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Digital Transformation And The Evolution of Apps – What’s The Link?

YoungUpstarts

It was launched in 1994, and had over 10 inbuilt apps. In fact, most websites implement modern web protocols to dynamically show attractive animations, and track user behavior to offer the best communication or follow up to consumers. Before iOS and Android, there was IBM’s Simon, the first ever smartphone.

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4 Reasons To Consider A New Domain Name For Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

I remember back in 1994 when a friend asked if I’d like to buy a domain name. I have to believe that Google’s search results will always value high-quality domain names because someone like me who’s investing a lot in the domain name itself, is also likely to invest in developing a high-quality website that will be relevant to users.

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The End Of The Road For Web Services

blogs.computerworlduk.com

Contact Author Email : Simon The End Of The Road For Web Services A decade of corporate politics by the big software companies is finally over as WS-I shuts up shop and gets folded in to OASIS. Flawed Web services as a strategy was fundamentally flawed in my view because it was so un-web.

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3 Ways Technology Is Changing Small Business Lending

YoungUpstarts

In 1994 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said, “retail banks are dinosaurs, they can be bypassed,” in a Newsweek interview. Traditional banks have helped fuel business and economic growth by providing small business owners with startup loans, general business loans, lines of credit and refinancing programs, to name a few.

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4 key traits retailers need to adopt to thrive in 2018

The Next Web

On August 11, 1994, the first ever ecommerce transaction occurred when a 21-year-old in New Hampshire named Dan Kohn sold a copy of Sting’s Ten Summoner’s Tales to a friend in Philadelphia who paid $12.48 That year, a spunky Wall Street trader pointed… This story continues at The Next Web. by credit card.

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50 Great Ways To Use QR Codes In The College Classroom

YoungUpstarts

That was 1994, and now, almost 20 years later, QR code technology is experiencing a revival — but not in the automotive industry. Put a QR code on your office name plate to link to your online calendar for availability and contact information. Office availability. Connect on social media. Classroom Enhancement. QR code the human body.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses. He created Wallstrip, and more than 400 original web video shows, which was purchased by CBS Corp. Moderator: Robert Savage, CEO, Track.com.