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ARCTICSTARTUP | THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012 Latvian Address Book App Cobook Hits 1.0 In the next Cobook update, the team tells us they are bringing in solid and reliable Google Contact sync, Xing integration, as well as a mobile app. Cobook , the address book for Mac, has now officially launched their 1.0 version in the app store. Now the Latvian team tells us that in addition to their 1.0 -
ARCTICSTARTUP | THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012 ZTE Partners With Finnish Rightware To Improve Their UI On Mobile Devices ZTE is one of the world's largest device manufacturers and service providers to the mobile industry. In Q4 of 2011, ZTE became the fourth largest handset maker with 4,9% global market share. Today, ZTE and Rightware are announcing a partnership where by ZTE licenses Rightware's Kanzi UI solution to their new range of Android smartphones. -
YOUNGUPSTARTS | THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012 Denventory.com: Keeping Track Of What You Own Inventory tracking and management apps are not new; there are even mobile-based apps that allow you to track inventories from your iPad, for example. synchronous mobile application is already in development,” he adds. Basic use of the application is free, although there are premium paid options for additional, improved features. -
YOUNGUPSTARTS | THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012 [Singapore] 2011: The Year Mobile Commerce Took Off Singapore, as one of the most wired countries and a smartphone penetration rate at 70-percent, is uniquely positioned to embrace mobile commerce, asserts Elias Ghanem, managing director of PayPal Southeast Asia and India. Things are different for mobile commerce. Singapore’s online commerce market to grow to a projected S$4.4 -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2012 It’s Morning in Venture Capital hours per day on average, and that’s excluding the other 13 hours a day where we have our mobile devices, our connected TVs, our iPads and Kindles and soon our cars connected to the web. Mobility really changes everything. According to Google data 30% of all restaurant searches now come via mobile devices. And the future?
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YOUNGUPSTARTS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2012 The New Networking: Ultimate LinkedIn Guide For 2012 Grads Beepmo : Using this GPS-enabled mobile app, you can discover new connections based on where you’re located, making finding new people “as easy as checking into Foursquare.”. Today, we’re exploring LinkedIn for new grads. Use it : Too often, students and recent grads shy away from LinkedIn, preferring to use Facebook or Twitter instead. -
YOUNGUPSTARTS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2012 Online Gaming, Mobile Entertainment And The Land Of Opportunity In Video Game Design Online Gaming, Mobile Entertainment and the Video Game Design Boon. Meanwhile, mobile gaming on smart devices – an industry worth $33 billion – is a field swelling with potential for designers. Mobile Gaming. What makes mobile games so appealing is that they don’t require an outlet, a controller, or a rulebook. -
FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2012 The Hack That Helped Launch a Company Start-up Voyager Mobile got hacked--and wound up tripling the media attention for its launch. Consider Voyager Mobile , the new start-up that's reselling service on the Sprint mobile network, and getting lots of attention for three reasons. Sometimes being attacked by a cybercriminal might be a blessing in disguise. he says. -
AUSTIN STARTUP | TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012 Sailpoint Continues Growth, Acquires CloudMasons As part of the company’s accelerated investment in cloud identity solutions, SailPoint announced that in January it acquired Cloudmasons, a developer of cloud and mobile access management solutions. In the last six months, the company has added dozens of Global 1000 customers, including three of the United States’ 10 largest companies. -
AUSTIN STARTUP | TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012 Flash Valet Launches Mobile App Continue reading → Mobile austin flash valetEvery driver has wanted to drop their car off with the valet on a night out but couldn’t because they didn’t have any cash. And every business owner has wanted to know what the night’s business looked like in real time without waiting for a lengthy report to be produced the next day. -
CROWDSPRING BLOG | TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012 Are Facebook Investors Playing Russian Roulette? While there’s some hope in mobile advertising (Facebook has so far not monetized mobile), that too doesn’t justify a $100 billion valuation. Estimated mobile display spend in the U.S. Facebook stock is trading at 57 times projected earnings (compared to 14 for Google and 12 for Apple). Here’s why. -
