Please tell me you’ve seen this video of a University of Oregon quarterback picking his nose during the last seconds of the BCS National Championship game. Yes, you heard me right: the fourth quarter’s ticking down, a championship’s on the line, and QB Darron Thomas is caught digging for gold on national television. Claaaassic. Thanks…
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If you’re looking for a new way to engage with your target market and cut through the noise on social media, check out Vizlingo, a new platform that animates each word of a message or post with a video clip. For now, you can only copy the link to the video and share it on…
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Washington, DC and its entire metro area have produced many successful tech companies in the past. America Online rooted itself in the region a couple of decades ago, and, more recently, companies like Blackboard and LivingSocial have been focal points in the tech-web-entrepreneurial action. Since 2007, we’ve been following, covering and connecting the DC tech…
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We’ve seen glimmers of the convergence of 3D photos and videos with smartphones (like these) at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) for the past couple of years. Yet until recently, most have only been available in Asia. This past summer, HTC released the EVO 3D on the Sprint Network, bringing 3D to the masses. To…
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Ever wish there were traffic cameras everywhere so you could find out what the scene is like at your favorite bar, restaurant or hangout? One San Francisco-based startup is looking to help solve that problem with its latest creation, the Crowdmug application. Crowdmug just launched for iPhone – it enables people to put a bounty…
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If you produce video, audio, images, documents, apps, or any other digital content, a new Chicago-based startup can help you quickly and easily set up an online store to sell and deliver content to your target market. DailyDigital provides a professional, free SaaS for digital publishers via digital storefronts that embed on any web or…
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Being in business for the last 21 years, TicketCity.com founder and CEO Randy Cohen, has a lot of war stories. Randy joined us to share some of those stories as well as his tips on being a successful entrepreneur. It all started with a “big epiphany” which opened up Randy’s eyes on how to run…
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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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Hotpads.com has been operating from Washington, D.C. since 2005 as one of the first visual searches for real estate and apartment rentals. We covered the launch of both its Android and iPad apps. This past May they opened up a West Coast office in San Francisco as they look to continue growing and innovating for…
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In today’s crowded marketplace, job seekers want to be more than a piece of paper. Employers want that, too, because they don’t hire resumes, they hire people. Leesburg, VA-based VidAppy has created a solution for hiring the best job candidates with simple efficiency. VidAppy is an asynchronous job interview application for the retail, grocery and…
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If you publish content online, whether it’s a blog, eBooks, videos, or something in between, Hanginout‘s interactive video Q&A platform gives you an engaging and informative way to connect with your audience. The Hanginout platform lets publishers create a unique interactive experience for their users while capturing insightful interest data from the questions users ask. …
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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…
Read MoreViKi, a play on video and wiki, is an international video site for global TV series and movies, translated in 100+ languages by a community of avid fans. With over 1 billion streams and 100 million words translated into over 146 languages, ViKi brings entertainment to new audiences and unlocks markets for content owners.
Read MoreFunny or Die, the online comedy video site founded by Will Ferrell, released a new video today taking on U.S. financial reform. It’s an All-Star cast, produced by Ron Howard and written by Adam McKay and Al Jean. The video (below) titled Funny or Die’s Presidential Reunion posted by Will Ferrell brings together all the actors…
Read MoreYou have probably seen the Lijit search widget on a number of sites around the Web. It offers some great site search analytics in a manageable and easy to digest format. I even get a weekly statistics email from Lijit keeping me updated as to how search is performing every week and what people are…
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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%... Read More
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
We are excited to announce the participating startups for Tech Cocktail's South by Southwest (SXSW) event: #Startuplife Celebration presented by .CO. It was one of... 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