Tag Archives: Tools

Mobile photo editing tools push point-and-shoots closer to the brink

Smartphones are helping cut the legs out from under point-and-shoot cameras, which are seeing less use as people turn to their mobile handsets for photos. But while the rise of smartphone hardware is driving the shift, the ability to do … Continue reading

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Socialcast building better businesses with simple social tools

A simple emoticon can tell you wonders about the emotional state of your company, Socialcast and About.me founder Timothy Young revealed Thursday at GigaOM’s Net:Work conference. Socialcast experimented with a simple emoticon test in a Japanese factory, at the end … Continue reading

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You can’t dictate which tools your employees use

Which applications are best for scaling a business from a tiny startup to an enterprise powerhouse? And how do you get your employees to use them? For most companies, success will come from adopting the easiest tools to use, and … Continue reading

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Team game dynamics, not personal tools, fix healthcare

When Adam Bosworth first tried to tackle health care with his start-up Keas, he went with a classic Silicon Valley approach. He leveraged data, visualization, mobile and web 2.0 to create paid personalized tools to tell people what they should … Continue reading

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Walmart iPhone app adds shopping lists, budgeting tools, coupons

Walmart  is ramping up its mobile strategy and releasing a new iPhone app that provides a number of features aimed at improving the shopping experience for users, who are increasingly interacting with the retailer with mobile and social tools in … Continue reading

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