On Wednesday the Facebook’s Developers Conference f8 took place and was streamed live via livesteam. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, announced several new features including: one step permissions, saved caches, Facebook currency (Credits), and the social graph (Open Graph protocol). A breakdown of the Open Graph and Facebook connect by Bret Taylor, CEO and Programmer of FriendFeed,…
Read MoreIf you are inspired to learn a new developer language or just sharpen your current development skills you might want to check out the handful of offerings provided by Holland, Michigan based Idea Foundry. Situated near the gorgeous Lake Michigan beach, Idea Foundry offers world class training in ExpressionEngine, MongoDB, jQuery, Ruby on Rails, iPhone…
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce that our first MOBILE TECH cocktail mixer event in Washington, D.C. will take place on Wednesday, May 5th. In case you are new to our MOBILE TECH cocktail event series, we hosted our first event in January in Chicago, then went on to host another in Barcelona at the World…
Read MoreLocation has a been a hot topic lately as mobile applications and advertising platforms continue to arise. SimpleGeo, a Boulder, Colorado based startup founded by Matt Galligan (formerly of SocialThing) and Joe Stump (formerly of Digg) looks to help make adding location based services and data to your applications a breeze. Presenting at the O’Reilly…
Read MoreBen’s Chili Bowl is a Washington, D.C. institution offering the best chili dogs in the nation’s capitol. Yesterday, they took a step forward in the digital age as they partnered with iStrategyLabs to make Digital Capital Week even bigger and tastier.. with Apps For Ben’s, a contest to develop the first Ben’s Chili Bowl App….
Read MoreThe United States Army is getting very serious about social Web technology these days. Last month, I got a preview of the new U.S. Army iPhone App as well as the launch of my.army.mil a personalized start page for the Web. Today, the Army has teamed up with DC-based iStrategyLabs to launch a developer contest…
Read MoreThere are lots of rumors swirling about the upcoming release of a the Apple tablet device and we have covered it before here. Today the WSJ reported that Apple is looking to take on “old media” (newspapers, magazines and TV) with the release of its new tablet. There has been much speculation about the Apple…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This article was written by Shashi Bellamkonda. He blogs at: blog.networksolutions.com and shashi.name. You can follow him on Twitter at:@shashib. Symbian is the operating system that Nokia phones use and in a previous post you will see that Nokia is the largest cell phone company in the world. Scott Weiss user experience (UX) and user…
Read MoreThanks to our friends at Washington, D.C. based iStrategyLabs the 2nd Facebook Developers Garage DC is being streamed live. The event includes David Recordon of Facebook, Yul Kwon of the FCC, Aaron Batalion of LivingSocial, Hart Rossman of SAIC, and more. If you are at the event in DC, be sure to wave. Watch it now and feel…
Read MoreWe are excited to hear that Facebook will be hosting it’s 2nd Facebook Developer Garage in Washington, D.C. on Monday, December 14th. Facebook Developer Garages are a place to explore, hack, get gritty, tinker, experiment, and test out ideas for Facebook Platform. Participation is key to your enjoyment of a Facebook Developer Garage event. So…
Read MorePayPal has been in the business of online payments for quite sometime but last week hosted it’s first ever developer’s conference in San Francisco opening up its platform to a world of new possibilities. The event was decked out from start to finish with fun little perks like free netbooks to concession stand hosts and…
Read MoreHey Chicago TECH cocktail’ers! We’re excited to share with you news of a great developer event coming up in Chicago at the beginning of November. SocialDevCamp Chicago is the unconference for developers, entrepreneurs, and marketers working with the social web. Here are the important details: When: November 7-8, 2009 – (9 a.m. to 6 p.m)…
Read MoreSocialDevCamp East is the Unconference for Thought Leaders of the Future Social Web Following up on the successful premiere of SocialDevCampEastSpring2008, held in Baltimore in May, SocialDevCamp East Fall 2008 once again invites east coast developers and technology business leaders to come together for a thoughtful discussion of the ideas and technologies that will drive…
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce TECH cocktail Chicago 9 will be taking place in just a few short weeks. It has been a little longer than we would have liked due to the unknown schedules associated with both the Chicago Cubs and White Sox playoff bids. But with those out of the way we are…
Read MoreTECH cocktail Boston 2 at Tequila Rain was a bit of a wet one as a summer storm sprung itself on the Boston area making it problematic for us to even get to Boston. Luckily we made it out and so did a couple hundred dedicated Boston TECH cocktailers. Thank you to everyone that made…
Read MoreIf you are developer in the midwest you might be interested in checking out the upcoming SocialDevCampChicago. SocialDevCampChicago is an unconference for people passionate about social networks, web applications, platform development, new media, and any of the exciting (but messy) topics in-between. This event promises to be a packed day of sharing, learning, coding, and…
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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