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Strategies top SaaS apps use to capture new market segments

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by on December 29, 2018 at 8:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


Startups fail for many reasons, and if you were to ask founders to tell you what they think is most responsible for startup failure you will most certainly get a diverse range of answers. However, when data on failed startups is crunched, data tends to agree that startups mainly fail due to market-related problems. Image Credit A particular study by CB Insights listed the following among the top reason why startups fail: 42 percent of startups fail due to lack of market need for what they offer (this is by far the #1 reason why startups fail — with running…

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3 surprising ways social ‘neighborhood’ apps could boost your business

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by on December 29, 2018 at 7:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


Have you ever logged onto Facebook, only to be inundated with mundane status updates from your ex-high school classmate or photos of your great-aunt’s cat? The impersonal, irrelevant news that seems to clog up most our newsfeeds is turning people away from traditional social networks and toward a new breed of local network that allows you to tune in to your neighborhood gossip. Apps like Nextdoor, Neighbors, GoNeighbor, and Hoodi are creating private feeds for individual neighborhoods that are shuttling in a new era of hyper-local news, reminiscent of a pre-social media era.      But isn’t Facebook rehauling its algorithm…

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What to expect from smartphone cameras in 2019

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by on December 29, 2018 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


A camera on a mid-range phone from 2018 can outperform a lot of top-end phone cameras from 2016, and even 2017. That’s thanks to major improvements in image processing, as well as the inclusion of better – and now, cheaper – dual-camera systems. But as the race to develop better imaging quality continues, we’re also seeing several other trends emerging in the smartphone imaging space. Here’s what you can look forward to from phone cameras in the coming year. A look back at the year that was There were three major trends in smartphone cameras the current year: multiple lenses,…

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4 useless things you shouldn’t have put in your design portfolio

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by on December 29, 2018 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, syndication


You only get one chance to make a first impression, so you better get it right — isn’t that what they say? Here are four things I (honestly) don’t want to see in your portfolio: Skill charts I am not hiring a robot. Tools change every few months. We might have different view of what the word “skill” means. I hope you are able to flex your tools once I hire you. Dribbble shots only When I brief you on a project, I hope you’re able to design an entire flow — not a single shot. I’m curious to learn how you managed to navigate all…

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