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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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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For both startups and Fortune 500 companies, innovation is one of the primary elements that determines success or failure. Each day, hundreds of sessions take place in which people try to brainstorm new product names or features. These sessions sometimes produce very little if the creative juices are not flowing. Musician Dave Stewart and branding expert Mark Simmons recently…
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Advertising is expensive. TV ads can cost millions of dollars to make – and then you have to hope your audience isn’t fast-forwarding right over your ad on their DVR. Advertising on mobile devices (tablets and smart phones included) run the same risk – will your audience even get your ad, let alone see it?…
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Just in time for holiday shopping (for everyone on your list – and you too!), a new social shopping site that will help make those toss-up decisions for you. The Dutch startup Shall I Buy targets the brick-and-mortar shopper seeking in-the-moment buying advice from its peers. Shall I Buy is very similar to Snapette, which…
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Three NYC-based, entertainment-related startups we have covered previously – 2 focus on food and drinks, 1 focuses on social TV watching – shared some fun updates with me over the past month: BiteHunter, which we covered in April when they demo’d at Tech Cocktail NYC, launched its second mobile app to add a few user-requested…
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How come I’m able to tweet out thoughts to “followers” I’ve never met, thousands of miles away, but not engage in seamless conversation with the people physically around me? Hyper-local chat application Saylo is changing all that, letting you stand up in any room and say or ask exactly what’s on your mind. Say it’s…
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We’re excited to announce that – just in time for holiday shopping – Goodzer has launched nationally. Last time we saw Goodzer (just about a year ago), the Reston, VA-based company was preparing to launch their beta service in New York City, helping consumers find the products they want at the best price, in real-time at the stores…
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What do you do with your old smartphone when you get a new one? Turn it in to the retailer? Chuck it? Give it to your kids to play with? Recycle it? While we all have the best of intentions when it comes to recycling, when it come to our phones – well, they are…
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During my freshman year in college – way back in 1993-94 – I somehow always knew where the parties were before and during the weekend. And somehow, everyone knew to ask me. Looking back, it just amazes me that information like that spread – and was accurate – as we were relying on a very…
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Ever been in an airport – say LAX or O’Hare – trying to either find the person you are picking up or your friend who is picking you up – with a constant stream of texts going back and forth? Or what about meeting someone at Starbucks in a major city, only to find out…
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Smartphones have opened many new channels for mobile communication. In the old days, you could either call your contacts or text them. Today there are endless ways to communicate and even more ways to follow your contacts: email, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, LinkedIn…and the list goes on. Contapps, a popular free Android app, helps users manage…
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I have been hitting up my friends lately for help with moving and putting together a boatload of IKEA furniture – always fun! Luckily, I know who I can turn to for stuff like that, but the app from LocalHero is a great alternative for finding friends who can lend a hand with things you…
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Since leaving Digg back in March, Kevin Rose has been hard at work building his next company – Milk Inc. Milk is a mobile development shop with plans to build a number of applications. The world got its initial preview of Milk’s first application called Oink at the Web 2.0 Summit a few weeks ago….
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Dialawg |ˈdīəˌläg; -ˌlôg}| noun: A secure conversation, accessible from anywhere, where parties may exchange messages, share files, and collaborate on documents. Bloomington-based startup Dialawg is changing the way we collaborate on the cloud. Founded by Jeff Goens and Colin Mathews, the secure conversation platform aimed at professionals offers an extremely simple way to share, track, protect…
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CoCollage was a showcased startup at our Tech Cocktail Seattle mixer last week, and I really wish I had been there to meet the CoCollage team and shake their hands, because they are attempting to take social networking to the next level. Yes, that is a lofty goal, but I think they are on to…
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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