Archive | September, 2011
Interview With Pooja Nath, Founder Of Silicon Valley-Based Education Collaboration Startup Piazza

Interview With Pooja Nath, Founder Of Silicon Valley-Based Education Collaboration Startup Piazza

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) – Every month at Publicyte, we interview a “rising star” and highlight their work in which they’re using technology for civic good, whether in the private or public sector. This month for our issue on Connectivity, I caught up with Pooja Nath, the founder of Silicon Valley startup Piazza, which makes a ...
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Top 5 Windows Phone Apps Connecting Citizens To Information And Services

Top 5 Windows Phone Apps Connecting Citizens To Information And Services

Joel Reyes (Charlotte, NC) — The new Windows Phone 7 from Microsoft is the premiere platform for productivity and for connecting users with the knowledge they need, when they need it. Moreover, we’re working very hard to develop and evangelize Windows Phone 7 apps relevant to the public and civic sectors. In that vein, this ...
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Sand Table 2.0: Modern Warfighters Connecting With Open Government And Big Data

Sand Table 2.0: Modern Warfighters Connecting With Open Government And Big Data

Phil West (Charlotte, NC) – In the days of General Eisenhower, war planners used small 3D models embedded in sand — a sand table — to understand and prepare for battle or other operations. And to some degree, 2D diagrams and 3D models are definitely still used. However, in the modern U.S. Army, some warfighters are ...
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