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When The Mobile Evolution Turns To Revolution

YoungUpstarts

With the rapid global penetration of smartphones and tablets and the increased data speed of 4G networks, mobile applications are riding a wave of explosive growth. New releases can be distributed and sold directly to the consumer via the mobile app. What about small businesses?

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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 quite an open platform, that allows any registered developer to take advantage of our APIs, tools, services, etc.

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App is Crap (why Apple is bad for your health)

Both Sides of the Table

The topic is “The Future of Mobile Applications&# and I pronounce, “App is Crap.&# It is a step backward for our industry. It is a channel disguised in business clothing. And being gateways to the customer they naturally extracted their pound of flesh from mobile application developers. Or would it?

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Dedicated To Steve Jobs, Reinforcing Mission To Restructure Capitalism

ReadWriteStart

The 1M/1M program aims to help a million entrepreneurs globally reach $1 million in revenue (and beyond), thereby building the foundation of a robust, distributed and sustainable economic value creation that would add up to $1 trillion dollars in global GDP. a distributed, democratic model of capitalism. What makes 1M/1M unique?

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Monetization: virtual goods (1/3 of total revenues); Partnerships with major brands (currently partnered with H&M and Travel Channel); forecasted to hit 6mm users by end of Summer 2010. Helps content publishers and advertisers launch campaigns that develop viral distribution attributes and therefore gain “buzz.”.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Rob Go

Entrepreneurial Development Firms. Thoughtbot - Web application development and design. Barrington Coffee – Fort Point Channel. Flour – Bakery and Coffee Shop in Fort Point Channel. Gridco Systems – Power Distribution Systems (backed by General Catalyst and Northbridge). Bocoup Loft - Coworking and events.

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Best Of Both Worlds: Mixing HTML5 And Native Code

mobile.smashingmagazine.com

Most people are aware that in order to update the native code on an iOS or Android app, it is necessary to resubmit the application through the normal publishing channels for that platform. Keep performance, and security in mind when using any application development platform. Ease Of App Updates.