The SXSW Accelerator will be back for its third year of showcasing some of the web’s most exciting innovations at SXSW 2011. This event provides an outlet for companies to present their new online Entertainment products, Social networking applications, News related technologies, Music related technologies, Health technologies, or Innovative web-based technology services to a panel of industry experts, early adapters, and representatives from the Venture Capitalist community. Past example of judges have been Guy Kawasaki, [...]

Invodo, a full-service eCommerce video partner for online retailers, today announced a series of enhancements to the Invodo video player. The new player automatically adapts to device platform standards, including HTML5, and provides functionality for sharing eCommerce video via social media and email channels. As consumers increasingly shop on devices ranging from PCs to smartphones to iPads, retailers must ensure that their video platform is able to deliver to those customers. Invodo’s latest version of [...]

S3 Ventures is certainly becoming more active with the announcement today that it led a $3M Series A round for Tango Health. The funds from S3 and several angel investors will help to accelerate the nationwide rollout of its innovative web-based Health Savings Account (HSA) management service. The complete solution developed by Tango Health is making it easy for employers and employees to set up, manage and fund HSA accounts, and capture tax savings even [...]

This morning Dachis Group announced the acquisition of a youth marketing consultancy / agency based in Lincoln, Nebraska named Archrival. If you want a small example of how innovative these people are, just check out their new website that launched today. It’s one of the most visually attractive websites I’ve seen in recent memory, and its cleverness makes me want to pick apart their code to figure out how they did a few things.

Nicole Ozer, Technology and Civil Liberties Policy Director at the ACLU of Northern California, will discuss smart internet privacy policy for startups on Thursday, November 18, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in the Eidman Jury Room at the UT School of Law, 727 E. Dean Keaton St. 78705. The seminar is co-sponsored by The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas and the University of Texas Law School American Constitution Society. Ozer is an expert [...]

Exactly three months after its $48 Million funding announcement, Smooth-Stone today detailed its company momentum, including significant new executive hires, new office space and renaming the company.  The new name, Calxeda, pronounced “Cal-zeh-dah,” is a derivative of the Latin for “Smooth-Stone.”  Calxeda is on track with its business and ARM-based product development plans, moving toward providing first samples of its industry-changing technologies in 2011. “According to Gartner, nearly 60% of datacenters point to power as [...]

Guidewire Group’s Innovate!2010 is making its way through Austin this Thursday, November 11, as part of a 30-city international tour to seek out the 100 most promising start-ups in the world. Held at the IBM Innovation Center, the Austin Pitch Slam is an opportunity for local tech and communications entrepreneurs to vie for a chance at being named to the Innovate!100 list of most promising startups. You know the drill:  “X” company gets 5 minutes to pitch [...]

As soon as I heard the Coro Health story several months ago from Brian Anderson, co-founder and President, I knew this company was on the path to success. Today the company is announcing that they’ve raised a $2M round of financing for the company. Researchers have long known that music and spirituality have therapeutic effects on an individual’s health, but for most healthcare providers, traditional one-on-one therapies have been too costly and difficult to implement. [...]

Today’s Q&A Wednesday is with Anthony Morales and Kristen Carney of ThankThank. We had a chance to catch up with them at a recent Austin Tech Happy Hour, where they were demonstrating their new service.

Invodo, the only full-service eCommerce video partner for online retailers, and mobile commerce leader Digby today announced that they have partnered to implement retail eCommerce product video within mobile-optimized websites and rich apps for Smartphones. Retailers such as Golfsmith are working with both companies to produce and implement eCommerce video that is optimized for viewing on Smartphones. “Both mobile and video are key sales-driving initiatives for retailers now,” said Matt Corey, chief marketing officer for [...]