While many people were running from one panel or party to the next at SXSW, there was an interesting workshop taking place with a lofty goal: to generate ideas to shift how we think about and solve the issue of hunger in America. With 49 million Americans not knowing where their next meal will come…
Read MoreAs mobile devices have become more capable in the last couple of years, developers have come up with new and interesting ways to use them to interact with the world around us. This concept came to be known as “augmented reality.” One company that is pushing the envelope of AR is Munich-based mataio. It has created junaio, an AR…
Read MoreHave you ever wanted to see pictures from a certain place during a particular time? Snapr, a soon-to-be released iPhone app, will let you do it. Snapr users will be able to take a picture, Geotag it, add text, and upload it. Snapr developed by ME&A Mobile, will aggregate the Geotagged photos and display them…
Read MoreIf you want to stay connected to your friends, news sources, and traffic updates without taking your eyes off the road to text, Aha Mobile, has the solution: The Palo Alto, CA-based company has developed a back-end platform that safely connects drivers to one another and to the Web with personalized, interactive radio stations. The…
Read MoreDo you have a band and wish there was a better way to connect with fans and sell tickets? Mobile Roadie offers a platform that lets anyone build their own iPhone or Android app in minutes. Users can upload music, video, photos, news, and concert schedules and manage the app’s content via MoRo’s CMS. But…
Read MoreWhen adults try to encourage certain habits or behavior in kids, it’s natural to look for methods that are fun and engaging. In an effort to turn reading into a fun and lifelong habit, Pocket Tales will offer online social reading games for kids 7 -12 years old. Readers, or players, will start by developing…
Read MoreA few of the startups that will be showcased at the TECH cocktail SXSW: Blackout Sunday event are still in stealth-mode. Go Try It On is one of them. But while this startup is still in the closet, it offers an interesting promise; it will help unsure fashionistas feel a bit more secure before they venture out of their own closets….
Read MoreAmulet Devices is on a real mission – to make technology simple to use. While many technology companies make that claim, Amulet Devices seeks to take it to a new level by creating devices that are completely voice controlled: “We believe that voice is the panacea for control of many types of end-user devices.” The…
Read MoreAs the market for mobile applications and platforms continues to expand in breadth and depth, consumers are faced with weeding through the masses to find the best apps for them and their devices. The iTunes application store alone has already ballooned to over 150,000 titles, while thousands of new apps are available for the Blackberry, Droid,…
Read MoreChallengePost is very clear about what it is - a marketplace for challenges. It’s all about crowdsourcing at its simplest. Individuals and organizations post challenges and offer cash awards for the best solution. Here’s how the founders of ChallengePost explain the concept: “Challenges are a successful vehicle for innovation, because they are capital efficient and they capture the…
Read MoreOne man’s trash is another man’s treasure – or in this case, one company’s waste could be useful materials for another organization. Houston-based RecycleMatch aims to help match those would-be symbiotic partners by creating an online marketplace where individuals or companies can list their unused materials, byproducts, or other resources for others to find. Listing…
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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