MapMyFITNESS Banks $9M Series B

MapMyFITNESS, a health and fitness technology company powering the Internet’s largest and fastest growing community of fitness enthusiasts, today announced $9 million in Series B funding led by Austin Ventures and Milestone Venture Partners.

Rockify.TV Launches to the Public as Old-School MTV

Rockify.TV, the online music video channel, is excited to announce the launch of its public beta.

Penske Truck Rental and SpareFoot Team Together for Moving Season

Just in time for the busiest moving weekend of the year and the start of moving season, Penske Truck Rental and self-storage startup SpareFoot are teaming up to bring do-it-yourself moving and storage into the 21st century.

Startup Showdown A Welcome Addition To ATC’s Second CEO Summit

The second day of ATC’s CEO Summit wrapped up last Friday with the Startup Showdown, featuring Baytan Labs, MapMyFitness, Convergence Wireless, VivoGig, and Toopher. We captured some tweets along with commentary and have more coverage planned this week, so stay tuned. We used Storify’s tool to craft the original piece. You can see that version [...]

Software Talent Tops The List In Door64′s First Hiring Survey

Austin’s burgeoning ecosystem of startups is in high gear, buoyed by the rise of cloud-based infrastructure, mobile development, and cleaner technologies. Behind that growth is a vibrant tech community of software engineers, analysts and project managers. But what about more established companies? What types of skills are hiring managers seeking? That’s what Austin’s largest tech community, [...]

Traveling Through Time with SameTimeAs

Today’s guest blog is by Will Rodenbusch: “I’m from Austin, the greatest rising tech center in the world! I am a 29 year old code monkey who loves the great outdoors, travel, entrepreneurship, and almost anything that involves an element of danger. When I’m not at my desk, you can find me with my wife, Cora. We are your typical Austin DINKs, out enjoying life.”

Socialware Brings Compliance Expertise to the Facebook PMD

Socialware, the leader in social media compliance and relationship software, brings unmatched expertise in the financial services vertical as part of the Facebook® Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) program. Drawing from experience working with more than 125 financial services firms, Socialware will help organizations in one of Facebook’s fast-growing verticals leverage the world’s largest social network for business.

iGoToo Coming This Summer – Commercial Today

Coming this summer, iGoToo filmed their commercial in Austin, with an Austin theme and local talent.

Affinegy Goes Global and Expands Product Offering with Acquisition of Sagemcom

Affinegy, a proven global supplier of service enablement and network management software solutions for the home, today announced that it has acquired Sagemcom’s TR-069 ACS Solutions business. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

A Simple Message From Tim O’Reilly: Create More Value Than You Capture

If you’re familiar with media CEO and web visionary Tim O’Reilly, you know he’s been pitching a simple message around value for some time: create more of it than you capture.