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The 10 best startups from Y Combinator’s summer 2014 mega-demo day
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on August 20, 2014
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Something happens to you when you sit through 75 Y Combinator startups all vying for press coverage and investment dollars. Well, besides the fact that you body goes numb from sitting in a plastic chair for nearly seven hours, you see the patterns of a pitch: intro, product explanation, financials, team experience and a call to talk while they wander the event floor. But while the patterns are similar, this latest batch included companies that were vastly different. From valet services for commuters to nuclear fusion. From a fellowship for data scientists to a projector for furniture showrooms. The Summer 2014…
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Fresh from last week’s Jana report claiming that emerging markets prefer large screens, there’s evidence that the appetite for big screens goes beyond smartphones in Asia. According to a new report from IDC, close to one in four of all tablets shipped to the continent (minus Japan) is equipped with cellular voice capabilities. More precisely, the analyst firm says 3.5 million of the 13.8 million tablets (with seven-inch screens) that shipped to Asia over the past three months were fitted with the ability to make calls like a smartphone. That, IDC says, represents an increase of more than 60 percent year-on-year. Unsurprisingly all of the voice…
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Youku Tudou, often viewed as a Chinese version of YouTube, just announced that it is now reaching over 500 million monthly unique visitors. For comparison, YouTube says more than 1 billion unique visitors visit its site each month — but keep in mind that Youku Tudou caters largely to a much smaller net of Chinese-speaking audiences only. Youku Tudou’s latest milestone comes despite the immense competition from its rivals including Baidu-owned online video platform iQiyi. It also comes as mobile is gaining more importance for the company — in its first quarter earnings, Youku Tudou revealed that its mobile daily video views…
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