Back in the Napster days, my brother used to spend hours a day on my parents’ computer downloading songs, albums, videos, whatever, clogging up the hard drive, and driving my parents nuts. If only Put.io had been around 10 years ago, it would have saved a lot of arguments. Istanbul-based Put.io is a file storage…
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What do you think about the concept of online dating in reverse? NYC-based Cheek’d is a clever new service that introduces real-life spontaneity to online dating. The concept promotes the use of an intriguing and provocative set of business card-sized introductions used to engage a romantic prospect when feeling awkward, shy, or simply desiring a…
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So, you’ve got a wicked softball pitch, but you could use a little help managing your sports league’s website? No problem–LeagueApps is a platform powering local recreational sports communities. It allows sports organizations to more efficiently run their business, attract participants, and capture new revenue, while transforming the sports experience for players. LeagueApps takes the…
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Let’s say you are heading out for the night, and you want to find a club that’s really starting to pick up, or you want to find a chill sports bar that you know you’ll be able to get a table at. The just announced new app SceneTap will help you decide where to go….
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It’s a pretty common belief that the two-party political system in America is broken and no longer represents the diverse views we hold as a nation. Defining ourselves simply as “Democrats” or “Republicans” diminishes the importance of our individual beliefs and limits our choice as voters. DC-based startup Ruck.us wants to change the way we…
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Networking without thinking meets eHarmony for business at DC-based startup TappedIn. In short, they pre-screen attendees at an event that they think you need to meet, allowing you to talk to the right people instead of random people. Here’s how it works: Their pre-social application platform seamlessly integrates with EventBrite, where questions are inserted into…
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Before you say, “Oh great, another daily deal consolidator,” keep reading. Have you used any of them? They make the process overly complicated by requiring a city-specific account, complex category systems, and deals/coupons that are irrelevant. None of them let you easily browse and receive deals from multiple cities, and none of them finds the…
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If you want to learn Spanish, but course tuition and Rosetta Stone are too pricey, then say “hola” to SpanishDict. Rosslyn, Virginia-based SpanishDict is the world’s largest Spanish learning and reference website, reaching upwards of 5 million people each month. The site provides high quality dictionaries, learning videos, flashcards, and translation tools to an active…
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If you love exploring what cities and neighborhoods have to offer, then you know that finding events can be like wading through molasses – there’s a million and one things to do, but you can never seem to get where you want to go. Finding events is often a time-consuming and frustrating process, as searches…
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As someone who regularly meets with clients and partners at coffee shops, having access to Wi-Fi is super important. I honestly don’t know why a coffee shop or café wouldn’t want to offer Wi-Fi. It increase foot-traffic and allows you to brand your landing page. If you think setting up Wi-Fi is hard, check out…
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If you’re looking for a great software developer or are a software developer looking for a great job, check out Barcelona-based startup Masterbranch, a job platform that is like Match.com, but for software development only. Masterbranch is a great way for software developers to showcase their projects, hacks and programming skills (here’s an example) and…
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With eReaders taking over the book world and rendering hard copies of books obsolete, e-book publishers have been popping up left and right. Seth Godin launched The Domino Project last year, around the time we covered BookBrewer, a service that lets people turn blogs and documents into e-books within a few minutes. A Google search…
Read MoreIn the past, communication with your elected officials could be a difficult and lengthy process that didn’t always result in a response. Votizen directly connects registered voters to their Congressperson automatically in real-time while validating their voting history—all from one text! By verifying that each voice belongs to a real voter in the real world,…
Read MoreWaiting on the phone while you try to get through to talk with another human being on customer support can be a drag. Often it can take quite sometime to get through to someone. We recently came across a new DC-based startup called FastCustomer that just launched into beta to help you by offering a…
Read MoreToday we learned that DC-area startup Mixx was acquired by UberMedia, parent company of UberTwitter, Echofon, Twidroyd and PostUp Marketplace. Kerry Parkins, Vice President of Products and Marketing and previous long time AOLer, posted this on the Mixx blog today: We’re excited to announce that Mixx was recently acquired by UberMedia, which will allow us to continue to give you…
Read MoreLinkedIn, the professional networking site, has released a new feature in the labs called LinkedIn InMaps which creates colorful visualization of all your professional connections. You can then examine your map more closely, label all the various color as specific networks and share it with the world. Check out my network map. Of course, LinkedIn…
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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