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pandodaily.com — As we approach universal smart phone ownership among American consumers, retailers and startup entrepreneurs are scrambling for ways to integrate mobile into the everyday shopping experience. In April of last year, PayDragon launched its mobile food ordering and pre-payment platform allowing hungry restaurant guests to skip the lines at their favorite eatery.

pandodaily.com — It's a common gripe about tech blogs: They spend so much time focusing launches and exits that they don't write much about the stuff in between. And that stuff is exactly where companies are made or broken. We're guilty of this too.

pandodaily.com — The Internet has been evolving for 20+ years, so isn't it time websites got onboard? Since the Internet made its public debut in the mid-90s, basic website structure has remained virtually untouched. Still tied to the same print-based paradigms and catalog-style navigation, these outdated formats now shackle designers to a limited framework that prevents them them from truly exploring the advantages inherent in the digital medium.

pandodaily.com — Blaine Dehmlow, the general manager of the TechShop in San Francisco, describes what has become a tradition of sorts at the well-known building place that provides members access to tools and software: An entrepreneur sits down at a computer in the center of the second floor studio with a bottle of champagne in hand.

pandodaily.com — It's fairly incredible that, in 2013, with the threat of showrooming and predictions that physical retail will disappear entirely, major luxury retailers are still figuring out how to get this Internet thing right. That's partly because, for luxury brands, preserving brand integrity comes above all else.