Tired of writing the same email messages over and over again? Go beyond copying and pasting with Tout, New York-based startup offering a time-saving service that will help you better manage email. Tout’s email platform helps you focus on the unique parts of your emails, instead of the information that remains the same from one email to another….
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In the past week, I’ve gotten an email from just about every online retailer I’ve ever given an email address to, each informing me that a third party email service provider, Epsilon, has suffered a data breach. While the exact wording of each of these emails is unique, the general message is the same. What follows…
Read MoreKeeping up with assignments, projects, and tests can be difficult. Many students put important dates and deadlines listed in the class syllabus in their planner or calendar. This can be time consuming, and if you forget to check your calendar regularly, there is a chance you could miss something big. That’s where Remind101 comes in. Remind101 is a…
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Email is an every day necessity, but it can be somewhat overwhelming to keep up with. With the trend towards real-time communications, many people use email like chat, making it even more difficult to stay on top of it. As a result, email can end up dictating your daily workflow routine. Shortmail has been created to help…
Read MoreSince 2008, we have watched AwayFind grow up in front of our eyes from just a project to a full fledged funded startup. The company has been a featured startup at our earliest Washington, D.C. Tech Cocktail mixer events and then more recently at our west coast event as they relocated to San Francisco this…
Read MoreYour email inbox is a sea of opportunities. Everyday I try to keep up and get through all of them but a lot of times items get lost under the fold of the Web page, tucked out of view, kept as new until I have time to circle back and dig out. I have many…
Read MoreWe all get a lot of email these days. In the time I wrote this article I received at least two dozen. While some people may get more email than others, its safe to say that all this email can cut into your daily productivity. In fact, it can be a huge distraction. To combat…
Read MoreUnlike partying, using your e-mail like it’s 1999 is something to be avoided – particularly if email is a fundamental part of getting your business done. Unfortunately, I notice far too many who fit this description. Although the basic idea behind e-mail hasn’t changed much throughout the years (despite Google’s best efforts), the capabilities within…
Read MoreNutshell Mail, a startup that makes it easy to keep up with your social networking updates via your email, recently announced that they were acquired by email marketing platform, Constant Contact. NutshellMail is a great product and was a showcased startup at our event at SXSW this past March. NutshellMail will remain a free service…
Read MoreLooking for a way to connect with you grandparents on Facebook? Thanks to PostEgram, a Detroit-based startup, it may now be easier than ever to keep your grandparents and other loved ones up to speed on your Facebook activity the old fashion way. PostEgram automatically prints and mails your Facebook status and photos, helping users…
Read MoreWith all the social networking sites out there, keeping track of all them can sometimes be a bit time consuming. Checking your Facebook news feed or Twitter stream can lead to an unproductive time suck. NutshellMail can help you keep track of everything by sending you a daily digest of all the latest updates via e-mail. It’s like…
Read MoreSometimes we get so much email it’s almost impossible to unplug for a moment to focus on other tasks at hand. There’s always the risk that a message requiring your immediate attention will pop into your inbox while you are busy doing other things. AwayFind aims to help solve this problem. AwayFind, created by Maryland-based…
Read MoreWith Facebook email notifications turned on for my Facebook account, today when I got notified of a comment on a post on Facebook there was an additional line that said: “New Feature: Reply to this email to comment on this post.” Check out this blog post by Facebook which further explains the new feature. This…
Read MoreBack in September at the TechCrunch50 event I wrote a brief post about the top 10 products I wanted to try as of Day 2. Today I can honestly say that there is only one product on that list that I still use everyday – it’s OtherInbox. I set it up shortly after TC50 and…
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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