In need of some new hangouts for you and your friends? Check out this new Austin startup that offers fun ways to share and discover cool locations.

Gowalla, a web and iPhone application based out of the parent company, Alamofire, recently unveiled their new travel-sharing iPhone app to the public. The application is free and offers a fun, new interpretation of social networking.

Troux Technologies, the leader in Strategic IT Planning and Control software, today announced that it has secured a $10 million investment to further expand reach into new geographies and extend recent sales momentum. The investment has been made by Austin Ventures, Greylock Partners and a consortium of Scandinavian investors. The investment follows a period of record revenues and growth for Troux. Recent product adoption has been especially successful in new markets and examples include Global [...]

PetsMD.com, the number one name in free online pet health information, today unveiled their newest consumer friendly feature, the PetsMD Symptom Checker iPhone Application. “Our users have told us that they love the Symptom Checker application and want to take it with them on their iPhone,” says Tina Cannon, President and CEO. “Pet owners wanted to have the health information they need at their fingertips, at the park, the river, camping or wherever they take [...]

Have you ever read about the things that go on in Washington DC, and think to yourself that some piece of legislation isn’t very helpful for those of us who work in the technology field, or are trying to start a business? Well, now we have a chance to send one of our own — an entrepreneur, a technology guy, a family man, a business man — to the U.S. Congress. You can check out [...]

We assigned a special guest blogger, Scott Francis, to cover Conformity’s recent launch. Scott is Co-founder and CTO of BP3, an Austin-based business process improvement consultancy.

Today’s Q&A Wednesday is with Joseph Kelly, COO of Infochimps. Q:  Give us the elevator pitch for your company? Infochimps is a website to find, share, or sell any dataset in the world.  Our collection has over 5,000 datasets on topics from number of deaths in a Rambo movie to US census data.  Much of our data is free, however buyers come to us to look for data like the results from a Zogby poll [...]

Today the Dachis Group is announcing the launch of the Collaboratory, as well as my role as Director of the Collaboratory. Let me start by telling you a little bit about Dachis Group, and some of the unique and interesting features of the Collaboratory. You’ll understand quickly why this is one of the most exciting opportunities of my career. Dachis Group is a relatively new Austin-based company that is helping large enterprises get value from [...]

Austin City Limits is upon us, Austinites! Austin Startup caught up with Scott Owens this week to talk about DoStuff Media. You may not be familiar with the company, but it most certainly fits the bill of the “story behind the story.” In fact, DoStuff Media is a testament to the ongoing convergence of Austin’s vibrant technology and music scenes.