Looking to raise some money for your startup? There are venture capital firms and angel investors, of course, and some startup companies go the boostrapping route, paying for costs of their own pockets. But crowdfunding, as TechCocktail reports, “offers a viable alternative for entrepreneurs to raise funds by appealing to a wider audience of potential [...]

A new front has opened up in the battle over the city’s attempt to purchase hundreds of thousands of dollars in VoIP phones and equipment. The Baltimore Sun reports that an investigation led by city inspector general David N. McClintock “into the Rawlings-Blake administration’s purchase of nearly $675,000 in phone and computer equipment found possible conflicts of interest [...]

Another month, another installment of Baltimore TechBreakfast. (Presentations! Questions! Microphones! Free bagels!) Among September’s presenters were Justin Smith, the founder and CEO of Procurely, which Technically Baltimore covered in July. Also presenting were the respective teams behind NewsUp and Easy WebContent Presenter (read more here), both of which held events Thursday night for Baltimore Innovation Week.

In 2008, mobile product and web development agency Mindgrub Technologies was still a five-person company crammed into the basement of CEO Todd Marks’ house. Four years later, the company was 50-people strong, moved into a 6,000-square-foot former bank building in Catonsville, and filled out with design, user experience and testing divisions. Just last month, Marks [...]

Out of Catonsville-based Mindgrub Technologies’ month-old gaming division comes Rescue Jump, a mobile phone game where users control a duo of trampoline-wielding firemen in a quest to save as many people leaping from burning buildings. Download for free Rescue Jump for iOS or Android.

Photo by Greg Pearson courtesy of the city’s Mayor’s Office of Information  Technology. “What I personally need is a tiny bit of patience,” said Chris Tonjes while addressing the crowd at Wednesday’s Baltimore TechBreakfast in Mt. Washington. Tonjes, who as of Wednesday had been Baltimore city’s new CIO for 37 days, said that while he’s [...]

Updated 2:19 p.m. 8/13/12: Corrected information about placing advertising inside the CrowdStitch app. Like a Twitter hashtag on steroids is how founder Mark Howells describes CrowdStitch, an explanation that might make the steeliest tweeters terrified of Bieber Fever. Really what Howells has created is a “popup social network” for event organizers and venue owners. Available [...]