New App Aims to Reinvent the Phone Call Mobile phones have become slimmer, lighter, and laden with features. As mobile devices have evolved to become smaller, thinner, and increasingly feature-laden, the way you conduct a voice call has pretty much stayed the same since phones were plugged into walls. Mobile start-up Sidecar claims that's about to change. -
ARCTICSTARTUP | TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012 Restaurant Day A Nice Addition To Startup Culture The website and mobile app , designed by Futurice and Nebula , made finding restaurants easy and accessible. In particular I was pleased with the mobile app just by the spontaneity it provided. It's the little things that add up to a regional culture of entrepreneurship. Restaurant Day is not without its digital tools. -
ARCTICSTARTUP | TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012 BetterDoctor Brings Logic And Simplicity To Finding A New Doctor BetterDoctor is also available as a mobile app, which I was curious about because searching for a doctor is a process that I imagine most people would sit down for. To many people mobile/tablet is becoming the leisure time computing device that they use when at home. The mobile focus helps BetterDoctor to acquire new users. -
CHRIS DIXON | MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 Four types of mobile apps If you are a founder trying to create a new mobile app or an investor trying decide whether an app has enduring value, it is helpful to separate the ways that people use apps into four categories. Time wasters : Apps that can be used for short bursts when you are waiting in line, etc. The most popular time wasters are games. startups -
AUSTIN STARTUP | MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 Startup Showdown A Welcome Addition To ATC’s Second CEO Summit We captured some tweets along with commentary and have more coverage planned this week, so stay … Continue reading → Consumer Digital Enterprise Events Mobile Music ATC austin+technology+council Ben Dyer Schneider Electric -
UP AND RUNNING | MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 Free Webinar: Learn to Drive More Sales Get Online and On the Go: Take advantage of mobile use to drive on the go folks to your business. National Small Business Week kicked off yesterday with a three-day educational and networking event in Washington, D.C., recognizing the accomplishments and contributions of small businesses across the country. Central time). Business Planning -
MARK BIRCH | MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 Quit Kindergarten, Usher in Telepathy 2.0, and Other Disturbances of the Interwebs Web Died, Mobile Is Dying, Long Live Telepathy – Let this day be declared the moment mobile got disrupted out of existence. Already, the web is dead , mobile web got shanked in a prison brawl and it is only a matter of time till mobile apps get the same end. It is yet again time for some Memebusters , Internet style. -
6 Ways to Give Back Ripert and his staff do cooking demos at City Harvest's mobile market. Success isn't just a reward; it's a responsibility. Celebrity chef Eric Ripert shares six ways any business can make a difference by giving back. To a remarkable entrepreneur , success is not only a reward—it's a responsibility. Here are his tips: 1. Teach. -
Big Data Saved My Company (and Gave Me a Second Shot at Google) Turn's "media platform" then helps the client create marketing campaigns based on the data and deploys ads across video, Web, and mobile apps. Using data, Turn is revolutionizing the way marketers advertise. In the process, it has to head off Google. I call it the 'burn the boat' speech," Demas recalls. The start-up enjoyed moderate success. -
YOUNGUPSTARTS | MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 15 Famous Companies That Started As Something Much Different But in the 1990s, Nokia pared down to simply focus on telecommunications, including networking equipment, personal computers, IT equipment, and the product they are most famous for today, mobile phones. Simply put, smart businesses tend to follow the money, and sometimes that means growing into a business the founders hadn’t ever imagined. - 7 Email Marketing Mistakes NOT to Make
DON'T overlook mobile. We all know that mobile is penetrating every walk of life. Use your analytics tools to figure out how many mobile subscribers you have, and always consider mobile devices when building your emails. We've sent more than 1.5 billion emails since launching five years ago. We've sent more than 1.5 -
ARCTICSTARTUP | MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 Win A Free Ticket To Arctic15 At ArcticEvening Copenhagen PayPal enables your business to accept credit card, debit card and PayPal payments from customers shopping online or on their mobile. PayPal can be added as an additional payment option on your website or can be integrated as your complete online payment solution, either way integration is quick, simple and mobile supported. Sponsors. -
YOUNGUPSTARTS | SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2012 [Singapore][Event] UNWIRED 2012 The future of mobile cloud services for consumers and corporates, 2. Smarter networks for a smoother mobile experience, and. Events & Happenings 2012 conference event mobile communications mobile technology Singapore telecommunications UnwiredKey topics include: 1. You can sign up here. -
