Microsoft is taking control. Just as Apple stores showcase Apple products better than any other retail outlet, Microsoft is betting that their shiny new storefronts will better engage customers, create fans and move more Microsoft product. Within the past few weeks, the technology giant has had ribbon cutting ceremonies at many locations from California to…
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Web standards are often formed with great intent to change the way we interface with the web, but lack of adoption by the giants in technology can make or break these standards. In the last decade there have been multiple initiatives to implement microformats for the web such as Yahoo’s SearchMonkey, Google’s Recipe Search, and…
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As we covered yesterday, President Barack Obama scheduled a somewhat top secret meeting with the Silicon Valley elite yesterday evening on the west coast. Today official White House photos taken by Pete Souza were released to confirm the meeting did indeed take place. One of the photos is a seated toast with the group while…
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Technology and innovation have been at the top of President Barack Obama’s agenda the last few months, starting with his State of the Union address and followed swiftly by the launch of Startup America. Interesting timing since this past week, President Obama rolled out the latest budget. Given that the US National debt now equals the…
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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