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AT&T and ChallengePost are announcing the Connected Intersections Challenge, a three-month-long competition aimed at designers and software and hardware engineers. Entrants to the challenge are tasked with “[re-imagining] software and hardware technology to keep pedestrians in NYC safe and alert while remaining connected on their smartphones.”

“AT&T Is Offering $50K To Engineers To Make New York City Safer For Pedestrians” via TechCrunch

One experience I would love to see is route mapping based on the quality and accessibility of the bike lanes. When Google Maps puts together a Bike route between two points in NYC, half the time I follow it most of the bike lanes are closed and/or inaccessible due to construction.

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Is ephemeral going to be Messaging 3.0? What about anonymous? It is too early to tell, but one thing is certain: we are primed to witness the next war in Messaging 2.0.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/26/messaging-2-0-is-now-over/

I have to admit that I’m a Secret voyeur; I rarely post but love reading the updates. I don’t see it as messaging so much as just an anonymous blog. It is, regardless, very engaging and sticky. Reminds me of a popular site many years ago called Group Hug (they even made a book).

Do any of you use Secret or any of the others?

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With a higher concentration of these so-called ‘cloud leapers’ — companies that bypass legacy systems completely and leapfrog straight to cloud solutions — expect the impact of SaaS in developing Asia to be much more dramatic than any more developed region.

“There’s a perfect storm brewing for SaaS startups in Asia” via TheNextWeb

They’re going to need enterprise tools – but they’re starting from scratch. Sharepoint and SAP is not on their radar. This lack of awareness and loyalty to the legacy players is a huge opportunity for SaaS startups.