FELD THOUGHTS | SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2012 Never Give Up, Never Surrender founded MoveableCode back in 2009, initially to do some mobile Augmented Reality research on a National Science Foundation SBIR grant. Two years later, we are all about innovative mobile entertainment. Today’s post is a guest post from my friend Nicholas Napp. Go check out the campaign and support him if you are interested. -
5 Traits Remote Employees Must Have And even if all your employees work in established locations, the odds are most occasionally access data and mange tasks and projects outside the office on mobile devices. Web and mobile connectivity makes it easier to connect with remote employees, yet also makes it harder and less certain. What are they doing, anyway?) Constantly. -
ARCTICSTARTUP | FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012 F-F-F-Friday Wrap Up Mobile Software Developer - HyperIn. It's Friday! Here's what you've come to expect, a weekly rundown of news, events, and jobs. Top image is of Ikea adding apps to its new home theater system. It's Ikea's world, we're just living in it. Lots of good reads in there, and it puts this humble list to shame. Updated on Mondays. Foodie.fm Events. -
ARCTICSTARTUP | FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012 Walkbase Releases Tweagle, A Twitter Client Built On Location Walkbase's technology allows each tweet made through Tweagle to be tied to a location on a room level, rather than the fuzzy estimate used in most of today's mobile positioning technology. Walkbase , has released Tweagle , a new product taking advantage of the company's advanced indoor positioning API. The app has some unique features. -
Rdio: Great Music, for a Price An additional $5 monthly fee applies to listen to music on the go with Rdio's iPhone, Android, Blackberry, and Windows 7 smartphone mobile apps. The founders of Skype and Kazaa have moved onto their next digital venture: Rdio, a streaming music service. Will listeners subscribe? Consumers are not accustomed to paying for online content. -
Page Speed: Why It’s a Big Tool in Your Page Ranking Mobile-friendliness. By now, you’ve heard of the importance of SEO for business owners. Get a high page rank, and your business can be easily found on search engines sites, especially the mammoth, Google. But have you heard the new ways Google is deciding these search engine rankings? It’s not all about link-building. -
ARCTICSTARTUP | FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012 Metrify To Provide Scalable Insights & Actions For Games The mobile gaming is doubling roughly every two years, and nearly 60% of all mobile gaming revenues comes from in-app purchases. Metrify will be running a pilot with "one of the largest mobile gaming companies" this August, and plans to have their first pilot product ready at the end of the year. -
READWRITESTART | THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012 The Most Sought-After Silicon Valley Startups for Engineers And then there are Box.net , Pinterest and Square , the mobile payment processor. On LinkedIn's blog today is a post about the top 10 most sought-after engineering startups in Silicon Valley. And no, Facebook and Google didn't make the cut because this was a list of companies with fewer than 500 employees. Pinterest was number 6.) Analysis -
Get Ready for the Facebook Exodus Two years ago, Dilip Venkatachari left his job at Google as head of mobile to start a social media advertising technology company called Compass Labs. As Facebook becomes a public company, it's making thousands of employees wealthy enough to bolt. The upside: They're ambitious, entrepreneurial, and ready to start their own companies. -
YOUNGUPSTARTS | THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012 Super Diet Genius – Dieting, Yes, There Are Apps For That And unsurprisingly, many enterprising developers have leapt to aid the calorie counters and celery stick nibblers among us with a myriad of dieting and weight management mobile applications. Ideaspotting Barracuda Partners diet planning Intelli-Diet mobile applications Super Diet Genius weight loss weight management -
READWRITESTART | THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012 Can the Go Daddy Girls Convince You They're Serious? Although Adelman says it kept growing through the recession, the reason for the push could be the gradual move to mobile apps instead of websites, a transition that threatens Go Daddy’s core business. Go Daddy wants to be known for more than domain names and racy Superbowl ads. But can it really have it both ways? Servers or Celebrities? -
YOUNGUPSTARTS | THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012 [Singapore] PayPal Unveils Mobile Commerce Solution For Businesses According to a study conducted by market research company Nielsen , Singapore can expect to see explosive growth for mobile shopping – that is, consumers buying products and services off their mobile phones – rising exponentially from S$328 million last year to a projected S$3.1 -
