TechEmpower

MAY 2, 2013

We’ve posted Round 4 of our ongoing project measuring the performance of many web application frameworks and platforms. You can filter by classification (full-stack, micro-framework, or platform); language; platform; front-end server; database server; ORM classification; and implementation approach.

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TechEmpower

MAY 1, 2014

Since the first round, we have known that the highest-performance frameworks and platforms have been network-limited by our gigabit Ethernet. For example, a larger number of response headers might mean slightly fewer responses sent per second. For example, we are using MySQL 5.5 For JSON serialization, node.js that of i7.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 8, 2019

Warren’s plan called for regulators to be appointed to oversee the unwinding of several acquisitions that were critical to the development of the core technology that make Alphabet’s Google and the social media giant Facebook so profitable… and Zappos. One issue is do we need regulation on the full platform companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

Spend your time and money on other platforms. Pick the right platform for your business. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience. Get familiar with current social media tools, such as Google Analytics, Kissmetrics, and HootSuite analytics.

Social Media 126

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2020

As an angel investor, I see plenty of startups focusing on building an innovative product, but I’m looking for the few who are also leading with an exponential growth strategy, to put them in the category of the next Amazon or Google. Examples include the Nike Run Club app where people participate in challenges and win trophies.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 30, 2011

Google, they’ve cracked a nut here. With Wave being an experiment, and Buzz being a dead duck from the get go, Google Plus (Google+) is actually a usable, integrated, complete-feeling product released this week, and it’s pretty damn good. Now, there’s Google+. Holy cow is Google+ fast and responsive.

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TechEmpower

JULY 2, 2013

July marks the fourth month of our ongoing project measuring the performance of web application frameworks and platforms. The new plaintext test demonstrates the extremely high request routing throughput possible on very high-performance platforms. This new chart type compares frameworks versus their underlying platform (e.g.,

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Rachel Payne , the CEO and one of the co-founders of FEM, is a veteran of Google, and is taking her experience there and applying it into the video recommendations and engagement area. Rachel Payne: I was working at Google for about eight years, most recently in global strategic alliances. magazine, for example. What is FEM?

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Tech.Co

JUNE 22, 2021

If you're a small bar or restaurant, for example, the drop for in-person rates over and under $10 might prove a big benefit. However, if you're a small business selling on an ecommerce platform, the changes to PayPal payment products might put a more sizeable dent in your finances. Thinking ecommerce? .

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. Here are the largest flocks: Gust (formerly AngelSoft).

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2020

If you think about it, in a multi-player game, for example, you have a very limited vocabulary for interaction. For example, if I were to have a room full of bouncing balls, we couldn't share that today because of the amount of information involved. It was tricky, because this is a platform, a new kind of platform.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2014

It certainly feels that way if you’re able to get on a new platform before anyone else, doesn’t it? Google has just allowed each of their “ Inbox by Gmail ” users to invite three of their friends and of course everyone is wondering what’s new with the technology giant. Smart move, Google.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

The PlayerFM deal stands out as an example of what the company looks for in an acquisition target, said Ritter. Typically production cycles are driven by the rhythms of Google Play and Apple’s app stores. “Our strategy is to build as large a user base over mobile and distribute advertising across that platform.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting. Otherwise, your blog content will be indexed separately from your web site content, resulting in a lower overall Google rank. Add content regularly. Conversational style.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2020

For example, I often hear proposals for new online social media or collaboration platforms, maybe more specifically tuned to inventors or artists, or easier to use, and populated by experts, to compete against Slack or Facebook. Investors are looking for breakthrough solutions to fund. Be forever curious and optimistic.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 25, 2022

Instacart also launched a new set of digital tools yesterday, “Instacart Platform,” which is designed to help retailers and grocers offer faster fulfilment, get better analytics, and potentially get started with advertising. For example, Walmart Grocery charges $9.99 Instacart Explores Advertising.

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socalTECH

JULY 27, 2020

For us, relatively large and very large multi location brands use our platform to ensure they get discovered online. Oftentimes that will be Google, sometimes that will be Apple, sometimes it will be another network. Interestingly, we've seen an explosion in usage of our platform. Google triangulates a lot of information.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The firms said that PepsiCo will use BAT's platform, and that Pepsi will be the first sponsor of BAT's new netBAT content experience. An example of BAT's technology is an interactive toolbar embedded within those news photos, which can pull up additional photos, news articles, Twitter streams, and more on photos of known celebrities.

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Technology News Content Advertising 160

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

In 2014 , open-source platform Drupal moved to replace “master/slave” with “primary/replica.” . In 2019, for example, Google reported its attrition rates of Black and Latinx talent — which indicate the rate at which employees leave on an annual basis — were higher than the national average.

