February 2012
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Blippar Augmented Reality
Blippar is an augmented reality mobile app for iOS and Android devices (Windows on the way).
Upon opening the app and holding the phone up to visual ‘markers’, traditional print media, advertising and real-world objects can be recognised and instantly jump to life with exclusive content and interactive opportunities. Users can literally ‘pull’ information, entertainment, offers and augmented...
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Music+Tech Startup Demos
Last night I went out to The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn to check out the NYC Music Demo night. Great event, here are the companies that demoed:
Cantora Labs: Music+Tech incubator that allows technologists to focus on the tech by providing the business strategy and music industry contacts. They’re investing in about 8 startups over the next 2 years ($25-100k each) and will be providing...
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What Makes A Good Tweet? →
January 2012
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Sh*t We Say: Lessons from a Long-Tailed Meme –... →
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HouseParty.com: Throw Brand-Sponsored House...
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House Party makes it easy to have a party in your own home and get exclusive access to awesome products for you and your friends. We provide the fun, you provide food, your friends and feedback and promise to have an amazing time.
Our parties are sponsored by the brands you love. By hosting, you and your guests get to try their products and receive an incredible Party Pack...
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Video Curation: Where You're Going to Spend More...
Video is on the rise - big time. Youtube dominates the market, however even with its re-design it’s pretty poor at discovery. Social networks spark virality, however offer a terrible viewing experience due to all the non-video clutter.
Video curation startups VHX and Shelby.tv are out to solve these problems, and will be something more and more people spend time with in the near future.
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One Minute With: Quick Conversations w/ Incredible... →
In their words:
Our aim is to interview awesome designers, developers and creatives, and find out what makes them tick, where they get inspiration from, and much more. Simple as that.
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Programming Jokes
Q. How did the programmer die in the shower?:
A. He read the shampoo bottle instructions -> Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Q. How many programers dose it take to change a light bulb?:
A. None – It’s a hardare problem
There are only 10 kinds of people in this world:
those who know binary and those who don’t.
Programming is like sex:
One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life.
There are three kinds of lies:
Lies, damned lies, and "benchmarks
I just saw my life flash before my eyes : !
and all I could see was a close tag…”
Two strings walk into a bar and sit down.~
The bartender : “So what’ll it be?”
The first string : “I think I’ll have a beer quag fulk boorg jdk^CjfdLk jk3s d#f67howe%^U r89nvy~~owmc63^Dz x.xvcu”
The second string : “Please excuse my friend,” ,“He isn’t null-terminated.”
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Wallbase.cc: Wallpaper/background Search Engine →
Wallbase lets you find a ton of awesome wallpaper/background images free of charge. You can filter by relevance, date, popularity, or just have it pull up images at random. This is something I’ve been looking for for a long time.
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Waterproof smartphone coatings, diet-aiding... →
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Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator's 2nd Class...
The following list is from Betabeat - a solid online publication that provides the best coverage of the NYC tech scene. Click here to read this article in full. I’m only re-posting the startup overviews. — Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator is a seed stage incubator based in New York City that just accepted its 2nd class of startups. Here is the complete list of startups:
Appy...
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Email Innovators: Meet Movable Ink and Sailthru
Everyone’s familiar with email, the cost-effective channel that brands are shifting more and more budget to each year. While it isn’t the sexiest weapon in the marketing arsenal, there’s a few new players in the space looking to spice things up a bit - Sailthru and Movable Ink.
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Movable Ink’s app allow users to stream live content into their emails. Every time...
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NYC Health Incubator, Blueprint Health, Annnounces...
Via TechCrunch. Read the full article here.
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NYC-based Blueprint Health, a health-focused member of the TechStars Network, is announcing its inaugural class of startups today. The Winter program, which begins on January 9th, will be taking place in a 12,000 square foot loft in SoHo that will be shared with the Health 2.0 NYC team starting later this month. Part of the loft may also be...
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Ifttt Is Like Ifttt For Ifttt
parislemon:
Last week, there was a story on TechCrunch with the title: “Dropbox Automator Is Like IFTTT For Dropbox”. I had to laugh. First of all, it’s awesome that there’s already “Ifttt for X” stories. That’s usually a good sign for a young startup. Second, um, isn’t Ifttt like Ifttt for Dropbox?
The answer is yes. Yes it is. And I’m happy to announce today that CrunchFund is part of a...
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Top 10 TED Talks of 2011 To Inspire Tech Startups →
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Watchthenextweb:
$4.3M in funding, 20 employees, and 70 apps using its platform. What’s the key to Kiip‘s success? Happiness, says founder Brian Wong. I sat down with Kiip’s founder and CEO today to discuss his reward platform that is making real waves in Silicon Valley. With companies looking for new ways to acquire customers, Kiip has found itself a sweet spot that is making gamers, developers, and...
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Hot Austin Startups for 2012
This list was posted by Bryan Menell on AustinStartup.com. Click here to view the original post.
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As we go into 2012 there’s definitely a good sized group of companies that are primed for rapid growth and market acceptance. I’ll give you my list of the few that I’m watching, and if you leave a comment with your pick, and why you think they’re poised for growth I will update the blog post...