47 HATS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012 6 reasons to use Asana to build your startup. Finally, did I mention Asana is blindingly fast, super elegant, has web, mobile and iOS interfaces and is free forever for up to 30 people in one organization ? So you want to successfully build your startup and that means building systems that get all sorts of work done. If you’re bootstrapping, you are that person. Twitter. LinkedIn. -
NIALL KENNEDY'S BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012 Nielsen U.S. smartphone statistics MobileResearch firm Nielsen released updated statistics on smartphone application usage in the United States. There are a combined 84 million Android and iOS users in the United States. The average user spends an average of 39 minutes inside one of their 41 smartphone applications each day. -
FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012 6 Tips to Boost Your Web Presence If you built your website a few years ago it's time for an update, if for no other reason than the fact that usage patterns have changed dramatically: The number of mobile Internet users is expected to surpass the number of desktop users in the next two to three years. Go ahead: Check out a few sites on your mobile phone. -
FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012 Facebook Predictions: 6 Things to Know Now believe that Facebook will look to increase revenue by growing its user base, showing more ads, creating more engaging ad units, monetizing mobile and launching an ad network. That is the reason we do not yet see ads on mobile devices today. So mobile advertising is not the answer. Here's what I think is coming next. billion. -
MARK BIRCH | WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012 “Minimum Viable Personality” by @FAKEGRIMLOCK As I. Just look at the debacle that is the Flickr mobile app compared with something like Instagram. tech startups bacon bread passion consumer web mobile FAKEGRIMLOCK“ Minimum Viable Personality ” by @FAKEGRIMLOCK. As I look at more products from tech startups, this picture from a guest post on AVC from last year comes to mind. Need proof? -
VENTURE CHRONICLES | WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012 Sapphire 2012 Snabe laid out the major tech themes for SAP, which I will sum up as Data (Hana), Mobile, and Cloud. And all mobile. I have been in Orlando for the Sapphire event and while I missed day 1 I did take in the full experience yesterday. With no particular narrative here is a summary of thoughts I collected. over to fill the gap?). -
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ARCTICSTARTUP | WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012 Tekes Tempo The Right Pace For Tellyo In their own worlds, they're a market-oriented mobile services project designed to encourage growth-seeking companies to quickly reach the top of their field. Tellyo is an application and a small hardware device that converts "second screens" like mobile phones or tablets into smart TV remotes. People Hear it from startups. -
YOUNGUPSTARTS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012 15 Secrets Of The Most Successful Self-Learners Go mobile. For many curious folks, their impassioned yearning to soak up as much of the world’s wonders as possible completely transcends the boundaries of a traditional classroom. Not every possible technique will necessarily stick with all self-motivated learners, of course, but the only way to find out is to test them. Library membership. -
DUCT TAPE MARKETING | WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012 5 Reasons Why Landing Pages Are a Must One of the best ways to get your site to rank higher when people search locally and on mobile devices is to have lots of local content. Online marketers have used the term “landing page” for many years to describe a sales tactic focused on getting people to take one, specific action. Example of a personalized lead capture landing page. -
FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012 Hot Industry: IT Consulting IT consulting has become a booming industry as businesses transition into an era of mobile and cloud-based computing. Companies are rapidly phasing out antiquated hardware and software, ridding their offices of old desktops and replacing them with mobile, cloud-enabled devices that allow employees to work from anywhere, at any time. -
FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012 Best Industries 2012 Get in where it's hot--in industries such as water, restaurants, mobile games, and e-commerce. Our annual list features mobile games, pet care, big data, environmental consulting and more. Web Companies VCs Love Right Now 5 Ways to Make Money from Mobile Games Hot Dog: 7 Best Businesses for Pet Care -
FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012 11 Best Business Opportunities for 2012 Industries such as residential construction, mobile games, and big data will provide the best business opportunities in 2012. ” But it's the mobile and social gaming industry that is projected to show the highest growth over the next five years. What those broader forces reveal: Now is a great time to get in the game. last year. - Bootstrapping
