Early this morning, it was officially announced that Remedy Health Media, a New York-based health information company, acquired Arlington, Virginia-based startup HealthCentral, an online service that offers information, tools, and community access to both patients and caregivers alike. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition is now believed to give Remedy Health Medi,…
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Living the startup life can be exhilarating , yet exhausting, as entrepreneurs are often faced with more items on their “To-Do List” than hours in the day. Just finding trusted resources and making the connections you need can be a full-time job. Foster.ly is helping Washington, DC-area entrepreneurs by corralling the information they’re looking for…
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When you think of tech startups in DC, you probably think of LivingSocial as they are one of the fastest growing startups in the country. But we wanted to see who our readers thought the hottest early-stage, up-and-coming startup in the DC region might be, so we selected over 50 companies and put them into…
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We are moving into an era of “big data” as we all share articles, photos, videos, tweets, status updates and more multiple times a day on a number of social platforms from Facebook to Twitter and more. McLean, Virginia based ClearSpring has spent the last three years building a platform that tracks data across many…
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Eyeglasses have been around for centuries, but the level of innovation in lenses has been rather slow-going, with incremental progress in the areas of sleek, comfortable frames and thinner, stronger lenses, tints, etc… But those innovations are about to be trumped as Virginia-based PixelOptics has produced emPower which is said to be the world’s first…
Read MoreClearSpring, a well-funded, D.C. area startup, has been in the headlines quite a bit lately as they recently announced turning the widget/ad platform into an audience metrics platform as well, called the Clearspring Audience Platform. On the heels of this rather large startup announcement (and his 30th birthday) we got a chance to catch-up with ClearSpring…
Read MoreDistracted driving is sure to become a safety epidemic as our need to be connected strengthens and more and more people decide to respond to that one text message or place a call while driving. Most people probably associate distracted driving with texting, but research shows that driving while simply talking on a cell phone…
Read MoreWe are excited to announce TECH cocktail DC 3! We hosted our last TECH cocktail DC in the spring and since then have hosted a conference in Chicago, as well as mixer events in Chicago, Boulder and Boston. In case you missed these events you can check out the TECH cocktail photos. Make sure to…
Read MoreRefresh DC was nice enough to move its April event up a day to avoid a conflict with tomorrow TECH cocktail. Thanks Refresh DC! Now we can have fun two days in a row this week. The Refresh DC event will take place right next to the Virginia Square Metro (between Clarendon and Ballston) courtesy…
Read MorePodcampDC – April 18-20, 2008 Podcamp DC is an “unconference” focused on educating participants on how to use, implement and share any/all new media tools including, podcasts, videocasts, blogs, Second Life, Facebook, and YouTube. There are waiting lists spots still available. TECH cocktail DC 2 – April 24, 2008 The second TECH cocktail in DC…
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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