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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower CTO

Even when they have talked to multiple developers or development firms, we’re often the first to ask basic questions like “Who are your customers?” ” or “Are you developing for desktop, tablet, mobile, or all three?” The innovator/developer relationship needs to be a conversation.

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How Trainline’s CTO stays on track with professional development

CIO

Few would swap sunny San Francisco and the innovation of Silicon Valley for a train ticketing company serving disgruntled UK commuters, but try telling that to Trainline CTO, Milena Nikolic. Since joining a year ago, Nikolic has split teams into horizontal and vertical functions to support operational efficiency and product development.

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

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Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud. It’s just a question of choice.”

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Leap, a ‘social learning’ platform aimed at over 55s, raises a $3.1M seed round

TechCrunch

Leap , a platform for people over 55 to learn via social interaction, has raised $3.1 Leap was founded by Swedish entrepreneur Caroline Ingeborn, former CEO of Toca Boca, a Swedish app development studio that builds learning apps for kids, and Vishal Kapur, former CTO and co-founder of Screenhero, which was acquired by Slack in 2015.

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Backed by former Facebook and Twitter execs, Tagg launches social branding app for Gen Z

TechCrunch

Gen Z isn’t satisfied with the social media they grew up with, so they’re building the apps that they want to use. It’s like a link-in-bio service, but with a social element that encourages young creatives to connect, collaborate and develop friendships. Image Credits: Tagg.

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Aemi eases the challenges of social commerce in Vietnam

TechCrunch

Social commerce sellers can be as small as one person selling products to their followers on social media platforms like Instagram or Facebook. This might not seem like enough to move significant amounts of product, but in many Southeast Asian markets, social commerce sellers are making up an increasingly large portion of e-commerce.

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Tedooo raises $3M to scale its social network for buyers and sellers

TechCrunch

Tedooo , a Tel Aviv-based social network marketed towards the trade world, has raised $3 million in seed funding led by Stardom Ventures. She partnered with her brother, Tedooo co-founder and CTO Mor Apelker, to build the app using his 10 years of developer experience.

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