If you’ve ever lost your mobile phone, you know how painful it is to lose important data, from contact information you hadn’t downloaded to your CMS yet to photos from your last vacation. LA-based startup TekTrak Mobile Security has your back. Their technology allows you to locate lost or misplaced phones and secure and private…
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BetterWorks provides a one-stop shop for employee perks. With plans for companies with less than ten employees to mid-market companies, they have taken the hassle and complexities of providing compelling employee perks out of the equation. Employees are provided with a range of perks to choose from within a predetermined perk budget that can be…
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If you’re in marketing or promotions, LA-based startup ShareSquare’s unique technology can help you connect the bands and brands you represent to their audience via rich, mobile engagement that you create. Using ShareSquare’s self-serve content management system, music, entertainment, and consumer package goods marketers can enhance their promotions with a QR code tied to a…
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Chatroulette first introduced a new way to find conversations with random people around the world in real-time using your webcam. While the service was loved by many at first, it lost traffic very quickly, and some would say that was due to some very inappropriate exposure (if you watch South Park then you probably know what…
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ToothTag, a new app from NeuAer, makes your smartphone truly smart by letting you “tag” Bluetooth and wifi enabled devices that are within proximity of your smartphone. The ToothTag application is currently only available on the Android platform due to the multi-tasking support required by the app. ToothTag shows the power of NeuAer’s ProxPlatform by providing…
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The problem with most local deal sites is receiving lots of deals that don’t interest you in the least. Finding the ones that do interest you sometimes requires spending time you might not have sifting through countless deals. Smartvark is a new recommendation website that is customizable and can be tailored to your interests, so you only…
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Ever wish you had X-Ray vision? How about on your website? Seevolution uses their X-ray tool to capture behavioral data of your website visitors, which includes data about how users are interacting with different parts of your website. It collects an unprecedented amount of data, including mouse movements, mouse clicks, data entries, and navigational information. With…
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Clutch, a project data feed mashup and dashboard from thehybridgroup, allows you to track your projects in one place. It provides a consolidated view of activity across projects and project applications in a feed format with an activity dashboard. No longer do you have to access multiple applications to gain an overview of activity across…
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After being backed by an impressive set of investors, including Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, among others, Zaarly officially launched today. Their real-time social marketplace allows you to buy and sell with the people around you. Additional features and increased accessibility from more devices and platforms will be rolled out over the next few days,…
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On Tuesday, May 24th, Tech Cocktail will be hosting its first LA mixer event, sponsored by Sprint. In honor of this special occasion, we thought we’d kick things off with a little contest! The SWEET prize: A brand spankin new 4G-capable phone! Sprint’s iconic HTC EVO 4G is packed with fantastic features including a 4.3-inch display screen,…
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If you are a child of the ‘80s, you no doubt remember View-Masters, those bulky contraptions that looked like a cross between a camera and binoculars that allowed you to view tiny little slides that came on a disc. Fun when we were in elementary school, and fun again thanks to LA-based startup Border Stylo….
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Before we went away for spring break last month, my husband attempted to buy a Flip even though Cisco had just announced they were shutting down that division. Attempts to buy one failed, so what did we do on vacation? We recorded videos on my husband’s smart phone instead. Turns out we didn’t miss having…
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Pursuing a career as a media personality via the Web rather than taking on a job as a local news anchor, Shira Lazar has built up quite a resume and following. Shira is an EMMY nominated TV and Web Personality. She is the creator, producer and host of What’s Trending on CBSNews.com. She is also…
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Los Angeles is the second largest city in the United States. Known for it’s entertainment scene which blossomed in the early nineteen hundreds, LA also has some of the best schools in the country in UCLA and USC. They also have a growing tech culture in Los Angeles and it’s adjacent cites like Santa Monica,…
Read MoreEntrepreneurs good or bad, we all make mistakes. Some take their lumps over and over while others learn more quickly from their mistakes. Scott Walker, the founder of Walker Corporate Law Group, has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs and has seen lots of mistakes get made along the way, so he shared five of the…
Read MoreWe heard a lot of buzz about Zaarly at SXSW. Through our partnership with Tony Hsieh’s Delivering Happiness movement, we interviewed a lot of thought leaders, creatives and innovators. One of the questions we asked was what app or service have you found at SXSW to be most interesting, and we heard Zaarly quite a…
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Two months after the iPad 2 debuted in March, around 40% of users surveyed said their iPad was their primary computer, up from around 30%... Read More
There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with... Read More
We are excited to announce the participating startups for Tech Cocktail's South by Southwest (SXSW) event: #Startuplife Celebration presented by .CO. It was one of... Read More
With our Startup Mixology Conference coming up next week followed by our classic Tech Cocktail DC Summer mixer which will showcase a handful of early-stage... Read More