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ZunguZ Facebook Payment Application | Interview With The Founder Robert Sussman

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As we know, developers always give their product a code name. Rob and Lance made multiple business trips to the USA and UK in order to understand the offerings and strategy of existing payment providers, social networks, banks and financial service providers. How safe are money transfers or online purchases on social networks?

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Interview with Jody Sherman, CEO of EcoMom

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Once that a product has made that initial screen, we look further, to make sure it's also cost effective and easy to live with. For lack of a better word, it's really social shopping--not in the way of using social networking to drive sales, but because moms are social, to allow them to share information regularly online.

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2010 VC Funding Outlook for Startups – Prepare for Winter (Part 3/3)

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So we loaded up on flat screen TVs, multiple generations of iPods and trips to Hawaii. I wonder, though, how much of that is emerging market and how much of the industrialized nation growth is due to stimulus money, which in turn either dries up or forced inflation? It is also a result of pent-up demand. So why the ’09 bounce?

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Digital Health Becoming a Reality

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My favorite new software tool is DailyBurn. Problem is – Weight Watchers software TOTALLY SUCKS. Social networking meets online personal health management. WakeMate has you record things like the last time you had caffeine before sleeping, your last meal and when you last had computer or TV screen time.

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Graphic.ly: Inside the Beta Release

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As the app, which is being developed for Adobe AIR, Windows, and mobile platforms, is early in its development, a full review would be premature, but here are our first impressions. The app has your standard social networking features such as Friend Requests, Messages, and a profile. for Windows? Each comic was going for $1.99.

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The Power of Quora & Why Benchmark was Right to Pay Up

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What I notice is that people further the conversation, talk with each other, network, try to get noticed (linking to their websites, etc.). And to give credit where it’s due (in addition to the content that Fred producers) a lot of the discussion works well because of the Disqus commenting platform. articles and leaves.

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The Radical Evolution of Mobile Apps

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It is a good thing that there is an app for everything today — work, social media, games, shopping, travel, photography, and schedule of movie screenings. To improve engagement, coordinate your app with existing channels like the web, e-mail, and social networking sites. Encourage users to rate and review the app.

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