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Typing a command in your terminal can now get you a sandwich. Seriously.

Most of us geeks had a dream – how awesome would it be if we can get a sandwich by typing on our linux terminal. This is immortalized by the XKCD comic piece above. Now, researchers from Technical University at Munich are...
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Global advertisement statistics

Last week, research firm ZenithOptmedia has made available a few statistics. Here is the brief summary. In 2014, The total spending in advertisements will be $541b of which Internet alone will account for $113 billion. That is ...
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Is there a bubble in the Silicon Valley? Stats from Venture investments how otherwise

I have been doing some search on the Venture capital stats from National Venture Capital Association and here are the findings. Contrary to some reports, the stats show that the Silicon Valley venture system is still healthy &...
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8 Hottest and 4 blandest startup trends for 2012

Startups tend to move in packs – we follow a trend based on the success stories. We get inspired sometimes and sometimes we imitate. Trends are like ocean currents, if we swim with them it can help us get to our destinati...
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What is wrong with Microsoft and why is an healthy Microsoft important for us?

here are 2 parts to this article – first part deals with what is wrong with Microsoft and second one on why is it important for it stay healthy. The past couple of weeks I have totally moved out of Microsoft’s techn...
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Infographic: What tools do startups use?

The survey done by BestVendor has some interesting insight into what tools startups use. The survey was conducted with 550 people working in companies with 100 or below employees. In tools like project management and note takin...
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Traffic share of top social sites in the world

A great stat on the top social sites in the world. Facebook is absolutely the kind (91% of the share). Of the remaining 9% traffic, Google+ has about 1.1% of the 9% while Twitter leads the pack with 23% traffic. I suspect that ...
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Infographic on how travel companies use social media

Here are some stats on how travel companies in the US utilize social media. Travel related startups can utilize these ideas to build their social media strategy. Some interesting stats: Source: Tripl
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Interesting facts on digital world and social media

This is an interactive presentation that show the evolution of various social networks and evolution of Internet across the world. Startups particularly need to make note of the stats on ecommerce, the market trends in digital ...
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