This past week was a blur for anyone who attended this year’s Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas. CES means lots of oxygen-infused hotel lobbies, jostling crowds, gadgets galore and late nights rubbing shoulders with folks in the vast electronics industry that now encompasses, well, everything. If you attended this year as a CES virgin you…
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Editor’s Note: This is article is a revised version of an article written by Jen Consalvo and Frank Gruber that appears in the January 2012 issue of The Social Media Monthly. If you like this article you might want to download the The Social Media Monthly iPad app or iPhone app and subscribe to get the scoop in 2012….
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Microsoft is taking control. Just as Apple stores showcase Apple products better than any other retail outlet, Microsoft is betting that their shiny new storefronts will better engage customers, create fans and move more Microsoft product. Within the past few weeks, the technology giant has had ribbon cutting ceremonies at many locations from California to…
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“We have passed the quarter of a billion sales mark” for iOS devices. That’s 250 million iPhones, iPods, iPads, etc.” – Tim Cook Impressive. But lest you think today’s event on Apple’s Cupertino campus was completely focused on the iPhone 4S, there were some other updates covered in the session during which Tim and his…
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The iPhone5 did not make its debut today. However, the iPhone 4S did. New Apple CEO Tim Cook called it “the most amazing iPhone ever,” as each new generation of the iPhone should be. Here’s a rundown of the features: Voice Control. More than just Google voice search, Apple’s “Siri” service looks to be pretty impressive. The Siri…
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Along with the launch of the Kindle Fire, a new color Android tablet, Amazon also launched a selection of traditional e-readers called the Kindle and the Kindle Touch. Both are similar to the previous Kindle devices, leveraging E-Ink and a similar form factor, but there are a few updates. The Kindle Amazon introduced a low…
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Tonight we are back in Chicago, showcasing a number of very sexy gadgets and awesome mobile startups – and most exciting, we’re working with Samsung Mobile to share some their latest innovations. Attendees to tonight’s event will have a chance to win a new Samsung smartphone or other gadget. The following devices will be given…
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With so many tablets on the market, choosing the best one for your budget and needs can be a difficult process. The iPad remains popular, but its price tag is a bit steep for some buyers. If you’re looking for a more affordable tablet, you might consider looking at Marvel-Digital’s new Marvel Mercury Pad Tablet. The Marvel…
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Back in January, we covered Drippler, a web/mobile application that provides personalized news updates on personal electronic gadgets. After a successful alpha launch (over 10K registrations, 100K unique visitors per month and 180K downloads of the app in the Android Market), the team announced a seed financing round last month. This morning, they launched a…
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Wondering what to get the golf-loving dad who has everything for Father’s Day? How about a glove that senses the golfer’s grip to guide him towards a better swing? SensoGlove works as your own personal golf trainer, showing you the correct way to grip the club, helping to avoid bad habits and injury. SensoGlove improves…
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Over the weekend, Apple revamped their retail store operations to better leverage their own technology. The focus of the changes is around the use of the iPad 2 at each kiosk to provide interactive product information for the mass of customers that flow through their retail stores. The iPads present a self-contained demo that allows…
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The time is coming when we think of the TV as just another monitor in the house and screen in our lives. Ever since WebTV took the stage back in the 90s, there has been a battle for owning the living room. Back in the 90s, before smart phones, YouTube, and social media, the living…
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Looking to connect a real world object with the digital world, the TweetingSeat has been rolled out to create tweeting, photo sharing park bench experience of its users and the environment in which it is placed. Each time someone sits down on the bench, TweetingSeat uploads an image from two cameras to the Twitter feed….
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Barnes and Noble unveiled the Nook Color e-Reader in October 2010 priced at $249. I checked it out and was impressed by what it had to offer (features like email) at such a low price point. Though it was built on the Android platform, it did not have the ability to add applications. This week…
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Flight is something that has kept humanity in awe since long before the Wright Brothers made their first flight in Kittyhawk in 1903. Since then the commercialization of flight has made it nearly impossible to not see or hear an airplane at any given time in any given industrialized nation. That said, everything from the…
Read MorePeople have gathered together to play games like chess, checkers, jacks and mahjong, for pretty much forever. Classic games like these, based around real physical objects are the inspiration for Sifteo, a San Francisco-based company that has meshed this type of tactile, classic game fun along with full-color, motion-sensing technology.
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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
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
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
Coming off of one of our biggest Tech Cocktail mixer events in Chicago this past week, which showcased 14 early-stage start-ups, we thought it would... Read More