With all the talk of massive amounts of cash sloshing around the web/mobile startup ecosystem (including things I've said recently), you would think that nobody bootstraps anymore. But that is not true at all. Last week my partner Albert blogged about our most recent investment in Behance. to generate the income to build Behance. -
CROWDSPRING BLOG | TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012 Small Business Spotlight of the Week: AppMonsta If you and/or your company are in the process of developing a mobile app, look no further than this company. With more and more attention on this burgeoning app eco-system, there is a rising need for data to inform decisions in the mobile space. I was recently blessed with an iPhone and have fallen into the world of apps. -
CHRIS DIXON | TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012 Facebook’s business model And can they do that in an increasingly mobile world where display ads have been even less effective.) Startups usually succeed because of a single major product or business innovation. Google is unusual in that they succeeded because of two major innovations: their core search product, and their keyword advertising business model. startups - On the Facebook IPO
Fatigue, competitors, legal issues, lack of real ads progress on mobile, the higher proportion of Facebook users from mobile devices, advertising effectiveness , etc. Lots of thoughts on this. let me try to be brief. I am a marketer and practitioner, not an investment professional. . The Facebook IPO is the apex of this cycle. Woohoo! -
MARK BIRCH | TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012 University of You Upward social and economic mobility was a pipedream, and most simply accepted their station in life. Yesterday, I saw the words University of You in a Hacker News thread and it sparked what I think it the biggest question facing our society. This might sound somewhat Darwinian, but it was not so long ago that you had to fend for yourself. - Smart Bear Live 4: Nick from PinfoB.com at AZ Disruptors
And so, I guess PinfoB is something that locates where all those things are so that when drivers are going around making their deliveries like UPS, but also other guys, they know where to go, they’ve got it on their mobile devices and it optimizes their routes. We’re back in gear with the podcast! We’ll be more regular now. -
ARCTICSTARTUP | TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012 Finnish Industry Investment Commits €7.5 Million To Creandum III Fund The fund's focus is on consumer ventures with internet and mobile technologies, as well as on software and hardware investments. Finnish Industry Investment , the government owned investment company, has committed €7.5 million to the new Creandum III fund, which has not been officially closed. The fund has already raised 92.5 -
The GeoEdge Worldwide Internet Proxy Network The Mobile Device Emulator. Geographical location is certainly important for all sorts of web professionals, but there is an increasingly pronounced focus on mobile. Using the same toolbar or extension, you are able to emulate a range of mobile devices. The world wide web, by its very definition, spans the entire world. - How I Found a Niche to Grow My Company
During this time, the company expanded its digital platforms, and focused on "print, events, web, mobile and social media channels." 5000 Applicant of the Week EC Hispanic Media found a perfect niche audience for its portfolio of media platforms. Here's how. As applications for the 2012 Inc. For more information and to apply, click here.) -
VENTUREWOODS | MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012 Walk down Silicon Alley… Previously where finance used to dominate all conversations, now its about ad tech, social/mobile and Pinterest clones. VC’s Last week I had the opportunity to spend time with startups and tech companies in New York, aka Silicon Alley. The excitement in the startup and venture circles in the city was impressive. -
ARCTICSTARTUP | MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012 Ringi Seeks To Change Phone Calls By Adding Context If you think about the history of mobile calls, for the past 40 years phone calls have not changed at all," Soininen explains. 10-12 billion mobile calls are made daily but there's very little information transferred. If you were to invent the concept of a phone call today, would it look the same as it does right now? -
ARCTICSTARTUP | MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012 Nokia & Windows' Appcampus At Aalto University Now Accepting Applications The program is looking to fund unique, innovative and high impact mobile applications that utilize Windows Phone and Nokia platforms. Projects admitted to the program will receive 30% upfront, with the rest being transferred once the project is certified and launched in the Windows Mobile Marketplace, and/or the Nokia Store. -
