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King of the Apps Comic #10: Sam’s story concludes

April 27, 2011 | Graham

Sam has come quite a long way from his modest beginnings as an average developer with big dreams. After initial success, it took some…

 

King of the Apps Comics #8 and #9: Sam finds new resolve

April 26, 2011 | Graham

In Part VII of Sam’s story, he received a crash course in the ups and downs of launching a startup. He was beaten in…

 

Xeround: database-as-a-service in the cloud

April 26, 2011 | Robert Scoble

One of the advantages of the cloud infrastructure is its ability to make databases both highly scalable and highly available. However, as users add…

 

The Bommarito Group: Architectural design in 3D

April 20, 2011 | Marla Bommarito

I founded The Bommarito Group in 1984. We are an interior architecture firm focused on commercial space—mainly office and institutional. We have clients all over the…

 

MyPad: Loytr’s Facebook app for the iPad

April 19, 2011 | Robert Scoble

Facebook left a large void in the industry with its decision not to develop an iPad app. Loytr, Inc. is filling that void with…

 

Our unhealthy fixation with emulating #1

April 18, 2011 | Jason Cohen

Most sporting contests culminate in a single-elimination tournament, meaning that after each match the winner continues and the loser goes home: 4Share At the end,…

 

New on Building43

April 14, 2011 | Graham

We’re making some changes at Building43 that we hope you’ll enjoy and find useful. While we will continue to keep you informed on the…

 

CABoots: Old World Craftsmanship meet 21st century technology

April 14, 2011 | Joey Sanchez

CABoots is a custom footwear company based in El Paso. We manufacture custom cowboy boots, belts, and costume footwear (i.e., everything from pirate boots…

 

King of the Apps Comic #7: setback for Sam

April 14, 2011 | Graham

When we last caught up with Sam, he was on top of the world. His startup was VC funded, he had expanded his team…

 

VMware announces Cloud Foundry

April 13, 2011 | Robert Scoble

This week, VMware introduced a major new PaaS called Cloud Foundry. The project is available as open source software, and it provides a platform…