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HipGeo Launches API

socalTECH

The firm said the new API makes it easier for web developers to incorporate location information and maps into their web sites. HipGeo is headed by Scott Daniel, develops software which helps track where users are traveling, and allows them to map those travels and share it with others.

eHarmony 154
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Web Second, Mobile First

Both Sides of the Table

I have talked with people in the industry who tell me that mobile movie sites convert ticket sales much higher than desktop websites. BUT … I’ve talked to a number of eCommerce sites that also report much higher conversion rates than standard web. They are limited in size. That’s why I love Instagram.

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Interview with Robert Flynn, Aggregage

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based Aggregage (www.aggregage.com) is looking to help aggregate the content across multiple blog publishing sites, and curate that information into specific, B2B niche vertical web sites. He has been blogging on a number of subjects, for example, eLearning. Elearning is an example.

Startup 162
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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

Here's an example of that kind of email. "I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it. The bad news is that they can get a good paying job anytime.

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How Sendgrid Makes Sure Those App Emails Go Through, With Jim Franklin

socalTECH

(Editor's note: we're crossposting a version of this interview between our Rocky Mountain site, techrockies.com, and our Southern California site, socalTECH.com). We move transactional mail between web applications and end users. The best way to describe this is by example. What is Sendgrid? The same is with a startup.

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Framework Benchmarks Round 13

TechEmpower

The large filters panel on our results web site is a testament to the ever-broadening spectrum of options for web developers. What a great time to be building web apps! For example: At any given time, we can grab the most recent results and mark them as a preview or final for an official Round.

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Pragmatism with Flavor

TechEmpower

But a newly minted developer given access to Hacker News can develop ADD in a week's time, waste countless hours reading the opinions of professional and amateur technology opinion-makers, and nervously fidget about selecting the hippest framework and libraries to (briefly) avoid the scorn of hacker pop culture. At least not yet.

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