Eventup, the first startup from Science Inc., the technology studio founded by ex-MySpace CEO Mike Jones, launched earlier today. Anyone who’s been to a Tech Cocktail mixer knows first hand that the quality of a venue makes plays a major role in the quality of experience. We pride ourselves in digging through your city’s top…
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Anybeat, a discussion-based social network founded by former MySpace Music CTO Dmitry Shapiro, launched yesterday out of beta. Previously called Altly, which we covered in June, the site received $1 million in seed funding led by Freestyle Capital and with participation from MySpace founder Tom Anderson. Anybeat lets you browse people by filters like interest,…
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Mike Jones, serial entrepreneur, investor and most recently, founder of the new LA technology studio, Science, joined us at the DCWEEK Opening Keynotes last week. Tech Cocktail’s own Jen Consalvo interviewed Jones, discussing his early entrepreneurial days, his success with Userplane which he sold to AOL, and his challenges with MySpace which was eventually sold to…
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Social media is for losers. Do you agree or disagree? Some folks, like Charlie Sheen, have leveraged social media to feel like a “winner.” Others have seen it turn them into losers, where all they do is live for the next FourSquare check-in, Instagram “like,” Facebook photo tag, or clever Twitter-trending hashtag. Sometimes it’s nice just to…
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Earlier today we reported the sale of MySpace to Specific Media for $35 million. This was not a surprise as News Corp has been looking for an exit strategy with MySpace for awhile now. What is somewhat interesting is the new ownership and the involvement of musician Justin Timberlake. We first caught news of this…
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We have seen this coming for quite sometime. But now MySpace has been sold to Specific Media for $35 million in a sale that will be completed later today according to an early report and confirmed by a MySpace press release (shown below). MySpace was purchased by News Corp in 2005 for $580 million which…
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Looking for an engaging new way to connect your audience with your brand online? Check out NYC-based startup CrowdTwist, a loyalty platform that allows your audience to earn points for any activity they do online, whether it’s on your company’s site or anywhere else your brand has a presence, like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. CrowdTwist…
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With Facebook’s active user count at over 600 million people, creating a viable – and sustainable – alternative social network seems nothing short of a Herculean task. But former MySpace executive Dmitry Shapiro is looking to do just that with his new startup, Altly. In a recent blog post, Shapiro stated that Altly will be…
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Read MoreThis year has been loaded with innovations both online and off. Many of these innovations were made by the companies we would expect, like Apple, Google, Facebook, etc. But there were also some fresh faces that pushed us to new heights. As Tech Cocktail toured the country looking at new innovations and followed known companies…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This article was contributed to TECH cocktail by John Guidos who practices law out of Chicago, Illinois at the Law Offices of Guidos & Pierotti LLP. Check out their website at: gplawchicago.com or follow John on Twitter: @johnguidos. Legal battles over online postings are being waged across the nation at an increasing rate. The…
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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