapper or as the basis for a mobile web app, HTML5 is going to continue to be an important driving force for mobile application development. Are you using HTML5 when building mobile apps?

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Bridging the Gap: How Semantic Web can move into the mainstream through SXSW

Austin Startup

Sascha Meinrath (Director of the New America Foundation ’s Open Technology Initiative and Research Director of the Foundation’s Wireless Future Program) – moderator. The web has gone social and is rapidly going semantic. 4) social network anaysis enabled by Annotations and linked data.