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PUBLIC MARKS from solrac with tags web & app

April 2011

Indian Startup ConnectM Named Winner of IBM SmartCamp Bangalore

winner of IBM Global Entrepreneur Startup SmartCamp in Bangalore India. ConnectM's USP technology collects data remotely and uses domain specific analytics to deliver actionable business intelligence. ConnectM's solutions are powered by cutting edge M2M technology, that allow both wireless and wired systems to communicate with other devices of the same ability.

March 2011

SmartCamp Bangalore is an Entrepreneur Mentor Goldmine

Our first SmartCamp of 2011 will be in Bangalore, India in April. With a population of over 1 billion plus, and home to some of the biggest tech companies in world, it comes as no surprise that international investors have been actively enagaged with the local communitities for many years. We believe that our mentor network is a real goldmine and the best reason to apply for SmartCamp.

Going Global: VCs, CEOs and Entrepreneurs provide Best Practices

The panel has significant experience bringing US companies to foreign markets as well as into the US. They capture many of the Best Practices companies and city leaders should be thinking about as they look to find their unique place in this global marketplace.

February 2011

Startup Madness: Groupon's Super Bowl commercial was quite possibly the least tasteful of all time

Before Super Bowl XLV, there was wide speculation about who would win the Super Bowl ads war between Groupon and LivingSocial. Most people were betting that Groupon would win Big-Time, and they did if you define winning, in this case, as making the biggest Bonehead marketing blunder of the year.

KickStarter's Awesome $27 Million in Crowdsourced Seed Money for Startups

What's really cool about KickStarter is you have absolutely nothing to loose and everything to gain. All you have to do is present your Project/Startup idea, ask for the seed money you need, and like magic the masses of KisckStarter and the world give you a thumbs-up or down, and the Thumbs-Up can be very surprising indeed!

IBM and Obama help put Cold-Hard-Cash in Startups hands

You're a tireless Entrepreneur working long hard hours - you need cash to hire key hackers to finish your code and launch your awesome dream - If that sounds like you, then you should jump on this opportunity to get seed money from the White House-led Startup America campaign and IBM.

July 2010

Creating mobile Web applications with HTML5

HTML 5 is a very hyped technology, but with good reason. It promises to be a technological tipping point for bringing desktop application capabilities to the browser. In this five-part series, you will take a closer look at several new technologies that are part of HTML5, that can have a huge impact on mobile Web application development.

6 tips for using the XML flavor of HTML5

Because of HTML5's momentum, it is now a technology that every XML developer has to deal with. Fortunately HTML5 supports a proper XML serialization. Learn aboutthe XML form of HTML5 including some key differences from older XHTML conventions and learn how to practically apply this vocabulary in modern web browsers.

Customizing MediaWiki the Wikipedia wiki Engine

The MediaWiki application is probably best known for being the engine behind Wikipedia. This article will show you how to create different types of extensions for MediaWiki: wiki variables, special pages, and new tags. You'll also get a quick overview of what you'll need to do to create skins for MediaWiki.

May 2010

Creating mobile Web applications with HTML 5, Part 1

Combine HTML 5, geolocation APIs, and Web services to create mobile mashups. Learn how to find and track location coordinates to use in various Web services.

Creating mobile Web applications with HTML 5, Part 2

Unlock local storage for mobile Web applications with HTML 5. Improve the speed of your mobile apps with standardized local storage

April 2010

Open source software is no longer just for alpha-geeks

This article humbley attempts to convince you that open source software is a solution for some subset of problems and that some of your problems most likely exist within that subset. See how open source is a flexible, usable approach to efficiency in your work environment.