We previously covered Summify in a piece on app fatigue, but Summify won’t be around long enough to fatigue you: the Vancouver-based startup was acquired by Twitter in late January. Summify crafted a daily summary of news from your social networks, pulling out links to articles and serving up the most interesting. It prioritized links…
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As our world gets smaller, online communities are becoming more and more ubiquitous. I’m not talking about huge social networks like Facebook, which target everyone, but more focused communities that target a specific niche. We just ran a post on Scoutzie a couple of hours ago, which brings together mobile designers in one place –…
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If you are really into music, check out this clever new startup: Vancouver-based Shirtify will send you t-shirts from your favorite bands based on what you listen to on music streaming platforms like Pandora, Spotify, Last.fm, or Rdio. It’s win-win for everyone – artists, who get paid in full – and you – who get…
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We first met VenueWize when they demo’d their new software at our Tech Cocktail Mixer event in Vancouver this past July. The team was very much focused on their international pilot test in an attempt to best understand event organizers needs when it comes to metrics. Now they have officially launched with their new web…
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Personalized news iPad applications received more validation today as CNN acquired Vancouver-based startup Zite, a “personalized iPad magazine that gets smarter as you use it,” for over $20 million, though no official details were disclosed. Zite never took any venture capital funding and, rather than raise a round, decided to be acquired to partner with CNN….
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Ever traveled to a city and wanted to know the “off the beaten path” places to go and things to do? While there are a number of applications that help you find local restaurants and other points of interest, they all seem to fall short when it comes to local flavor. The recently launched Urbandig…
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Anyone living the startup lifestyle knows that the weekend is a great time to keep chugging away on your latest endeavor. Thanks to the makers of the Cardinal app, you now might have a rap anthem to jam to. The Cardinal App helps aggregate all your music shares from various applications like Soundhound, Shazam, HypeMachine,…
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Our Tech Cocktail Vancouver mixer is on July 9th, and we are really looking forward to hanging out with the great tech crowd here. This event is very much focused on the future as we partner with Futurists:BetaLaunch as part of the World Future Conference by the World Future Society, a 45-year old non-profit organization dedicated to…
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Portable music has become an inherently anti-social field thanks to the proliferation of earbuds, which make it extremely hard to share your music in a high quality way. Freq Industries is dedicated to bringing back the boom-box era (which I totally remember!). Freq’s first product, 11s, is a wireless independent stereo system compatible with all…
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If you’ve been screwed over by a client or vendor because you had a handshake rather than a contract, check out Vancouver-based startup Contractually, whose goal is to take the pain out of the contract process for startups and freelancers. You can use their contract forms or yours, negotiate and fill out the contract online…
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Ever wonder where your meal comes from? Foodies may have a new obsession as one forward-thinking company is trying to answer that exact question. Foodtree amplifies the power of social sharing with a snazzy new iPhone app that launched last weekend. We’ve all heard the scary statistics: multiple cows in one burger, or the fact…
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Here at Tech Cocktail, we cover startups that have a handful of founding team members. When you’re small, communicating, sharing information, and collaborating is easy. On the other end of the spectrum, you have vast corporations with tens of thousands of employees spread out around the world. In companies of this size, finding information or…
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Guest list creation and management can be one of the most time-consuming and stressful aspects of planning an event. You have to manage multiple promoters working to sell tickets; deal with endless phone calls, texts and emails just to compile a complete guest list; and effectively communicate with the door manager to ensure the event…
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As you know, Tech Cocktail will have our first Vancouver event on July 9th, working with the World Future Society and Futurists:BetaLaunch. We’ve been posting about all the local companies who will be demoing as part of Tech Cocktail, but we’d also like to share with you some of the future-thinking projects that are part…
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Most things in life worth having take time and effort, and creating a healthy lifestyle for you and your family is no exception. Combing through nutrition labels and planning a well-balanced diet, as you hurry to check “grocery shopping” off your to-do list, can be a challenge. Throw in a kid or two with food allergies,…
Read MoreWhen I first started writing about QR codes last fall, I thought 2011 would be their year – or at least a major trend this year. It hasn’t really worked out that way, though, due to ease of use and management issues faced by marketers. However, according to ToggleTo.com CEO Judy Hamilton, the latest research from…
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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