When a US Airways plane landed in the Hudson River on a freezing January day in 2009, some of the earliest photos came from users posting to Twitter and Flickr. Now, a new app called Spread is helping more user-generated photos make the news. Spread lets amateur and professional photographers submit their work for news…
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Who thought ice tea could be so technologically advanced? PepsiCo, the makers of Brisk Ice Tea, are banking on a couple things that any tech enthusiast, geek or entrepreneur can relate to: Star Wars and mobile gaming. In a key promotion for the company, they have partnered with Lucasfilm, getting behind the February release of Star Wars: Episode…
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Outdoor lovers, listen up. Have you ever been out on a hike, come across a specific species of bird, shrub, or flower that you didn’t recognize? Although you’re genuinely curious, there’s little you can do to find any answers. Project Noah is the answer. Simply snap a shot of the species in question within Project Noah’s mobile…
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If you want to give yourself a gift this holiday season, look no further than the app store. Many iOS and Android apps are discounted for the holidays, and others are completely free (see below). These are limited-time offers, so download them while they’re hot! Free iOS Apps Flashlight LED: Turns your iPhone into a…
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There seems to be a lingering amount of conflict between traditional business practices and emerging technologies. Before, your company could run a television ad, use the Nielsen Ratings to target your demographic, and compare the change in sales to the control data, either an ad-free market or a period of time. Or maybe you’d include…
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It’s official – we are hyper-connected. But you didn’t need me to tell you that. One quick stroll down the sidewalk will reveal people intently focused on the 10 sq. inch screen in front of their face. You’ve seen it for yourself. Or maybe you haven’t; you were too busy looking at your own smartphone…
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Here at Tech Cocktail, we like technology. We are lucky that we get to cover a lot of really interesting startups and apps, some of which we adopt and realize we cannot live without. To celebrate Thanksgiving, we thought we’d share with you all the bits of technology we are thankful for, from devices to…
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Today Washington D.C. based startup HelloWallet, which we’ve covered previously, launched its iPhone application to offer location-based spending guidance. Once you grab the application from iTunes, it will determine your location, display how much is left to spend in your associated budget category and how much has been spent historically at that location. HelloWallet Founder and CEO…
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Looking to spice up your iPhone’s protective unit? If you are like me, you currently have a huge Tech Cocktail sticker on the back of your black plastic case (you do, right?), but wouldn’t it be fun to have a little more flair? Look no further than Casetagram as it offers an online tool that…
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CoCollage was a showcased startup at our Tech Cocktail Seattle mixer last week, and I really wish I had been there to meet the CoCollage team and shake their hands, because they are attempting to take social networking to the next level. Yes, that is a lofty goal, but I think they are on to…
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Zaarly, the community-based marketplace for buying goods and services, raised $14.1 million this week led by Kleiner Perkins and Sands Capital Ventures. The San Francisco-based startup also added Meg Whitman, the former CEO of eBay who was recently appointed CEO of Hewlett-Packard, to their board of directors. This announcement comes just eight months after Zaarly…
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It’s such a bummer when you find out that one of your favorite bands came through town while you were on vacation. Maybe it’s worse when a band you haven’t seen in years is touring but not performing anywhere near your town. A new startup out of Seattle called Stagester allows bands to live stream…
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Call me a liar if you will, but an app that allows for location-based reminders is something I’ve been clamoring for for a couple of years now. Unfortunately, I never took the time to put it in writing. Now that iOS 5 has allowed for this functionality, it seems that, on the surface, yeah I’m…
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If you were at The Combine tech conference last week, you might have seen someone dressed as an ear of corn ushering attendees to the bar. You might also have seen this mysterious “Cornzilla” in the customized event app built by WhimMill. “We use push notifications to make it a little more playful,” says cofounder…
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Green technology is making consumer appliances cool again: yesterday, former Apple iPod SVP Tony Fadell unveiled a smart thermostat called Nest. “We [are excited] to reinvent such an important yet unloved device that would make people’s lives easier and hopefully, make the world a little better too,” blogged Fadell, who left Apple in March 2010. He…
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After over a decade, many sources put Google’s desktop market share in Korea at 2%; Yahoo! captures about 6%. Nokia left Korea in 2003, unable to compete with Samsung and LG, and Walmart began withdrawing in 2006, failing to adapt to local supermarket culture. “Korea’s been the giant killer for many years,” says Richard Min,…
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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