Pinterest has opened new doors (one being to Tech Cocktail’s new Pinterest account). They’ve created an entirely new means for how people consume images and videos. They’ve raised the bar for how people share and interact with images. And because Pinterest has changed how the masses browse media, there now exists an ocean of untapped…
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Talk to many programmers, and they’ll tell you they’re the unsung heroes of the modern world – toiling away on work their superiors dictate at the last minute, interrupted during their flashes of genius, and generally misunderstood by the masses. More seriously, we all have a psychological desire to have our successes acknowledged, and San…
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Simplee, a platform for tracking and paying health care bills, has hit on one of the best forms of advertising: free money. During February, the Palo Alto startup will give you a $10 discount on a medical bill paid through its system. Just use the code “promo-10” when checking out – current and new users…
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Yesterday, Salesforce announced the launch of Desk.com, a new social help desk product built by the Assistly team, which was acquired last September. We have been following the progress of San Francisco-based Assistly, syncing up every few months with founder and CEO Alex Bard since their creation and participation as a San Diego startup showcase…
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A year old startup that participated in the minority-focused accelerator NewMe and graduated from 500 Startup just closed a $750k seed round. Silicon Valley-based OneSchool was started by 3 college kids; they develop mobile apps that let students browse campus maps, find course listings, discover nearby restaurants, check sports scores, access a directory of professor…
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You have got to love a startup that is named after a pet…wait for it…wombat. Womply Founder and CEO Toby Scammell lived in Australia for 5 years, and during that time, Womply (the pet) lived in their backyard. They didn’t so much take care of it as live alongside it. “We went out and said…
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It’s hard to be a sports fan and not enjoy January. We’ve got NCAA football, basketball, and hockey, NFL playoffs, NBA, NHL, and best of all, no baseball. (I kid). To continue with the theme, earlier this week we covered LockerDome, the “Facebook for fans and athletes.” Today, we look at OnSports, the mobile sports app fueled by…
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“We were looking for an idea that would change the world,” Nextdoor founder Nirav Tolia told me during a guided tour of the members-only site. “We started this a year and a half ago when we realized there were no locally-driven social networks that connect neighborhoods – and neighborhoods are the original social networks.” Following…
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Favo.rs, a startup based in San Francisco that we showcased at last week’s mixer event in that fine city, helps professionals build relationships. I know what you’re thinking - “Good luck going up against LinkedIn!” – because I thought that too. When I asked founder Adam Rodnitzky about their key differentiator, here’s what he said,…
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Following closely behind the announcement of Facebook opening a new office in New York City solely dedicated to engineers, the social media giant has in fact just made a much larger splash. According to numerous reports, Facebook has acquired the location based social networking service, Gowalla. Facebook has yet to comment on the deal. The…
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Is your mobile browsing activity being tracked without your consent? The answer to this controversial question seems to be yes, at least in part. The Mountain View based Carrier IQ, ”the leading provider in Mobile Service Intelligence Solutions to the Wireless Industry,” currently has a major spotlight shining on their business practices, and not for the right…
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Out of gift ideas for your dad, who already has everything, or your cousin, who you barely know but you’re her Secret Santa? Take a look around San Francisco-based Wanelo, a socially-curated store and bookmarking tool that can help you find, save, and share interesting and unique products online. Wanelo, whose name is derived from…
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Finding the perfect social media marketer, search engine optimization specialist, or writer is undoubtedly a grueling process. Everyone with a Twitter account thinks they’re a “social media ninja.” Everyone who’s ever added a title tag to a webpage thinks they’re an SEO expert. Anyone with a keyboard considers themselves a qualified writer. Many business owners…
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Most savvy Internet users have no problem using online file sharing services such as Dropbox, YouSendIt, or Box. Ask your mom to send you a file through one of these services, however, and failure is the likely outcome. JustBeamIt is a new, sleek file transfer service that even mom can use. Using JustBeamIt requires three…
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Fooducate, a San Francisco startup, helps users make healthy purchases after they scan food barcodes. They just announced 10 million product scans in a new infographic. Fooducate is a free iOS and Android app that lets shoppers scan food items and view a letter grade and explanation, with flags like excess sugar, trans fats, additives,…
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As we grow older, we lose touch with friends, move to new cities, and start new jobs. No matter how socially savvy we are – how many Twitter followers, Facebook friends, or Circles we have - sometimes it is tough to make new friends. San Francisco-based BlendAbout wants to match you with new friends using…
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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
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
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
Coming off of one of our biggest Tech Cocktail mixer events in Chicago this past week, which showcased 14 early-stage start-ups, we thought it would... Read More