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Thursday, 28th July 2011

Top Trends of 2011: Mobile Payments

This week we're reviewing 5 trends that have helped define 2011. So far we've covered online privacy, group messaging, HTML5 and second screen apps. In this final installment we're looking at mobile payments. This has been a very busy market in 2011, as credit card companies, banks, carriers, Google, eBay and a number of startups jostle for…

Mobile Richard MacManus comments

Consolidation Watch: MongoHQ Acquires MongoMachine

MongoHQannounced today that it has acquired MongoMachine. Both companies are hosted MongoDB service providers. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Hack Klint Finley comments

Android App Inventor: A Great Tool for Teaching Programming, But One with an Uncertain Future

It's been about a year since Google launched its Android App Inventor, its DIY tool for building Android apps. The object of one of the most scathing reviews in the history of tech journalism, App Inventor was nonetheless a much-anticipated tools among educators, many of whom were keen to use App Inventor to help teach programming. At OSCON…

Audrey Watters comments

Study: Execs Aren't Yet Sure What to do About Social Media

Social media provides companies with new opportunities for customer service, research and marketing (within reason of course), but most respondents to a survey of C-level executive conducted by Harris Interactive for Capgemini aren't yet sure how to harness social media.

Enterprise Klint Finley comments

Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Investors And Incubators Need To Look At Pre-Incubation

This week, I've had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system. One theme seems to come up over and again, especially from geographies outside Silicon Valley: lack of a reliable pipeline of deals. On July 1, 2006, commenting on the Indian startup scenario, I had…

Sramana Mitra comments

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