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Mobile Design: Comprehensive Gallery of the Most... →
Great for finding inspiration and/or seeing how the best of the best have designed their mobile experiences.
Organized by categories including navigations, signup flows, user profiles, commenting, activity feeds, etc.
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Shapeways 3D Printing: The Printing of the Future
Just off the phone with my new friend Charlie Maddock, Director of Biz Dev for Shapeways, and I am a huge fan of what they’re doing.
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Shapeways is the world’s first 3D printing community that allows users to upload designs of just about anything and bring them to life - including cuff links, home decor, iPad cases, board games, jewelry, and much more. If you can design it,...
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Newsweek Archivist: Apple Computer Incorporated... →
Reminiscing…
nwkarchivist:
By 1979, Newsweek reports:
The field is flooded with at least 50 manufacturers, mostly survivors of a “garage industry” launched in the early 1970s with the development of the low-cost “computer on a chip” - a fingernail-size component that outperforms the monster computers of the…
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Skillshare is Awesome, Encourage Your Employees To...
For those of you that don’t know, Skillshare is a community marketplace to learn anything from anyone. Users can start classes, hold them anywhere, and even get paid to do so. It’s based in NYC, funded by Founder Collective and SV Angel, and is growing like wildfire - although is only available in select cities at present.
— Why is it awesome?
Because it’s fun,...
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Overview of 140 Proof: Targeted Social Stream...
Really digging what 140 Proof is doing. Below is a general overview, details and ideas to come soon.
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140 Proof is the first social stream advertising platform, reaching 175 million users on Twitter by parsing the public social stream of data providers like Twitter, Foursquare, and Blippy. 140 Proof’s API provides the main revenue streams for social stream applications and websites...
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Social Interest Is On The Rise
Pinterest, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Tumblr are all on the rise in the US. Full report here.
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Let the Rumors Begin! Complete Roundup of iPad 3... →
Your predictions are as good as mine. It’ll be fun looking back at these and seeing which came true.
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Touchless smartphones and TVs could be on sale in... →
pieceinthepuzzlehumanity:
So you’ve lost your TV remote control. Again.
Not to worry, says a tiny Israeli start-up company called XTR3D - soon you’ll be able to flick through channels and adjust the volume using only… your hand.
You’ll just have to turn your palm towards the screen, and zap away without ever getting off the couch.
And no need for under-the-skin electronics or fancy...
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The Ultimate Collection of CSS3 Tutorials for... →
Menus, ribbons, interesting contact forms, slideshows, drop-shadows, and a bunch of other solid CSS3 resources.
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GetGlue: Check-In To Your Favorite Entertainment
GetGlue is a leading social entertainment network that enables users to check-in while consuming movies, music, books, TV shows, games, or topics. Through their check-ins, users can connect with friends, get personalized recommendations, and earn exclusive rewards like coupons and stickers from over 25 media companies. Check-ins happen at getglue.com, via mobile web, or on apps for iPhone, iPad,...
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December 2011
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RWW's Top 10 Startups of 2011 →
What happened to startups in 2011? E-commerce and mobile payments continued to grow, and group buying startup Groupon went public. Facebook, the biggest social network around, expanded in a huge way, announcing Timeline, frictionless sharing and a settlement (finally) with the FTC. It also swallowed up many promising startups, including group messaging service Beluga, social network-enhancing...
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7 Solid CSS Resources
Tets+: 30 tutorial videos that walk you through html and css from the very beginning - for free.
CSS Tricks: Blog w/ designer interviews, code snippets, downloads, forums, and more. The content is pretty advanced, so it’s best suited for those already with an understanding of CSS.
Lea Verou: An incredible designer who has developed a set of CSS3 tools that showcase and help you develop...
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Adapt.ly - Social Media Ad Buying
Adaptly offers one consolidated platform to complete a social media ad buy across multiple social networks including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, StumbleUpon and more.
Founded in 2010 by Nikhil Sethi and Garrett Ullom, Adaptly was incubated through DreamIt Ventures and is now based in New York City. Investors include First Round Capital, Charles River Ventures, Lerer Ventures, kbs+p Ventures and...
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Crowdtwist: Social Loyalty and Rewards
CrowdTwist is a social loyalty and rewards platform that engages and activates a brand’s audience wherever the brand is, both online and offline. It’s service gives brands the ability to track, incentivize and reward customer engagement across any online, social or mobile channel.
Founded in 2009 by Irving Fain, Josh Bowen and Mike Montero, CrowdTwist is based in New York City and is...
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Local Response: Real-time, Location-based Mobile...
Local Response is the world’s first cross-platform “check-in” based ad network. Founded in 2005, it’s based in Chelsea NYC, and is co-founded by digital advertising pioneers Nihal Mehta (founder ipsh!, sold to Omnicom in 2005 & early investor in Admob), Kathy Leake (co-founder Media6Degrees), and Michael Muse. It has received $6.5 million in funding to date.
How It...
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