ARCTICSTARTUP | MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012 Project Getaway Invites Entrepreneurs To Bali Last year we introduced the Mobile Luxury App, which is an IPhone app with which you can order fresh fruit juices, tea/coffee, snacks, haircuts and even massages. I'm sure many readers of ArcticStartup wish their regional startup news source was called TropicalStartup instead, but at least it's getting to be summer. Enter Project Getaway. -
ARCTICSTARTUP | SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2012 Fast Lane Launches Online Commercial Real Estate Service The site provides news, events, market data, business tools and updates related to Internet, e-commerce, mobile and telecoms, digital TV and satellite systems, software and hardware innovation. Fast Lane Ventures, the Moscow-based serial startup developer, has launched an online service called Kommerstate.ru Kommerstate.ru Kommerstate.ru -
YOUNGUPSTARTS | SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2012 [Singapore] Newstead Technologies On Retail Evelyn shares that Newstead Technologies saw early that mobile gadgets such as notebooks and tablets were gaining in popularity over the past few years, and spotted the growing consumer demand for accessories to customize their mobile devices, which led to their idea for Digital Style concept stores. Picking Strategic Locations. -
Tennessee Innovation, Gonzeaux #6 – Persistence Personifies Nashville If you had to predict where the dominant provider of mobile apps for big players like the New York Times, TED, Fox News, CBS, and Showtime (partial list) you’d guess the silicon valley, I know I would. How Mercury got into mobile apps is a story of simply responding to customer needs; Tallent started by doing pop-up ads. -
ARCTICSTARTUP | FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012 The Friday Wrap-Up ShadowCities is a location-based mobile MMORPG built by Helsinki's Grey Area Labs. Well hello Friday. Here's your weekly dosage of local startup news, events, and jobs that we came across. Top image is of Garage48's new space in Tallinn. It looks like a really cool environment, see more pictures of the space here. Will follow up. Hey ladies. -
ANDREW PAYNE | FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012 Concentration of Returns For many Internet software and mobile investments, I think this is a symptom of the “ gorilla ecosystem ” that I’ve written about. I thought it was very interesting that 9 (!) Early angel investors will get a nearly 10,000X return on their money. That pays for a lot of writeoffs. - Go Mobile: 6 Baby Steps
Sure, "mobile marketing" sounds intimidating. You can't talk about digital marketing–or even social media–without acknowledging the growing importance of mobile. New stats about mobile's gains and innovations make the press almost daily now. Essentially, this means you'd better get your business mobile-ready. -
10 Time-Saving Apps for Moms In January, Net Nanny release a mobile version for Android devices that provides the same protection for kids on the go; it runs $19.99 Ruckus Reader This learning program for the iPad is a library of mobile apps that provide digital storybooks, narrated video books, as well as other literary activities for kids. Coming soon to mobile. -
SEEING BOTH SIDES | FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012 Hey Graduates: Forget Plastics - It's All About Machine Learning The company uses a big data approach to determine what the particular advertisement should be for the particular user at that particular moment across all digital channels - display, mobile, video and social. "Tell me, what would you do if you had 1,000 times more data?". -
BUSINESS OF SOFTWARE BLOG | THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012 Rory Sutherland talk & transcript from Business of Software 2011: Watch, laugh, learn. It was like the pager to the mobile phone of air travel. Rory Sutherland took on an interesting challenge at Business of Software last year – how do you make advertising and marketing make sense to a roomful of very bright software entrepreneurs, many of whom have a natural aversion to all things marketing? Laughter]. Laughter]. -
WWW.READWRITEWEB.COM | THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012 Bye, Bye Waterfall: 5 Steps to Implement Responsive Web Design Gone are the days of creating entirely separate websites in parallel desktop and mobile versions. Once implemented, your site will render properly on desktops, mobile devices and tablets. They can go from three columns to two, and perhaps scale down into a single column for the smallest displays (mobile smartphones). mobile. -
WWW.READWRITEWEB.COM | THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012 The App is Dead (OK Not Really, But The Browser Is Back) Mobile. SAY Medias Alex Schleifer is the lead designer for ReadWriteWebs re-design (currently in process) and his quote above captures why mobile websites are enjoying a renaissance. Previously, mobile websites were minimalist and often painful to use. Apps , Browsers , HTML5 , Mobile , Mobile. mobile. -
