The Future of Moving Money on Mobile

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Mobile Payments Service Flint Adds $2M More In Series B Funding From Verizon, Rolls Out Passbook Support, Invoicing

(TechCrunch) Flint Mobile, a mobile payments startup that, unlike Square or PayPal Here, uses the phone’s camera instead of a dongle to “scan” credit and debit cards, announced this morning an add-on in Series B funding from Verizon Investments, the investing arm of Verizon Communications. This brings Flint’s total Series B raise to date to $8 million. The company had previously announced $6 million in Series B funding led by Digicel Group with SVG Partners, Storm Ventures, and True Ventures also participating. In 2012, it had raised $3 million, also from Storm and True Ventures…
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Swrve Adds Dynamic Engagement Scoring To Help App Devs Better Monetize Their User Groups

(TechCrunch) It’s a mobile world, and making money from users on the go is the question that Yahoo needs to answer and that Facebook already has. For companies in between, it’s a tough race between deciding how to price their offerings and how best to monetize their disparate user bases. As TechCrunch has reported previously, Swrve, a San Francisco and Dublin-based firm, is focused on helping companies work to answer those questions.
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01/07/2014

Design Thinking Bootcamp

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Taking a concept from code to completion is the challenge every app developer must overcome to give life to their ideas. The Design Thinking program was conceptualized by Stanford University’s dschool to change the way people think about and overcome problems. At this Design Thinking Workshop, produced by the Apps Alliance, in partnership with AT&T and Intel, participants will learn a unique methodology for innovation that combines creative and analytical approaches to problem solving. The session will be taught by Roger Chandler, Director of Strategy and Innovation at Intel Corporation, and member of the dschool Advisory Committee. Also hear industry experts discuss app design in an engaging panel discussion. This is a mind-altering day that no developer should miss.
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Alliance Member Apptentive shows the way to customer happiness (Video)

Robi Ganguly learned the most important business lesson of his life when he was bagging groceries at Olson's Food Stores in Seattle. When the boss told him to take everybody's groceries out to the car, and he complied, Ganguly says he learned the long-term value of insisting on great customer service. That lesson served him well when he co-founded Apptentive, a Seattle startup that makes a system for companies that own mobile apps to communicate with customers and resolve issues before the customer posts a bad review. Ganguly and his 12-person Apptentive team scored a victory recently when
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App Success Stories: From Developers Who Beat The Odds

App Success Stories: From Developers Who Beat The Odds ! By Sean A. Casto   Whether you’re a designer, a developer, or an entrepreneur, App Success Stories shares the secrets of success, from coming up with the great idea to executing it. App Success Stories takes you through a broad and diverse range of success stories from indie developers to small and midsize app development firms in iOS, Android and Windows. This nontechnical, easy-to-follow guide walks you through 8 real world examples to inspire those looking to hit it big.
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The Supreme Court could abolish software patents next year. Here's why it should.

(Washington Post) In a trio of Supreme Court decisions between 1972 and 1981, the court held that mathematical algorithms were not eligible for patent protection. Since computer software is little more than mathematical algorithms encoded in machine-readable form, most of the software industry assumed this meant you couldn't patent software. But then, in the 1990s, a patent-friendly appeals court handed down a series of decisions that opened the door to patents on software. That triggered a wave of patenting that has drowned the technology industry in litigation.
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HealthLoop Lands $10M To Help Doctors Better Track And Engage Patients Between Visits

(TechCrunch) HealthLoop, the makers of a cloud-based platform that aims to automate the process by which doctors engage with their patients after visits, announced today that it has closed a $10 million round of Series A financing. The round was led by Canvas Venture Fund, the new $175 million investment vehicle recently launched by three partners of Morgenthaler Ventures...
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12/12/2013

NestGSV + Startup Grind Present: The Largest Startup Holiday Party (Of All Time)

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We are hosting the worlds biggest Startup holiday party for entrepreneurs and small business owners! Last year +1,000 people registered and we're looking to double that number this year. Freelancers and self-employed professionals are all welcome! Join us at Nest GSV incubator as we broadcast the party live to dozens of cities worldwide through Startup Grind! Join us for food, drinks and fun!
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