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SaaS Is Dead, Long Live Software

InfoChachkie

It’s high time we kill the term Software As A Service (SaaS) and call it what it is – software. You’re not a SaaS company, you’re a software company. You’re not a SaaS investor, you’re a software investor. You’re not a SaaS entrepreneur, you’re a software entrepreneur. ASP To SaaS To Software.

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Why Online / Offline Mobile Integration is Going to be a Huge Business

Both Sides of the Table

My background was 8 years of telecoms & mobile and 8 years of cloud computing & SaaS – so these two themes were a given. Two big themes have emerged in my head in the past 3 years: offline / online integration and mobile computing. The Impact of Mobile Phones on Advertising.

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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

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All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). Calls are changing but not dying. Much more data in the full post.

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App is Crap (why Apple is bad for your health)

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They were going to bring the Internet to your mobile phones ushering in the era of “m-commerce.&# Gag. I had just returned from living in Japan where I witnessed the hugely successful launch of i-mode by NTT DoCoMo so I knew the potential that the mobile web would ultimately bring, but I saw so many flaws in the launch of WAP.

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The Web is Against the Ropes, But it’s Not Dead

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The premise is that with the rise of Facebook on the Internet & Apple “Apps&# on mobile, the Internet is becoming more closed. My first company was a SaaS software company started in 1999. We could update small portions of the screen rather than an entire refresh. non-mobile). That world is called China.

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Congrats To All The Winners and Thanks To Our Speakers at #REACHNeXT!

Tech Zulu Event

Storygami is a SaaS tool that allows content creators and brands add overlays such as relevant context, social streams and call to action buttons to videos. Categories: mobile consumer, on-demand, chat. Early 30s: Got really serious about her career and started her company LaunchBit, an adtech platform for SaaS marketers.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. In the show we talked about why this is important to mobile application developers. Lookout – SaaS provider of security and data back-up services for smart phones. OTHER DEALS: 1. Total Raised: $9.64mm. File sharing?