Instant video creator Shakr Media, one of the finalists at TechCrunch Disrupt Beijing, launched yesterday. “We’re going to power video for the little guy – people that don’t have access to expensive video editing software or the appropriate training, like a local newspaper,” says founder David Lee, who is based in Korea. Lee has a…
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The hottest technology that everyone is excited about today may be obsolete in just a few years. This week Frank Gruber and Jen Consalvo of Tech Cocktail appeared on Fox News Chicago with Kori Chambers as they shared their opinions on both new and old consumer electronics and gadgets. They covered some of the trends…
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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% last December, Business Insider reported. As that number climbs, users will need better and better apps to watch TV shows and movies. Leading video apps have been enhancing user experience…
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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…
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With over 150MM users, many of you have likely used a service called Shazam. They were the pioneers of song identification by allowing people to hold their phone up to a song and find out the artist and title of that song. It was quite popular but the model was typically to ding the user…
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The time is coming when we think of the TV as just another monitor in the house and screen in our lives. Ever since WebTV took the stage back in the 90s, there has been a battle for owning the living room. Back in the 90s, before smart phones, YouTube, and social media, the living…
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Between YouTube, Hulu, and Netflix, many of us are going into video overdrive. With Squrl, you can save and organize videos to share with friends or to enjoy at a later time. Users can bookmark, email or Tweet their favorite videos to a universal queue and create collections of videos to share from multiple video…
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Social + TV is becoming a hot new trend for startups. We’ve recently covered Watchparty.tv and TweePlayer; the newest entrant to this category is Brooklyn-based SocialGuide. SocialGuide’s goal is not only to make TV-viewing a more social experience, but also to help you find programs to watch when it appears there is nothing on (despite…
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Have you ever wished you could dissect TV shows with people who are watching the same programs as you? TweePLayer is a new way to connect with fellow viewers through Twitter while watching your favorite programs. Don’t be left out of the conversation again! TweePLayer syncs Twitter conversations with videos of your favorite TV programs, hours or…
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…
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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 MoreThis past month at the Consumer Electronic Show the future of TV was a main focus as I walked around the hundreds of flashing monitors. The buzzword was “SmartTV” as many televisions where connected to the Internet. TV’s seemed to not only be smarter but also more portable by leveraging a number of different screens…
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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