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[The Philippines] Harnessing Apps To Tackle Traffic

YoungUpstarts

plus a nomination to the 2014 Mobile Premier Awards at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain next February. Trip Barker , a community-based trip planner for mass transit systems through which users can share real-time weather, traffic, and events with their community, won the Best App Award and P100,000.00

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

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Zong – mobile payments has been a very hot area over the past couple of years with the success and growth of both Boku and Zong. Boku and Zong focus mostly on mobile payments for virtual goods. It has proven a very successful strategy to get consumers to activate the payment on their mobile phone bill. VC Financings: 1.

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10 Companies Want To Show You The Money

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Requirements: You must be a safe driver, not afraid to put miles on your ride and an iPhone or Android in order to use the Lyft mobile app. An on-demand mobile marketplace allowing busy people to outsource their errands and tasks for a fee. Paul, San Francisco, LA, San Diego, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and Washington, DC. Task Rabbit.

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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Estonia

The Next Web

And the country isn’t just dominating in terms of quantity, in 2017 it also brought in more venture capital funding per capita than major tech hubs like Germany, France and Spain. It’s the first country in the world to give its citizens blockchain backed mobile IDs that allow them… This story continues at The Next Web.

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Barcelona isn’t the new Silicon Valley – and that’s a good thing

The Next Web

In post-crisis Spain things are beginning to pick up. The country is the 4th destination for international tech talent and Barcelona, the second largest city after Madrid, is ranked at number 5 of 60 European startup hubs in Europe by the Mobile World Congress (MWC).

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Even more global innovation

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Google''s Project Loon Finland''s next blockbuster Spain: Mobile Banking Innovation Santander: A city of sensors. We hear so much about Silicon Valley and Bangalore and Shanghai that it is refreshing to hear about innovations in other parts of the world. Innovative Business Uses of Technology'

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How to get creative with your domain name registration

The Next Web

Mobile payment app paywithcover.com is a New York-based company, like Grouper, who included a more distinct call-to-action in its domain name. No one is putting ‘cover’ into their browser expecting to find a restaurant-focused mobile payments app. is trying to do. million in seed funding. “We Indievoic.es.

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