The future of mobile notifications is here. Scenario: You’re running Coachella – a wildly popular indie, hip hop, and electronica music festival based out of Indio, California. You want to step up your user experience this year, and because of its ubiquity, you know that mobile devices are right route to make this happen. However, you…
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At the Internationale FunkAusstellung (IFA) conference in Berlin, Germany, Haier and NeuroSky unveiled the Haier Cloud Smart TV with the ability for users to interact with their TV using their brains. The TV is scheduled to be released in October of this year in China; the price is yet to be determined. Rather than using…
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Tech entrepreneurs, fear the cocktail party no longer: thanks to a slew of reality shows, your job title may now elicit a smile of understanding rather than a blank stare. Premiering September 13, TechStars, which we covered earlier this week and ranked as one of the top U.S. startup accelerator programs, will showcase the journey…
Read MoreStream media from your smart phone to your television (or any other connected device) with Metabeam. Metabeam adds value to digital media by featuring real-time communication between all screens within a connected network, from televisions to touch screens. It offers automated modules for common tasks, such as smart remote control, giving you the ability to…
Read MoreSpring training is in full swing with the first televised pre-season games taking place this weekend. The World Champion San Francisco Giants kicked things off on Friday with a win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. And just in time to get things underway, Major League Baseball has launched the latest version of their app MLB At…
Read MoreSince hooking up a Google TV to my television, I have enjoyed watching streaming videos from YouTube, Amazon Video on Demand and Netflix but just a couple of weeks ago Amazon made a huge improvement to its Video on Demand service. It made all video rentals free for Amazon Prime members. Since the announcement, I’ve…
Read MoreNow that we have your attention – yes, it’s true. At the Consumer Electronics Show last month, Sony hyped their expanded content offerings in 3D, and today marks the release of the a 3D version of the illustrious Sports Illustrated swimsuit selection television special. It’s available for rent or purchase to PlayStation 3 gamers and…
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We have been testing the Logitech Revue Google TV for the last month or so. At first, I was rather skeptical of the product but upon connecting it I was have loved it. Setup can be a little tricky at first but after setup you will find this device to be quite lovely. This is…
Read MoreThis year was one of the more exciting Super Bowl games in quite sometime. The Super Bowl commercials were dominated by online brands and tech innovations which included Groupon, Homeaway.com, Cars.com, The Daily, Sony Ericsson, Telaflora, GoDaddy, Careerbuilder.com, Salesforce Chatter.com, Motorola Xoom and many more. Don’t worry if you missed some of the Super Bowl…
Read MoreAfter much anticipation this week, we saw that Eminem teamed with Brisk to produce his first ever commercial. We were excited just to see the advertisement in the first quarter of the Super Bowl. You can watch the Eminem Super Bowl commercial below. Let us know what you think in the comments. NOTE: they have hidden…
Read MoreYear old startup WatchParty wants to make TV-watching fun again by tapping into three activities we love to do, usually at the same time: watching TV, being online, and sharing. Co-founders Richard Fawal and Jake Kouns hit on a simple and clever solution: virtual living rooms that allow people separated by a few blocks, zip…
Read MoreThink back to the last time you watched a big event on TV – last year’s Super Bowl, or maybe the last episode of Lost. If you had your laptop or phone in front of you, you probably were chatting online or texting about it while you watched. Now it’s a year later, and you…
Read MoreTo say that Lookee TV has an immense content offering in its Wi-Fi connected portable Internet TV and radio player would not be an understatement. You could seriously watch or listen to something different every day for the next TEN years. This pocket-sized (4.3”) device opens the broadcast media floodgates. LookeeTV provides access to over…
Read MoreI’ve been contemplating cutting ties with my cable TV for quite some time. What’s held me back? Live TV events, like sports and news. I think there is an inherit lust for the live talking head on the other side of the screen. While sites like Livestream and Ustream are positioned well as another method…
Read MoreWith the 2011 Consumer Electronic Show just a few days away, Intel is gearing up for a few launch announcements. I plan to be there to see them live, but it appears the cat is already out of the bag as it was reported today that Intel will be launching a new core processor and…
Read MoreWho knew that TV could be social without logging into a website or watching with tons of friends? A new company, Numote promises you will have a personalized, social television watching experience in the palm of your hand. You don’t have to get on a web browser to see what your friends think about 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