Category Archives: Small business

Tiramisu Transit app helps Allegheny County transports, now gets more than $100k funding to expand country-wide.

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Stefano

How make this world a better place? Maybe using an app to track buses by leveraging crowdsourced info and GPS technology. Tiramisu was developed by researchers to improve users’ transit experiences and transit accessibility. Your data will help us improve … Continue reading →

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Twitter for Small Businesses: promotion, user engagement, product awareness and … a nice video too!

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Stefano

This is how Twitter promotes itself and explains the (good) reasons why (even) a small business should use Twitter to reach new customers, to talk with them and spread the word about their products/services. The video exploits the recipe metaphor … Continue reading →

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