DEMO has officially started today and we will be there starting tomorrow. For DEMOfall 2009 we pretty much hit it on the nose for the DEMOgod award winners, let’s see if we can nail it again this year. The DEMO conference announced the lineup of 65 companies that will share their products and value propositions…continue reading.
Ever get suspicious when that new someone you’re dating is sparing on the details about their own background? Sure, you could Twitter stalk them, scan their Facebook page or Google them, but all that takes time and isn’t very useful when he’s closing out the tab and you’re deciding whether or not to…take things a…continue reading.
Did you know that, on average, food travels a whopping 1500 miles from the farm to your plate? Grocers and restaurants currently buy less than two percent of their produce and meat from local farmers, but DEMO startup Local Dirt is looking to boost local consumption. Local Dirt has essentially created an online marketplace making…continue reading.
Piryx launched a new product at DEMOfall 2009 a few weeks ago billed as “payments for the social web”. Piryx is a Social Commerce company. With the combination of payment processing and marketing tools, to give businesses and non-profits the capability to identify and connect with their customers, and donors. Their new product key features…continue reading.
Choose what you want to watch when you want to watch (As long as it’s on one of the major networks). Share with your friends via Facebook, Twitter and MySpace and watch the shows together. If this sounds a lot like Hulu its because they are very similar. The only real difference between the two…continue reading.
According to Jim Swift Cortera is like a Yelp for business credit. Allowing large and small businesses to rate the payments experiences they have for their customers. Until Cortera’s launch at DEMO fall 2009 Dun & Bradstreet had been the major player in the business credit market. Jim, However, says that Dun & Bradstreet fail…continue reading.
According to Chris Shipley, “CallSpark is doing for phone calls what Google did for Web sites, by enabling people to quickly fin accurate information in the context of a phone call”. CallSpark’s plan is to enrich the calling experience. Not only do they provide you with any phone number you may be looking for through…continue reading.
For those in the Tech-Karaoke scene begin download now! TuneWiki is a social media player that allows you to play and view lyrics from your own music library, listen to internet radio powered by SHOUTcast radio, find and sing-a-long with your favorite video on youtube, and even see what other people in your area are…continue reading.
At last week’s DEMOfall 09, TZ interviewed Waze. A free mobile navigation application which is crowdsourcing to build its maps. All you have to do to contribute is just keep the application running (make sure you have the car charger plugged in because it kills your battery life) and drive. while you’re driving Waze monitors…continue reading.
Bigger, clearer, and thinner is how we like our televisions and monitors to be. But, with every gain there is always a loss. In this case its the speaker systems that come standard with our television or non-existent in the case of a monitor. Causing us to spend more money on a surround sound system…continue reading.