YOUNGUPSTARTS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2012 HP Officejet 150 Mobile AIO Printer Lets You Print On-The-Go Information technology giant HP earlier this week introduced an entirely new range of imaging and printing products, services and solutions for the Asia Pacific market; hidden amongst the 15 announced was a mobile all-in-one printer that may just answer the needs of many small businesses. -
STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2012 A new field guide for entrepreneurs of all stripes You can build a mobile app for senior citizens, launch a Facebook campaign targeting Fortune 100 CEOs, or charge $25 for a food cart hamburger if you’d like, but the mismatch between product, tactic, pricing and segment might delay that Hawaiian vacation you’ve been planning. Illustrations by FAKEGRIMLOCK. You can pre-order it starting today. -
StumbleUpon CEO Steps Down We've released new mobile applications and relaunched our ad system. As Garrett Camp announces he'll be leaving daily duties at the company he built, sold, bought back, and ran for a decade, Inc. looks back at how he did it. Camp is also founder and chairman of private car-for-hire start-up Uber. Also, check out a 2010 Inc. -
ARCTICSTARTUP | TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012 Mobile Backstage Grabs €1 Million, Opens Office In San Francisco Helsinki-based Mobile Backstage has secured a €1 million bridge financing round. Early on the service was focused purely on mobile platforms, although it has shifted to also include Facebook and web platforms. Last year the company logged 93 million mobile pageviews from 30 bands. Nowadays its totally different. -
YOUNGUPSTARTS | TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012 Burpple Enables Social Sharing Of Food Experiences Social food journal Burpple officially launched earlier this week: the iOS application – currently available on the App Store for free – is positioned as a way to remember, organize and explore your food moments with friends on the mobile phone. But if Singapore-based Burpple sounds similar to Foodspotting , it does. -
YOUNGUPSTARTS | TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012 Burpple Enables Social Sharing Of Food Experiences Social food journal Burpple officially launched earlier this week: the iOS application – currently available on the App Store for free – is positioned as a way to remember, organize and explore your food moments with friends on the mobile phone. But if Singapore-based Burpple sounds similar to Foodspotting , it does. -
Best Online Marketing Trick? Go Offline Now imagine that product's target audience is students at some of our nation's most elite colleges: Pinterest-and-Instagram-loving, mobile-device-laden, 24-hour wired 20-somethings. An online dating service got more than 100,000 sign-ups using posters and fliers. Here's how they did it. Imagine you're launching a new online service. -
ARCTICSTARTUP | TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012 Is The Norwegian Startup Scene Hot Or Not? News about Fribi, a mobile-local marketplace that allows you to sell and trade your unwanted belongings, had just been chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO didn’t seem to be worthy a mention either. Follow him on Twitter @tor. For the better or the worse, the Norwegian startup scene finally has some heat. Nevermind the research. -
ARCTICSTARTUP | TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012 Student Inc. Supports Stockholm's Budding University Startups These can include Game Development, Mobile Services, or so on. Placeholder logo) An easy way of comparing mobile phone subscriptions by using smartphone statistics www.comparific.com. Student Inc. is a nonprofit student incubator at KTH, Stockholm's Royal Institute of Technology, run somewhat between KTH Innovation and Excitra. -
TONY WRIGHT DOT COM | MONDAY, MAY 7, 2012 A Grand Experiment: Farewell Seattle, Hello Silicon Valley We’ve chosen to make a big bet on a huge market that I think is being transformed by mobile. This is a bittersweet post to write. I love Seattle. I love the people. I love the scenery. I love the the startup scene and the underdog mentality. I’ve cheered on as Glenn Kelman valiantly defended our soggy brand of entrepreneurship. -
THE PRODUCT GUY | MONDAY, MAY 7, 2012 Brand Management, Lively Everyday Health, and More Togetherness in June! Over the course of the night a few of the highlights were… Featured Product: Everyday Health exploring the product, its challenges and successes, from mobile strategies to pay models (thanks to Deepesh Banerji and the Everyday Health Product Team). Brand Management from consistency to reputation. tpgblog DoT com ). Enjoy! contact me. -
Disrupt Education … Please! Think about what’s happened to information, social interaction, research, and business over the web — not to mention mobile technology — and then think about education. I wonder if we as a society are ever going to figure out how technology can disrupt our antiquated systems for educating our children. And why not? -
ARCTICSTARTUP | MONDAY, MAY 7, 2012 Rovio's 2011 Financial Results Are Out Rovio launched Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Rio in 2011 across different mobile platforms and PC operating systems. Rovio has today announced their 2011 financial results on their own website. Their 2011, full year, revenue is €75.4 million with earnings before tax €48 million (64% of total revenue). - 3 Things That Could Kill Facebook
