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Connecting with People and High Level Communication (A TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 Experience)

Tech Zulu Event

It was difficult to choose, but I narrowed it down to a list of 4 great examples: 1. See the video reel, here , for examples and highlights from the event. This example is a lot of fun. Get your headphones ready, they launch Halloween 2012. Say thank you with a reminder of how you met. Hugh MacLeod (@gapingvoid) .

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China Roundup: Tencent’s new US gaming studio and WeChat’s new paywall

TechCrunch LA

But TiMi contended that these platforms are not essential to a game’s success. It’s not hard to find examples of games that didn’t succeed even with [support from] WeChat and QQ.” WeChat launched its long-awaited paywall for articles published on its platform . WeChat erects a paywall – with Apple tax.

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The Snap IPO Happened. What Next LA?

Both Sides of the Table

Mayor Eric Garcetti at Upfront Summit, February 2017 I first sat down with then councilman Eric Garcetti on the Ides of March 2012 — almost 5 years ago exactly. He was running to be the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles and he outlined his vision to “open up the city government to technology and innovation” if he were elected.

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Miigle Revisited | A SoCal Startup With a Global Mission

Tech Zulu Event

We first interviewed Luc in 2012, just as he was launching the prototype for Miigle. LB: Currently, we are about 75% and that’s really because in this phase we have developed what I think is the most critical aspect of our platform, which is the technology that allows us to truly build our community.

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Journey Platform To Build Data Gathering Mobile Apps | Co-founder Interview Conrad Hofmeyr

Tech Zulu Event

Journey is a platform to build data gathering mobile apps much faster than would traditionally have been possible. While Journey has launched now in mid-2012, it is the result of technology that we have been building and deploying in production since 2009, when Embark Mobile was founded. When was it launched?

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Storage worries

TechEmpower

A layperson would be excused to think that in 2012, questions about how to store data on computers have been worked out. Favoring ease of scalability in selection of a data storage platform makes sense if the scale plans are real. As a result, developer efficiency may be slightly improved with a NoSQL platform.

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Frameworks Round 5

TechEmpower

We have posted Round 5 of our ongoing project measuring the performance of web application frameworks and platforms. Note that the Windows configuration presently retains the Linux-hosted database server—only the web/application server is running Windows Server 2012. Please set Cookie::$salt."

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