Do you know where the presidential candidate you are supporting stands on immigration, healthcare, environmental policy, or other issues that are important to you? Many people vote alongside a political party without really knowing where candidates stand on specific issues. The problem is exacerbated at the state and local level where, according to ElectNext, “candidates are…
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Twitter has acquired Whisper Systems, an Android security firm based in San Francisco. According to an announcement on Whisper Systems’ blog today, they will become part of Twitter. They stated: “We started Whisper Systems with the goal of improving security and privacy for mobile devices. Now that we’re joining Twitter, we’re looking forward to bringing our technology…
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A Boston-based startup wants to make it easier and less frustrating for you to find web-based business apps that actually do what they say they will and become a valuable, go-to source of information. Billing themselves as a Yelp or Trip Advisor for B2B apps, Comparz lets you search a number of categories for apps,…
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I’m at a coffee shop in Wudaokou, the university area of Beijing, and I must look a bit absurd as I thrust my head from side to side, laughing. I’m actually playing a new iOS game called Crows Coming from a game developer called Vision Hacker. In this free game, you move your head to…
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A new app called ShoutFlow wants to create a non-intrusive social network by hooking you up with people that you haven’t met, but who share common interests and mutual friends. Let the comparisons to 2 other social discovery tools we recently covered begin: Converge pulls data from social networking sites to help you meet new…
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Seattle-based Glympse is an app for the always-running-10-minutes late, the socially inclined, and the worried parent. Glympse is a location-sharing device with an innovative map that lets you share your exact location with friends, family, and business associates. You don’t have to download the app to use it, and you can customize the duration of…
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Founded in 2010, Jiepang’s location-based check-in service has attracted more than 1.4 million users. Those users can earn badges and mayorships, share their check-ins on Chinese social networks, and interact with 300+ partner brands. “We learn a lot from Foursquare, Gowalla, and a lot of location-based apps in the US,” Jiepang CEO David Liu told…
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As I meet startups from around the country, it continues to surprise me how they evolve to introduce products and services that are so intuitive, you are left asking, “Why didn’t I think of that?” Such is the case for Storymix Media, an automated video creation platform that allows wedding guests to capture a wedding…
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Personal finance startup MyJibe, which demoed at our first Bloomington mixer, just announced their acquisition by Utah-based MoneyDesktop. MyJibe helps you set aside spending money while still reaching your finance goals, and connect with financial advisors in real-time. Its cofounders, Mike Langellier and Brandon Dewitt, will join MoneyDesktop and integrate their product with their acquirer’s,…
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How you ever wondered what happens when a patent’s claims cover the activities of a software company and its customers? Can their collective activities violate a patent even though they are not officially working together towards a common goal? Well, the answer is “maybe.” Last Friday, the court that hears appeals in all U.S. patent…
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Catching on to the explosive growth of foodie culture and the pursuit of all things food, Chicago-based startup CookItFor.Us has positioned itself as a different kind of food website – one of action, purchase and discovery. Their online platform links “Cravers,” those who would like a recipe made for them, and “Makers,” the licensed chefs,…
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Today Washington D.C. based startup HelloWallet, which we’ve covered previously, launched its iPhone application to offer location-based spending guidance. Once you grab the application from iTunes, it will determine your location, display how much is left to spend in your associated budget category and how much has been spent historically at that location. HelloWallet Founder and CEO…
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Fresh from its official public launch, MentorMob has declared that the “race to disrupt education is on.” Organization in online learning is the goal. With the abundance of quality and free material on the web today, the team at this startup aims to bring cohesion to this valuable, yet currently disorganized, information. MentorMob is a…
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Anybeat, a discussion-based social network founded by former MySpace Music CTO Dmitry Shapiro, launched yesterday out of beta. Previously called Altly, which we covered in June, the site received $1 million in seed funding led by Freestyle Capital and with participation from MySpace founder Tom Anderson. Anybeat lets you browse people by filters like interest,…
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BaoMoi, one of the top news sites in Vietnam, was inspired by Google News; its cofounder and CEO, Tuan Nguyen, was inspired by the Adam Sandler movie Mr. Deeds: He owned a company and said to the board members: ‘Did you have a dream in your childhood? Do you really want to be a businessman…
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The Ivy League school whose super-famous dropouts Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg have revolutionized our lives has launched an incubator. The Harvard innovation lab, or i-lab, will bring together students with big ideas with the entrepreneurs, faculty, and those in the Boston area who can help get those big ideas off the ground. They are…
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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