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This morning, Allyson Kapin, Susan Mernit, Charlene Li, and Deb Schultz led an intimate conversation at SXSW about business and industry challenges with regard to gender (and more) and what they’ve done to be successful. The panel set the tone by taking a collaborative approach from the onset, having the group vote for the Twitter hashtag [...]
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When adults try to encourage certain habits or behavior in kids, it’s natural to look for methods that are fun and engaging. In an effort to turn reading into a fun and lifelong habit, Pocket Tales will offer online social reading games for kids 7 -12 years old.
Readers, or players, will start by developing an [...]
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A few of the startups that will be showcased at the TECH cocktail SXSW: Blackout Sunday event are still in stealth-mode. Go Try It On is one of them. But while this startup is still in the closet, it offers an interesting promise; it will help unsure fashionistas feel a bit more secure before they venture out of their own [...]
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Amulet Devices is on a real mission – to make technology simple to use. While many technology companies make that claim, Amulet Devices seeks to take it to a new level by creating devices that are completely voice controlled:
“We believe that voice is the panacea for control of many types of end-user devices.”
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ChallengePost is very clear about what it is - a marketplace for challenges. It’s all about crowdsourcing at its simplest. Individuals and organizations post challenges and offer cash awards for the best solution. Here’s how the founders of ChallengePost explain the concept:
“Challenges are a successful vehicle for innovation, because they are capital efficient and they capture the public’s [...]
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One man’s trash is another man’s treasure – or in this case, one company’s waste could be useful materials for another organization. Houston-based RecycleMatch aims to help match those would-be symbiotic partners by creating an online marketplace where individuals or companies can list their unused materials, byproducts, or other resources for others to find.
Listing the [...]
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With social media providing a new toolset for non-profits, it’s hard not to feel overwhelmed by the problems in the world – daily tweets about the environment, poverty, hunger, etc. But the tools are also providing inspiration for a new breed of non-profits who are seeking to create longer-term, self-sustaining solutions.
ChannelYourEnergy.org is exactly that – [...]
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Last Thursday night we held the first TECH cocktail San Diego at BASIC urban kitchen & bar. San Diego did not disappoint! With a few hundred people in attendance and seven startups in the house, the venue was packed and the energy high. We were thrilled to see some old friends and to make so many [...]
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It’s Valentine’s Day and what better day for MODwedding (MODwedding.com), a wedding resource for the modern couple, to enter a friends and family beta test. MODwedding, as it’s name suggests, is a wedding resource for people who already manage and share their personal and professional lives online. The service will allow those couples to have a [...]
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Wow, Steve Jobs and Apple really know how to hijack your day with the show and tell of another innovative product that starts with “i”. This time it’s the Apple iPad. Yes, that is really it’s name. I decided to live blog the event and this is how it all went down…
12:30 pm EST – [...]
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