Is influence dead?

Is influence dead? (via Pando Daily)

By Dave Hawley On September 25, 2013 There’s been a lot of talk about social media influence and its role in the new consumer decision journey. Big brands are not only buying into the concept of leveraging people with influence, but are serious money…

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ERA’s demo day: “This is not a general solicitation”!!!!!!

ERA’s demo day: “This is not a general solicitation” (via Pando Daily)

By Erin Griffith On September 25, 2013 Today ten companies from ERA’s latest accelerator class made their debut at the IAC headquarters. It’s the first demo day I’ve attended since general solicitation was sort of unofficially legalized Monday,…

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The new normal: iOS changes with the post-Android times!!!!!!!

The new normal: iOS changes with the post-Android times (via Pando Daily)

By Nathaniel Mott On September 23, 2013 Phones used to be clunky devices with low-resolution displays and plasticky buttons that allowed people to make calls; now they’re svelte products with high-definition displays and touchscreens that allow us…

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Have trouble prioritizing? Gneo has the mobile task management platform for you!!!!

Have trouble prioritizing? Gneo has the mobile task management platform for you (via Pando Daily)

By Michael Carney On September 20, 2013 Leave it to a pair of management consultants to take a look at the current crop of mobile task management products in the market and see nothing but inefficiency. That’s exactly the realization led Gneo founders…

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The App Store isn’t getting any better (for developers)!!!!!

The App Store isn’t getting any better (for developers) (via Pando Daily)

By Nathaniel Mott On September 20, 2013 Earlier this week Apple released iOS 7, an update to the software that powers Apple’s iPhone and iPad products that Apple CEO Tim Cook described as the “biggest change to iOS since the iPhone” when it was…

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Yesware raises a $13.5M Series B from Battery Ventures to drag sales from an art into science!!!!!

Yesware raises a $13.5M Series B from Battery Ventures to drag sales from an art into science (via Pando Daily)

By Michael Carney On September 18, 2013 The last several years have seen billions of dollars worth of value created in the marketing automation category with companies like Omniture (sold to Adobe for $1.8B), Bazaarvoice ($683M IPO), ExacTarget (sold…

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Former Facebook editor launches Beacon, a platform that pays journalists!!!!!!

Former Facebook editor launches Beacon, a platform that pays journalists (via Pando Daily)

By Hamish McKenzie On September 17, 2013 Former Facebook managing editor Daniel Fletcher and the two founders behind the Backspaces storytelling app have launched the beta version of a platform that aims to help independent journalists get paid for their…

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Chat’s influence on email extends to the desktop with Unibox!!!!

Chat’s influence on email extends to the desktop with Unibox (via Pando Daily)

By Nathaniel Mott On September 16, 2013 Email, to hear seemingly every technology writer tell it, has been waiting to be disrupted for the last decade or so. Enterprise-focused social networks like Yammer promise to kill email’s dominance in the workforce…

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When social norms interfere with your startup!!!!

When social norms interfere with your startup (via Pando Daily)

By Hayden Williams On September 15, 2013 From the beginning my cofounder, Paul, and I were braced for the technical challenge of building and scaling our first Web application. I use “we” loosely, as Paul jumped into the role of CTO and has shouldered…

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Invent a live video stream for the common man and get rich!!!!!!

Invent a live video stream for the common man and get rich (via Pando Daily)

By Carmel DeAmicis On September 12, 2013 I’ve got a handful of technology pain points such that, when someone claims they can solve, I take special note. If someone pitches me an idea that’s related to a pain point, it leaps off my email inbox and…

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How will we integrate all these enterprise cloud apps?

How will we integrate all these enterprise cloud apps? (via Pando Daily)

By Fritz Nelson On September 9, 2013 For the foreseeable future we’ll hear plenty about the next big thing, and it will be some kind of cloud-based software, and it will solve some emerging business problem, and it will let businesses focus on being…

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For sex workers, an app that provides extra protection!!!

For sex workers, an app that provides extra protection (via Pando Daily)

By Mary Emily O’Hara On September 9, 2013 Recently, Safe IQ, a startup based in Ireland, launched an app aimed at better protecting sex workers in Ireland, the UK, Sweden, and Norway, countries where prostitution is legal. (Canada is next.) The “…

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The Netflix for books is here, it’s mobile, and it makes Amazon look old!!!!!!!

The Netflix for books is here, it’s mobile, and it makes Amazon look old (via Pando Daily)

By Hamish McKenzie On September 5, 2013 As of now, the world has a platform that brings the power of Netflix-style recommendations and all-you-can-eat buffets to bear on one of the world’s oldest and greatest products: books. Today, New York-based…

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Grantoo partners with MiniClip to encourage gaming’s charitable streak!!!!!!!!

Grantoo partners with MiniClip to encourage gaming’s charitable streak (via Pando Daily)

By Nathaniel Mott On September 5, 2013 When they aren’t busy teaching entire generations how to become homicidal gang-bangers — or whatever evil they’ve been accused of this week — video games are proving themselves capable of doing some good…

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Is the Middle East the next new market for tech startups?

Is the Middle East the next new market for tech startups? (via Pando Daily)

By Christopher M. Schroeder On September 3, 2013 [This is an excerpt from the forthcoming book, "Startup Rising" by Christopher M. Schroeder. Copyright © 2013 by the author and reprinted by permission of Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers…

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Fanium ushers fantasy football into the mobile-first era!!!!!!!!!

Fanium ushers fantasy football into the mobile-first era (via Pando Daily)

By Michael Carney On September 2, 2013 Fantasy sports are exploding in popularity of late and starting to remind me of where online poker was five to ten years ago. At a recent Major League Baseball league championship party, the winner walked away with…

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3 charts that show how HP, Microsoft, and Dell are losing the tech war!!!!!

3 charts that show how HP, Microsoft, and Dell are losing the tech war (via Pando Daily)

By David Holmes On September 2, 2013 A day in the life of an average tech consumer in the late 90s might go something like this: Power up your Dell or Hewlett Packard computer with the Alienware stickers on it, then wait five minutes while your computer…

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Don’t ask me about money! I’m a startup founder!!!!

Don’t ask me about money! I’m a startup founder. (via Pando Daily)

By Hayden Williams On September 1, 2013 There’s a basic question every startup founder should be prepared to answer on a daily basis. It doesn’t matter whether you’re speaking with a fellow entrepreneur, a potential investor, or a girlfriend weary…

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A rare defense of venture capital classic!!!!

A rare defense of venture capital classic (via Pando Daily)

By Sarah Lacy On August 30, 2013 One of our most popular stories this week was about the future of venture capital. It traced the asset class’s history from its boutique roots to the age of mega-brands to the rage around international expansion and…

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Sexism and the single hacker: Where are the women at Defcon?!!!!

Sexism and the single hacker: Where are the women at Defcon? (via Pando Daily)

By Elinor Mills On August 31, 2013 At the latest Defcon, the annual hacker conference held in Las Vegas, there were presentations on hacking automotive network and control systems, remotely gaining control of consumer devices, and NSA snooping. But perhaps…

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