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socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2013

In the arms race of search technology, only the big guys -- Google, Microsoft -- seem to be able to keep up with all of the innovations in the space. A few examples of what we''ve done, is we do instant search. Most consumers know how this works if they use Google, which launched this two years ago. SRCH2 (www.srch2.com)

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2019

Spend your time and money on other platforms. Pick the right platform for your business. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience. Get familiar with current social media tools, such as Google Analytics, Kissmetrics, and HootSuite analytics.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Gil is one of the founders of Applied Semantics, the firm acquired by Google for its AdSense technology. Gil Elbaz: What we have been working on, and what we offer now, is a platform where anyone can share and mash open data. In your launch you mention that Demand Media and others are using the platform. How does that work?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2019

For example, if your business is landscaping, it’s well worth your time as the owner to make one last call on every customer a week after completion, to check their satisfaction, clear up any oversights, ask for a testimonial, and probably get some follow-on work. Regularly review every customer comment, and reply.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

As noted in this recent Wall Street Journal article, Google has begun requesting that merchants include rating and review data to ensure that the efficacy of their search results. Greathouse : If you woke up and were suddenly the CEO of Pinterest, what changes would you initiate to make it a more effective marketing platform?

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Entrepreneur Commerce Sites Social Network 210

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Content is a “hits driven business” and therefore you can only invest in platforms not media. The point isn’t to “build a business on YouTube” but rather to use YouTube as a marketing platform to build a video business that works across many platforms. Take for example, an eCommerce company.

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SEM Content Platform Acquisition 150

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

And, if you're a social platform, is there a way to monetize all that activity happening on your service? Jordan Glazier: Wildfire has developed a platform for monetizing social messaging. Jordan Glazier: For example, say you have a friend coming to San Diego, and they ask you where they should stay. How does this work?

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San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2017

Spend your time and money on other platforms. Pick the right platform for your business. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience. For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd.

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Social Media Media Platform Tool 58

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Richard coincidentally cites Mike Yavondite’s Qiigo as an example; Mike was a guest on TWIVC later that day. Google Ad Sense was just getting going. An example is Metacafe, a Highland Capital portfolio company. But Google is still showing great financial performance. Fansnap is an example, search for ticket purchases.

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Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2023

For example, Google has consistently been ranked as one of the best company cultures, and claim big numbers, because of their focus on culture. Use shared-document platforms, in-house message systems, and online whiteboards, to maximize sharing and minimize miscommunication. Change – make “journey of change” apply to all.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2022

This includes your website, blog, and presence on social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, Instagram, and many more. Examples include counting members of an advocacy program, app downloads, tenured customers, or subscribers to an e-mail list. Owned media. Long-term sales.

Marketing 127

Marketing Framework Social Media Media 127

Xconomy

JANUARY 23, 2018

Facebook expanded its mea culpa on Monday for failing to prevent “bad actors” such as Russian entities from using the social media platform to distort democratic processes—notably the U.S. presidential election in 2016.

Social Media 67

Social Media Blogging News Advertising 67

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

But with the introduction of Apple TV, Google TV, the Boxee Box & other initiatives it’s clear that this battle will heat up in 2011. So without my weighing into the pro’s / con’s of this I can say that I believe it will capture a large segment of the market but leave room for “open platforms&# to play a big role.

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Content Google Media Hulu 386

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Patrick Ip: My background is I spent the last three years at Google, working on advertiser retention for small and medium businesses. There, I learned that there is a lot of top level churn from small businesses because Google ads cost too much. Patrick Ip: I was in San Francisco for the last five years at Google.

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Help IP Content Google 133

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

They are using DealCurrent as the deal platform for all of their clients. We see those three products working together, as features of one platform which both can be used independently, as well as together. So, we took that contest and crowdsourcing platform, and started ArtisticHub. What's the story behind Deal Current?

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Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

How do you decide between a raw infrastructure provider or platform service, and how much work do you do yourself and how much should you rely on service providers? For example, IaaS providers will give you raw infrastructure like compute and storage resources. Salesforce.com and Google Apps are two common examples.

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SaaS Framework Resource Google 90

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 4, 2014

For example, you can walk around a little village, fly through outer space, ride a virtual roller coaster, or be in the driver’s seat of a race car. Well, what if you could use Google’s Street view and virtually walk through a city or one of their worldly attractions at: https://www.google.com/maps/views/u/0/streetview?gl=us/.

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Education Design Platform Web 79

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

These alternative platforms have, in turn, grabbed the attention of entrepreneurs who recognize the market vertical isn’t shrinking anytime soon. Not only that, they’ve started launching their own companies and platforms that tout innovative ways to help millenials get in on the action. Most recently, I came across Givvr.

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