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11 innovative startups to remember from this year’s Mobile World Congress

Mar09
by on March 9, 2015 at 11:10 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Lists, Mobile, MWC, Roundups

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Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) is undoubtedly the place to connect with large telcos and hear about their latest gadgets, but it has also become more and more relevant for anyone interested in mobile startups. Most of the startup activity this year took place at twin event 4Years From Now (4YFN), which grew considerably since its first edition last year, both in terms of size and of number of visitors. According to its organizers, overall attendance tripled year-on-year, reaching 8,000 participants. The number of attending investors also quadrupled compared to 2014, with more ‘suits’ stopping by to see for themselves what the fuss was all about. 4YFN’s…

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Offline over the weekend? Read all the tech news you missed right here

Mar09
by on March 9, 2015 at 10:50 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Monday’s here, the weekend’s over and it’s hours until the internet is swallowed by Apple Watch chat. Before that, there’s time to catch up with everything that happened in the world of tech over the past two days. We’ve collected all the news and features you missed over the weekend into this handy list. It’s the perfect selection to help you power through the day. Stick your phone on silent, select a delicious hot beverage and take 10 minutes to catch up on this weekend’s tech goings on. News from The Next Web over the weekend Apple Pay On The…

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Offline over the weekend? Read all the tech news you missed right here

Mar09
by on March 9, 2015 at 10:50 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Weekend-Roundup-798x3101-798x310
Monday’s here, the weekend’s over and it’s hours until the internet is swallowed by Apple Watch chat. Before that, there’s time to catch up with everything that happened in the world of tech over the past two days. We’ve collected all the news and features you missed over the weekend into this handy list. It’s the perfect selection to help you power through the day. Stick your phone on silent, select a delicious hot beverage and take 10 minutes to catch up on this weekend’s tech goings on. News from The Next Web over the weekend Apple Pay On The…

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What we found when we analyzed the top 1,000 posts on LinkedIn

Mar09
by on March 9, 2015 at 10:04 am
Posted In: analysis, Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, linkedin, Social Media

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This post first appeared on Percolate Distributing compelling long-form content on LinkedIn can be a powerful way to build your company’s brand, showcase products, demonstrate thought leadership, and boost your own career. Marketing automation company HubSpot has also found that LinkedIn generated the highest visitor-to-lead conversion rates compared to Facebook and Twitter, where leads were almost three times higher to convert than Facebook or Twitter. We scraped LinkedIn to collect one of the largest datasets of top performing long-form content across the LinkedIn Pulse network. This is what we found. For Title Hacks, Lists, “You” or the 6 “W”s Work It’s…

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Crowdfire brings Twitter stats comparison to its iPhone app

Mar09
by on March 9, 2015 at 10:01 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates

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Twitter profile management service JustUnfollow has now rebranded as Crowdfire and revamped its iPhone app to let you compare your stats on the social network with other users. The new Eagle Eye feature allows you to compare your Twitter mentions, followers, unfollowers, retweets and favourites from the past day, week, month and year with any users you choose. It displays the data in neat line graphs and you can drill down to find out more detailed info, such as followers vs. unfollowers, and the number of hashtags used. The tabbed interface is easy to navigate and shows stats in a clean…

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