Last Friday, San Francisco-based startup Holler quietly launched into the iTunes app store. We’ve been following the Holler team of four since AllFacebook and SocialTimes founder Nick O’Neill first shared with us his vision for improved social interactions through Holler at South by Southwest in March. In May, I got a preview of Holler as…
Read MoreThere are a number of social media and location based services in the market today, but Nick O’Neill, entrepreneur and founder of AllFacebook.com, has been working on a new startup, Holler, which looks to improve the interactions we have between friends. In essence, Holler is a mobile app that is going to make it easy…
Read MoreAs we’ve toured the country this year showcasing early stage startups and tech innovations, we’ve seen dozens of location based services and daily deal sites. Groupon and LivingSocial have been the talk of Chicago and DC while other local deal startups have been positioning themselves to coat-tail off of their success and notoriety, finding unique…
Read MoreOn a rainy Thursday night in Washington, D.C., I went to the much anticipated midnight opening of the movie, The Social Network. The story is based on the creation and rise of Facebook and is based on the book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal by…
Read MoreI just got back from a celebratory dinner for the acquisition of Social Times to WebMediaBrands (NASDAQ:WEBM) known for its mediabistro.com, learnnetwork, freelanceconnect, and semanticweb and more. Social Times is a D.C-based media company focusing on reporting on the social networking news of the Web. I am extremely happy for Nick O’Neill. Nick was one…
Read MoreNick O’Neill, a D.C. native and founder of Social Times, has leveraged Animoto, a product we played around with previously, to create the coolest TECH cocktail Photo Mashup. To date, it is one of the best I have seen. Check it out the TECH cocktail DC 2 Photo Video Mashup on Social Times. Thank you…
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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