Sep. 30, 2013 2:43 pm
Ringly: pre-launch, stealth mode wearable tech startup from eBay alumnae
Some other details around eBay alumnae Christina Mercando's new startup Ringly, for which she raised a $1 million initial investment and, though pre-launch, appears to be aiming to address our obsessive digital interaction with some wearable tech play.
Sep. 30, 2013 1:00 pm
The rent’s too damn high: Dijital Fix gadget shop priced out of Williamsburg
Brooklyn tech enthusiasts interested in browsing gadgets in an independent shop are going to have to look further afield. Yesterday was the last day of Dijital Fix at its Williamsburg mini mall location, on Bedford Ave. The story carried all kinds of intriguing gadgets, unified by innovation and beautiful design. According to Free Williamsburg, the landlords […]
Sep. 30, 2013 12:30 pm
‘You can be a successful company anywhere’: Parking Panda [Q&A]
Parking Panda has expanded nationally since winning Baltimore’s first Startup Weekend — but its cofounders know a startup is no easy business.
Sep. 30, 2013 12:30 pm
2/3 of DreamIt Ventures Philly startups are no longer in the city
DreamIt Ventures has spent the last five years developing one of the country's best-respected early-stage high tech startup acceleration programs. It set out with a goal of helping startups get off the ground. Now it's set its sights on another problem: how to keep its startups in the region.
Sep. 30, 2013 11:00 am
General Assembly is launching classes in Dumbo
General Assembly, the tech and entrepreneurship educational program that has been a major force in New York’s tech scene has expanding in recent years. Now, “the educational institution that transforms thinkers into creators” will be offering its classes in Brooklyn. Here are some of the first classes listed at the New York Media Center in Dumbo, […]
Sep. 30, 2013 10:30 am
Slopes: winter sports tracking app that won Startup Weekend is now live
The app records your statistics and maps your routes. It also works offline for when you lose service up in the mountains.
Sep. 30, 2013 10:00 am
Winners of the inaugural Baltimore Innovation Week Awards
More than 1,500 people voted in the first ever people's choice Baltimore Innovation Week Awards. Here are who got top billing, which included some tight races and last minute jockeying.
Sep. 30, 2013 8:45 am
Help Alexis Ohanian fund all Brooklyn STEM projects on DonorsChoose
He's about to do a book tour with 150 stops to mark the occasion, and now Brooklynite to follow and reddit founder Alexis Ohanian is raising money for all the teachers working on STEM education programs on DonorsChoose.
Sep. 30, 2013 8:30 am
CHOP launches tech transfer partnership with Osage University Partners
One of the main challenges behind spinout companies is "finding dollars to move the companies forward," said Ellen Purpus, head of CHOP's Tech Transfer Office. The partnership with Osage, which invests exclusively on startups that are commercializing university research, aims to help that.
Sep. 30, 2013 8:30 am
What video game legend Sid Meier learned going from console to mobile
Despite all the bluster, the mobile industry is still in a nascent transformation and separation from browser and console-based design. At this Trends in Mobile event, video game legend Sid Meier shared his lessons from turning to mobile gaming.