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We have written previously about the physical and mental health aspects of entrepreneurship and those startups focusing on these issues. From handling depression to self-care after heartbreak, there are innumerable ways in which self-care is of vital importance both in and out of business. Now, adding to the area of self-care is Aloe: the self-care reminder app. Aloe will be a free iOS (and later...
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We have written before about ways in which virtual reality will shape the future and only recently about the closely related augmented reality, in the shape of mobile game Safari Central. These are two sibling technologies that have been around for quite a long time, but are just now beginning to come into their own. The possibilities are exciting. But in order for designers and creators to make a...
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We have written before about travel startups, but perhaps now it’s time to talk about the least fun part of taking a holiday. Holidays are supposed to be fun and exciting to plan, argue about beach vs hiking, and then eventually book, all the while giving you that feeling of anticipation you probably haven’t had since you were a child looking forward to Christmas. Then, after the perio...
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Just last week Facebook announced that it’s Facebook SME council initiative was coming to Ireland. This, comes two months after the same initiative was launched in the UK. So what is the Facebook SME council? We took a look: Back at the start of May (2017) UK’s Facebook SME council held its first collaborative meeting with a group of 15 UK SME’s. This article on Real Business ex...
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Hurree is a marketing automation platform, that uses AI & machine learning to help developers and marketers better know their customers through improved mobile app engagement.   As more and more users make the transition from browsing the web to engaging with mobile apps, the need for an integrated app marketing tool becomes increasingly pertinent. According to Think with Google sur...
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Breakups often hurt (and hurt bad), but startup Founder Ellen Huerta believes that heartbreak can be transformational with support. Step forward her app, Mend, a self-care app for heartbreak that aims to guide you through your breakup day by day. So if you love the idea of this self-care app, read on... We first heard about Mend last week. Mend featured on Episode 6 of Apple's first original seri...
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Ignasi Prat is the CMO at Tappx, accredited as Spain's 6th fastest growing tech startup, and a leading app developers community for monetisation and cross-promotion. Here, Ignasi offers his top recommendations for increasing your app download rates, helping you to stand out in a busy & competitive app marketplace. "Mobile app discovery is one of the toughest tasks facing indie devel...
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Online marketplaces or FinTech apps require eMoney infrastructure - here, Anna Tsyupko, CEO of FinTech startup Paybase highlight some of the key challenges of building payments into an app."Companies such as online marketplaces or FinTech apps require (eMoney) infrastructure because they have complex requirements that cannot simply be accommodated by a payment gateway. These ty...
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Whilst we all know that technology can improve our lives in many ways, it’s becoming increasingly apparent that it can help save lives too. It’s pretty much a given then that innovations and advancements in the medical and healthcare sectors which have the potential to be life-saving ought to be high on our radar. Innovations such as Medimee - our latest Startup of the Week. Medimee ...
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Comb allows users to see a fashion item they like, anywhere on the internet, and find it and similar products within seconds, with just one click. It’s simple: you see pictures of us at a Startacus event and think, ‘I must emulate those Olympians!’; you click the Comb button and drag a box over our tweed jacket, dungarees, flip flops, or whatever we’ve inspired you wit...
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