EveryBlock, a hyper-local news feed service, has announced its first major redesign that not only changed the look of the site, but also its focus. Rather than remaining a news feed only, they have shifted their focus and added a platform for discussion around neighborhood news. We’ve been following EveryBlock since before it was even…
Read MoreBring your loyalty program into the 21st Century with New York-based startup SNAP. Their service enables brands to integrate gift and loyalty programs with social networks and reward customers for their in-store purchase activity and social network sharing. SNAP, which stands for the Social Network Appreciate Platform, has some really cool, social-media integrated features that…
Read MoreIn the past, communication with your elected officials could be a difficult and lengthy process that didn’t always result in a response. Votizen directly connects registered voters to their Congressperson automatically in real-time while validating their voting history—all from one text! By verifying that each voice belongs to a real voter in the real world,…
Read MoreThe video game industry has seen seismic transitions due to the massive adoption of smartphones and integration with social networking sites. In January 2011, according to the NPD Group, 2010 worldwide video game revenue, excluding hardware, exceeded $15 billion. Strikingly, console game sales were down by 5% in 2010 over 2009. Portalarium is a new…
Read MoreTurning what people post on social media into compelling stories – that is the stated goal of Storify, a site that aims to aid the efforts of journalists and bloggers to curate the real-time web. Burt Herman is the founder of Storify. A self-described entrepreneurial journalist, he spent 12 years covering stories around the world…
Read MoreThere are more than 600 million users on Facebook, and many of them like to listen to music online, discover new bands, and share music with their friends. But most musicians are too busy writing songs and playing shows to build a custom music app for their fan page. To plug this gap, RootMusic built BandPage, a…
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NeighborGoods helps you save money, live more sustainably, and strengthen ties within your local community by sharing goods and skills with your neighbors. Did you know that Americans spend $22 billion a year on self-storage? According to the Self Storage Association, there is over seven square feet of self-storage for every man, woman and child…
Read MoreBaltimore-based startup SocialToaster, which will be showcased at our Baltimore mixer on March 3, is a social marketing and reporting platform that significantly increases traffic to an organization’s website using electronic word-of-mouth referrals. How significant, you ask? Their service claims to be up to ten times more effective than search engine marketing or other traditional…
Read MoreThe new fan management and engagement platform FanGager has the potential to take your social media engagement efforts to the next level by unlocking the potential of your company’s fans. Let’s face it: measuring social media engagement and ROI is extremely difficult and elusive for most of it. FanGager makes it easy. Part engagement tool,…
Read MoreAs the explosion of social media has proven, the way we consume news and interact online has changed forever. Layers.com is about to change it even more. The Google Chrome™ app allows you to create a personalized social channel that brings together Twitter, Facebook and RSS feeds in one spot. Imagine: No more jumping from…
Read MoreAs we head into the big game weekend, charge up your device du jour and get ready. The media frenzy is about to start, and here are a few companies ready for the Super Bowl action. Foursquare, which on every other day requires users to check in from a physical location, will allow users to…
Read MoreWhile I was at a breakfast at CES, Intel Fellow and Australia native Genevieve Bell told me about the devastating floods happening in Australia. We talked about the natural cycles and the changes the land would go through, how snakes and crocodiles are seeking refuge in people’s homes, and the general upheaval it’s causing. At…
Read MoreThere are plenty of tools out there now to keep track of all of your Twitter updates and Facebook posts – but what’s missing is a dashboard where you can see all of your social media content in a simple interface. A new product that launched as part of the Capital Factory incubator program, Keepstream,…
Read MoreA lot of people track the things they do on a daily basis. They log their miles, keep food diaries, gratitude journals and bucket lists. Keeping track of stuff enables us to look back, see progress and get our arms around what we’ve done with our lives. If our lists are public, they can also…
Read MoreWe are living in a new age of “transparency”, yet, the only way we seem to know what’s going on with our favorite artists in the music industry is if they communicate something through their fanclub or (if they are big enough) something gets leaked on Access Hollywood. But at some point you’ve probably wanted…
Read MoreReaching the college demographic can be quite challenging for brands. Each school has its own culture and there can be some uncertainty as to whether your marketing efforts will resonate with the students at a particular school. That’s the problem Campus Commandos is trying to solve. The Detroit based startup is funded by the Wayne State…
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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