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

Austin Startup

Five years ago, the open-source Semantic MediaWiki (SMW) project was started to create software to enable a new type of wiki-based environment based on these principles. The web has gone social and is rapidly going semantic. RDFa, Microdata and Microformats: Gateway Drugs to the Semantic Web.

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Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

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After all, high-quality open source software is free, the cloud makes computer power far less expensive, and anyone with an Internet connection can learn Ruby and CSS. One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

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Roberts talks of social networks as mediums that may very well help your product or name attract VC attention. With integrations to social networks, team members can search for keywords and reply to and import new contacts and their real-time profiles into Bantam Live. Code for America Chooses 20 Developer.

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Native App vs. Web App: Which Is Better for Mobile Commerce?

mashable.com

More Mobile Resources from Mashable: - 4 Free Apps For Discovering Great Content On the Go - 10 Terrific Tilt-Shift iPhone Photos - Mobile Development: 5 Tips for Small Businesses - The 3 Most Effective Approaches to In-App Advertising - HOW TO: Create a Blockbuster Mobile App] Image courtesy of iStockphoto , bezov Print Story Email Story Topics to (..)

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

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In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. It provides the cloud computing services and spam filters that Google soon integrated into Gmail. In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. Open Source Lists. Social Media Lists.

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

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They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. You need to hear this from someone who has used.Net extensively, and then happily walked away from it to go open source: You are a wanker. It’s an *freaking open source*.net

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Startup Tools

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Poplytics – online surveys and analytics AskYourTargetMarket – market research surveys SurveyMonkey - granddaddy of on-line surveys Amazon Mechanical Turk – you can set up a question and get answers PickFu – A/B testing $5 for 50 opinions Collaboration Dropbox – store, sync, and, share files online.