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The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong

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They cite Quara, Google, Twitter & Facebook as obvious examples. But if they suck on your computer Imagine just how bad they really suck on mobile devices where the screen size is much smaller. RingRevenue grew it’s revenue 3x 2010 over 2011 and is on track to grow more than 3x again in 2012 with no signs of slowing.

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Putting an End to the Dark Ages of Local Businesses

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We spent a year (2012-2013) building a merchant acquisition machine and all of the systems to support bookings, calendar integrations, location services, etc. If you want to get a quick sense of the app there’s a short screen cast here that make it obvious what it does.

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Dealing With Generational Change at VC Firms

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He’s leading the charge in our investments in agriculture technologies, for example. He led our investment in 6sensor Labs , which has patented techniques for screening food for gluten and peanut allergens. And he led what is currently our best performing company out of that 2012 fund – AdoreMe.

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How Frequency Wants To Bring You Internet Video, with Blair Harrison

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We got the core iFilm engineering team in late 2010, and spent about a year and a half building out our platform, and released our first consumer product at the beginning of 2012. Blair Harrison: I think the most important thing at the moment, is the end screen experience is one of the most important thing.

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Interview with Steve Jillings, TeleSign

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2011 was an incredibly huge year for us, and 2012 will be the same way. A real simple example, is someone comes to register for a particular web service, puts their name, and contact information into a site, and our clients asks them for a valid phone number. For example, we handle all of the main languages, including dialects.

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110K Tweets Per Minute, The Walking Dead, Nintendo TVii & More | AdAge Social TV Conference Recap

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Most apps that cater to television including GetGlue, Miso, IntoNow, and Viggle for example all have Twitter and Facebook functionality built-in. The numbers really tell the stories of the power of the television twitter combo; there were 155 million Tweets generated during the 2012 Olympics generating 11 billion impressions.

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This Philanthropist Is Winning Skirmishes With Poverty By Tapping Into An Inner City’s Entrepreneurial Spirit

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We have a rigorous screening process, and we only fund the very best programs that are able to quantify their impact. We kicked off Project Impact and 2012, and we’ve been thrilled by the response. Other examples are the Robin Hood Foundation in New York and the Tipping Point Community in San Francisco.