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6 Information Surges Raise Huge Startup Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

Per a recent study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 17-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 11.5 exabytes per month at the end of 2017, of which more than half was video. Cellphone penetration in the U.S. In addition, more people own cell phones than toothbrushes. Marty Zwilling.

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Wrench’s on-demand vehicle repair and maintenance service picks up $20 million

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Given the competition coming into the market, it’s no wonder that Wrench is raising additional capital to expand its footprint into new markets. Wrench raised $4 million in its first round of financing, which TechCrunch covered back in 2017. It’s a model that’s attracted some competitors with big backing.

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Everything You Need to Know About Hyperloop

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In January 2017, HTT announced that the company was opening a research facility in Tououse, France to work on prototyping. Subsequently, Hyperloop One began testing their full scale system in May 2017 and continued tests throughout the year. Arrivo is focused on ways to efficiency, cost-effectiveness and public utility.

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6 Technology Trends Will Spawn Countless New Ventures

Startup Professionals Musings

Per the latest study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 17-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 11.5 exabytes per month at the end of 2017, of which more than half was video. exceeds 80 percent of all mobile phone owners, and these generate more data from their non-phone functions than voice.

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Interview with Kanaan Jemili, uCast Global

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For instance, one of our targets are those who have large audiences, like mobile carriers. These large mobile carriers have audiences, but something they dont have content services to attract and retain subscribers to a mobile network. We build products and services tied to mobile carriers. Who are your core customers?

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Customer Service Can Kill Your Customer’s Experience

Startup Professionals Musings

With every business being global in scope and always-on, a phone-in service available in a local time zone during work hours only, is not competitive. As well as phone support, customers expect you to accept mobile messaging, and provide quick responses via social media and multiple Internet websites.

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

TechCrunch LA

The wind, he said, “refers to the ever-growing desire for quality by mobile gamers.” ” Breaking the wave, on the other hand, entails TiMi applying new development tools to building high-budget, high-quality AAA mobile games. “TiMi didn’t succeed in China because of WeChat and QQ.

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