Culture is becoming more and more a part of the everyday conversation when it comes to starting and running a business. Culture – we’re not talking about what’s hot in pop culture or which celebrities are getting married to whom, but more the large cultural shifts that are happening within organizations. Mark Drapeau of Microsoft…
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With the news this week of Microsoft’s purchase of Skype, the conversation around video conferencing and its business applications is now focused on what’s next. How is the space evolving and changing to meet an increasing demand of online collaboration? How are companies maximizing opportunities to further their enterprise objectives? How far is the socialization…
Read MoreAt our Tech Cocktail SXSW event, aside from showcasing 30 startups which were finalist of the SXSW Accelerator program (see the winners) Microsoft’s mobile development team put three mobile developers to the test as part of a Mobile App Smackdown (think Iron Chef for mobile application development). Working in partnership with Cooliris’s LiveShare photo sharing…
Read MoreYesterday, there was a report from AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher that Google may be taking a close look at acquiring Chicago-based social shopping startup Groupon. This is not the first time there have been reports on a Groupon acquisition, as there were similar reports of a Yahoo offer of $3 to $4 billion this past summer….
Read MoreFor those who weren’t able to attend the Tech Cocktail Startup Mixology Conference, here’s what you missed: a lot. The great news is that I’ve written a detailed play-by-play of the entire day, we’ve got plenty of photos and there are videos coming as well. After a brief introduction from conference co-host, Frank Gruber, Doejo…
Read MoreLast Thursday night we followed up the Startup Mixology Conference with a classic Tech Cocktail mixer featuring 15 startups. The room was filled with daily deals, advertising platforms, social networks, several hundred people as well as a few ghosts and goblins. Sprint, our fall tour sponsor, was also on hand, giving out 4G Hot Spot…
Read MoreMicrosoft made waves as CEO Steve Ballmer spoke at CES 2010 about the Windows Phone 7 and we caught our first glimpse of it at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this past February. We then went on to work with Microsoft to host a couple of Tech Cocktail mobile events in DC and Chicago which…
Read MoreMicrosoft CEO Steve Ballmer talked with the WSJ recently and shared his thoughts on the upcoming release of the Windows 7 Phone in a Q&A interview. From wallstreetjournal.com On Oct. 11, Microsoft and its partners plan to announce the initial wave of handsets that will use Windows Phone 7, a thoroughly overhauled version of the…
Read MoreIn case you missed it, today, TechCrunch announced it was acquired by AOL (more on that later) and we are in San Francisco to bring you TechCrunch Disrupt Day 2. Check out some of the photos from the second day which has been filled with lots of startups, entrepreneurs and other excitement.
Read MoreComing off a fabulous TECH cocktail Chicago last week, we are excited to announce that we will be hosting out second TECH cocktail mobile mixer event presented by Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series on Thursday, June 24th. In case you are new to our Mobile TECH cocktail event series, we hosted our first event in…
Read MoreOn 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 MoreWe recently got a chance to sit down and talk with Microsoft’s Mark Hindsbo, the General Manager of the Developer & Platform Evangelism Group in the U.S. and is a member Microsoft’s North American Leadership team. The Developer & Platform Evangelism Group is responsible for driving adoption of Microsoft technologies with developers and other technical…
Read MoreIf you are Microsoft Internet Explorer user to navigate the Web then you might want to listen up as Microsoft has issued a security advisory. This official security advisory explains that the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser could put you at risk. McAfee, a leading security software maker, has been investigating the China-based cyberattacks that prompted…
Read MoreEditors Note: This post is a modified version of an article written by Jen Consalvo for the HuffingtonPost.com. Photos are by Jen Consalvo of Shiny Heart Ventures and the gratitude journal community, Thankfulfor.com, a photographer, entrepreneur and healthy food lover. Interactivity wins at CES! The coolest booths have some type of artistic and interactive element…
Read MoreI first saw Take Comics as part of the TechStars 2009 program and instantly was reminded of my days reading Spiderman and X-Men comic books. I used to love to reading comic with my younger brother and we could exchange ideas about how one character was better than another or visa versa. I got a…
Read MoreWe are excited to be hosting our 10th TECH cocktail event in Chicago on Thursday, February 19th and we wanted to give you a little preview. First off, thank you to our sponsors for making the event possible, they include: Be sure to stop by all of our sponsors booths at the event as they…
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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