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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. Aziz: RIM has over 300,000 registered developers globally.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

They need a combination of capital and experience to separate from the rest of the pack – the low cost of starting a business means it is even more vital to become the market leader more quickly. Look at the rapid adoption of Groupon, LivingSocial or Instagram as proof of how rapidly businesses can grow through viral means.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

oz burgers as fast as possible, and commit the rest of your career to an endless series of McDonalds menus. But just to clarify a couple points, 24-hours into the storm: Yes,NET developers are great at what they do. It’s the most modern platform for application development on the planet. March 26, 2011 at 3:38 am.

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Design for Startups: The Aesthetics of Web Apps in 6 Questions

www.readwriteweb.com

"There are rare cases where an apps mind-blowing functionality can override any other concerns but otherwise users tend to make a decision about an applications usefulness to them within the first few moments of using it. The landing page for Bonds viral, social game, Spymaster. Aesthetics play a major part in that decision."

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