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Free Web Toolbar | Wibiya Social Folders Hunch At Y Combinator’s Biggest Demo Day Yet, Mobile Is Taking Over There are plenty of observations to be made about Y Combinator’s Demo Day. It’s the biggest ever, with 66 companies in this Winter class. It’s more diverse than past years, with many companies being led by women and people of color. And the audience, packed in at the Computer History Museum, is about as high-quality as you get at these sorts of things. It’s full of Silicon Valley elite, plus other investors and executives who have flown in from around the country and the world. But the thing that is sticking out the most is the nature of the products being launched. This shouldn’t be surprising, I suppose. Still, Y Combinator began in 2005, before smartphones were mainstream. The shift so visible today has been building over the last couple of years; before, there were only a few outliers, like recently-acquired location company Loopt. The companies today are also noticeably practical — these are not just games and simple utilities. Our coverage today:

70 outils indispensables pour Twitter Cet article a été publié il y a 4 ans 11 mois 23 jours, il est donc possible qu’il ne soit plus à jour. Les informations proposées sont donc peut-être expirées. Cet article n’est que la première partie d’une série consacrée aux “outils du web”, une suite d’articles destinée à rendre votre web plus “agréable” ! Tagged Comics, Quizzes, and Stories The Seven Most Interesting Startups At 500 Startups Demo Day Halfway to living up to its moniker with over 250 startups, 500 Startups held a series of demo days this week and last, where a group of 33 scrappy startups presented their wares to investors in both New York and San Francisco. As we are wont to do with these things, we visited the 500 Startups offices in Mountain View and interviewed the seven that we thought were the most interesting, from both an investor and consumer standpoint. The startups chosen spanned all sorts of market territory, from a novel take on media-based eCommerce to a SaaS for farmers, but what they all had in common was a unique approach to the problem they were trying to solve as well as an inkling of that other indeterminate thing that makes a startup great. Also, I’m pretty sure Switchcam, a startup that allows for a combining of different camera angles on video, should be on here. 72Lux Ever wish that you could buy whatever product/outfit/gadget/whatever as you were reading about it online. Tiny Review SafeShepherd

Digibonus : des opérations spéciales pour recruter des fans Recruter et animer et fidéliser des communautés de fans sur Facebook et sur le web via une plateforme technique d’opérations spéciales pour le compte de marques, agences, groupes médias et PME, c’est le concept de Digibonus. Sous la forme de jeux, quizz, tests, votes et autres événements ludiques, la plateforme prévoit d’intégrer notamment des ingrédients de gamification dans ses opérations. La société fête justement sa 1000ème opération, intitulée « l’examen de la rentrée », pour le compte de PriceMinister. Le modèle de Digibonus repose sur le paiement d’un abonnement à sa plateforme. Fondée en 2007, Digibonus a bénéficié du soutien de VC comme Alven Capital & IDFC, auprès desquels la société a levé 1,5M d’€ à sa création. La société annonce un CA prévisionnel d’1Md’€ en 2012. Entretien avec Jérémie Wainstain, co-fondateur de Digibonus

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How To Scale A $1 Billion Startup: A Guide From Instagram Co-Founder Mike Krieger Instagram’s co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have been noticeably silent since their photo-sharing app Instagram was bought by Facebook earlier this week for $1 billion. In the meantime there has been a lot written about that deal, from praise to backlash, parsing what it means and why. But if you’d like to hear a little (actually, a lot) about how Instagram got to where it did, read on. Last night, Krieger gave a presentation at an Airbnb event for employees and members of the network, part of a regular series called the Tech Talk. Considering his company was just bought for $1 billion, it’s a pretty remarkable effort, 185 slides in all. The talk, as the name of the event would suggest, is mainly about engineering and back-end work. It’s true that Instagram never had to create a “fail whale” but they had some clear 404’s early on and “tons of errors.”Possibly the truest test of scaling: “replacing all components of a car while driving it at 100mph”. The full slide deck is here:

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