And let's not forget potential overreaching (read: organ donation) and whether the company can monetize for mobile devices. Facebook's success as a public company is anything but guaranteed. Let the Facebook road show—and the dissection of its future as a public company—begin. have fallen from grace in recent years. gorilla. -
DUCT TAPE MARKETING | MONDAY, MAY 7, 2012 One Simple Tactic That Can Give You an Unfair Advantage in Local Search When people search online locally, but plan to buy offline locally, being the organization they find first and find when mobile could mean the difference between growth and death. Showing up in local search results is a pretty big deal if you’re any sort of local business. did a little test over the weekend to prove this theory. -
ARCTICSTARTUP | MONDAY, MAY 7, 2012 Alekstra To Disrupt Everything You Hate About Your Mobile Carrier Alekstra CEO Toni Toikka got his start in 1998 as salesman at Elisa, a Finnish telecommunications company, where he discovered no one had any idea what they used or paid for when they purchased mobile services. The mobile industry has aggregate revenues of 1.5 700 000 billing errors. The study gave no clear results. Smooth operator. -
YOUNGUPSTARTS | SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2012 [Singapore][Event] Regional Startups Shine At JFDI-Innov8 2012 Bootcamp Demo Day The program, which began in January this year, provided them with seed funding, intensive mentorship from international industry experts and the potential to access mobile markets across Asia. Think of ShopSpot as a mobile version of eBay – a phone app that allows consumers to easily buy and sell items. Kark Mobile Education. -
ARCTICSTARTUP | SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2012 Norwegian bMobilized Raises €1.15 Million Series A bMobilized , the Norwegian-originated creator of a mobile website conversion solution for small and medium sized businesses, has raised $1.5 The company's technology automatically reproduces a website's look and feel on a mobile device, while also claiming to add more functionality than what other mobile conversion tool can offer. -
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MARK BIRCH | SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2012 Best of the Month on Strong Opinions We got enterprise tech in NYC, crowdfunding, mobile first, small business startups, non-tech tech startups, event promotion, hackers, competition, product marketing, selling SaaS, funding announcements, and the Quora hot potato. Mobile First or Web First? Vendor Transparency and Future of Enterprise SaaS Sales. Everything Crowdfunded. -
READWRITESTART | SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2012 6 Startup Lessons From the Complexity of Cell Phones In some countries, cell phones have their own area code, so all you can tell is that you are calling a mobile phone. Back when we first started using PCs, we all wished that they would become as easy to use as a telephone. Well, we got our wish, not because computers got easier to use but because phones are now so darn complicated. Analysis -
LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES | SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012 Lessons in Early Demand Discovery by Jason Lorentzen My work focused on vetting potential demand for a web/mobile-based application that could be used to help people better understand the nutrition content of restaurant dishes. But my process was far from perfect. In relatively short order, my survey returned over 100 responses. Understand what people use today. -
LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES | SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012 How to Hire a Developer on oDesk If you are building a mobile website you will need HTML5. by Jonathan Einkauf Entrepreneurs, especially those without a technical background, are often overwhelmed when it comes to building a prototype or minimum viable product (MVP). You can save a lot of time and money by going through oDesk (the largest online outsourcing platform). -
JOEL.IS | SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012 Achieving overnight success: Kevin Systrom Burbn was a mobile check-in app built purely in HTML5. Frequently startups pop up and take over the press, framed as an “overnight success” taking just a year or two to reach some incredible milestone. Therefore, I’ve started this achieving overnight success series to look deeper into how these founders started. Nextstop. -
READWRITESTART | FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2012 For TechStars Startups, Life Beyond the Pitch Demo Day's first presenter, CEO Winston Mok of Simply Good Technologies - a company working on mobile couponing based on influence - showed plenty of charisma and showmanship on stage. As a startup, “if you cannot nail a presentation, you’re done.” Getting the pitch right is one of the most important parts of a startup's life cycle. | |