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June 21st, 2011 by Damian Davila
“When the
going gets tough, the tough get going” is a popular English language proverb.
What about when the
going gets boring?
British entrepreneurs Howe, Symington, and Jackman have the answer for that with their startup, Escape the City.
According to its founders, Escape the City is a community for corporate professionals who want to do something different.…
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June 9th, 2011 by Damian Davila
Given the recent performance from the LinkedIn IPO, there is now an ever-growing concern on whether the social media industry is not the newest market bubble (anybody remember the dot-com bust?). While Facebook is the leader in the ad-centric tech that focuses on pouring through volumes of data to learn about people relationships, turning these findings in key insights for…
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June 3rd, 2011 by Damian Davila
Too many photos, too little time.
According to Royal Pingdom, in 2010 there were:
5 billion – Photos hosted by Flickr (September 2010)
3,000+ – Photos uploaded per minute to Flickr
3+ billion – Photos uploaded per month to Facebook.
A lot of these photos go into these virtual “shoeboxes” and never get to be shared around. To meet the…
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May 24th, 2011 by Damian Davila
Back in 1995, Expedia was a just a small startup that revolutionized the travel industry by becoming the premier website for online booking of travel arrangements.
Along the way come other similar websites such as Travelocity, Orbitz and many more. However, other than fancy marketing gimmicks, there has been no real technological advances in the online travel industry.
Fortunately, a…
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May 19th, 2011 by Damian Davila
A while ago I wrote about the fast rise of Instagram, an app that lets iPhone users post pics online and share them through social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. In late March 2011, Color entered as one of the latest player in the photo sharing market.
According to the app developers, Color creates new, dynamic social networks for…
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May 11th, 2011 by Damian Davila
Savvy business professionals spend a lot of time building up their LinkedIn profile so that they can use it both as a presentation card and a way for others to find them.
However, in a sea of LinkedIn profiles, how do you know who’s the best professional out of the bunch?
Based out of Redwood City, CA, Mixtent is a…
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May 4th, 2011 by Damian Davila
Social networks have proven themselves as successful media tools both for recreational and professional networking use. Sites such as Facebook and Twitter have exploded into unprecedented popularity over the last years and have even influenced our lexicon by adding nouns such as “tweet” and allowing “friend” to be not only used as a noun but also as a verb.
However,…
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May 3rd, 2011 by Damian Davila
Look who’s trying to hang out with the cool Silicon Valley startup kids.
AOL has a new Palo Alto, CA workspace (395 Page Mill, Palo Alto, CA 94306 and former headquarters of Agilent Technologies) and hopes that this new space infuses entrepreneurial energy to the company. AOL is hoping to keep on top of the latest developments, so it can…
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April 5th, 2011 by Damian Davila
There are 3 important demographic trends happening in the United States. First, the baby boomer generation is about to retire and exit the workforce, which will increase its available free time for leisure.
Second, aging Americans are taking a deep interest in ways to overcome health and mobility barriers that prevent them from socializing with others. Third, aging Americans want…
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March 22nd, 2011 by Damian Davila
If you look for a Chinese version of Amazon.com, you will find Taobao.com.
If you look for a Chinese version of Facebook, you will find Renren.com.
How do you say Twitter in Mandarin? Try Weibo.
Launched in August 2009 by Sina Corporation, China’s biggest web portal, has experienced explosive growth that has been fueled by celebrity users, exorbitant market valuations,…
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