In this episode, I’m chatting with the folks at Jones, a Chicago based boutique branding and advertising agency. I chatted with founder Scott Maney about what Jones does: Jones started as an ad agency and over the last six years has really morphed with how the market has changed. We’re much more of a hybrid…
Read MoreThere’s an incredibly dreadful hack hitting sites using the popular open source blog platform, WordPress, right now, even sites that are running the latest most up to date version (2.9.2). We know first hand as it has attacked our site and many others. Popular hosting service Media Temple confirmed the attack in a recent blog…
Read MoreToday Apple announced details about the upcoming release of iPhone OS 4.0. Steve Jobs started by rattled off some stunning numbers about the iPad launch which included the following: “250,000 iBooks on day one. 600,000 iBooks downloaded since. 3.5 million apps downloaded so far.” Pretty amazing numbers. Now on to the iPhone OS 4.0 preview,…
Read MoreAccording to several reports, Google will continue the trend of giving away Google Android devices at its upcoming I/O conference on May 19th and 20th. I benefited from the Google dev lab this past February at Mobile World Conference in Barcelona when Google offered up Nexus One devices to every attendee of their half hour…
Read MoreThe DEMO Conference and VentureBeat have been on a tour the last couple days visiting Boston, NYC and tonight Washington, D.C. as part of a three day Innovation Tour. The tour aims to connect with local entrepreneurs in each of the communities and to help spread the awareness of the upcoming DEMO Conference on September…
Read MoreThis week’s Social Media Hour takes a look at innovation from two angles. First, an exploration of how on its 25th Anniversary Wolfe Video – leading purveyor of content for the LGBT community – is expanding its reach and using social media to further those efforts. Jenni Olson and Maria Lynn from Wolfe Video will…
Read MoreChat rooms have been a hot topic lately as Chatroulette and other have raised overall awareness of chat rooms. lissn a startup that initially launched at TechCrunch50 this past year just relaunched a chat room-like conversation experience. The new version of lissn offers a new, more simplified user experience and a focus now on each…
Read MoreWith the Illinois Technology Association CityLIGHTS Award Gala coming up on April 29, 2010 in the Great Hall at Chicago Union Station in Chicago, Illinois, the finalists for the awards have been announced. ITA collected over 150 nominations across 6 categories, which included individuals and companies within the Illinois technology community. The 2010 finalists represent…
Read MoreOn the heels of the Apple iPad mania this past weekend, Apple has just announced that they will be giving a sneak peek of the upcoming release of the next iPhone operating system, OS 4.0. It is unclear what will be offered in the new iPhone OS 4.0 but if I had to predict I…
Read MoreWinkVid is a fun, new startup in Chicago that offers singles an alternative to profile-based dating sites by introducing video chat. The concept itself was conceived at SocialDevCamp Chicago in November 2009, when partners Jake Lumetta and Jordan Fulghum teamed up to build a fully functional prototype for the developer Hackathon. (WinkVid won best open…
Read MoreThe Apple iPad is officially now for sale and I headed to the Clarendon neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia just outside of Washington, D.C. to check out the scene. Arriving at 8:45 a.m. EST the scene was already a little ridiculous. I observed two lines forming outside of the store and down the block. I took…
Read MoreWith all the talk about location based services like Brightkite, Foursquare and Gowalla among others it was only a matter of time till someone tried to help consolidate them all into one simple check-in application. Check.in which launched into beta today is looking to do just that by offering a mobile web application that allows…
Read MorePostling, a New York-based startup co-founded by David Lifson, Chris Maguire and Haim Schoppik, announced they have raised $350,000 in seed funding from angel investors including Dave McClure, Chris Yeh, Gary Vaynerchuk, Thomas McInereny and more. $200,000 of that was raised in just six days by David while attending SXSW. I like to think we gave…
Read MoreIn this episode of Beyond the Pedway, I’m chatting with Plugola, a Chicago based social network and marketplace for indie music artists and their fans.
Read MoreNokia announced recently that they acquired the Chicago-based mobile company, Novarra. Novarra offers a mobile browser and service platform. Nokia plans to leverage the platform and mobile browser to deliver enhanced Internet experiences. Novarra has deployed their solution with leading mobile operator and internet services customers globally. Nokia is expecting to offer a new service…
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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
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