How would you like to launch your startup into the stratosphere at the hottest of all hot tech conferences, Southby? Who wouldn’t? Well, it won’t happen if you don’t get off your tail and apply this week. This is your chance to get seen by thousands of interested people, investors, bloggers, press, and media of all kinds. The fourth annual SXSW Accelerator will take March 12-14 at the 2012 SXSW Festival in Austin Texas. A [...]
SalesVu, Inc., the only provider of a cloud-based mobile payment application, announced today it has closed $600 thousand in a recent round of angel investment funding. Designed to significantly improve payment processing for the growing mobile workforce, the SalesVu solution is the first iPhone and iPad application to accept payments and connect to a secure cloud-based infrastructure for centralized pricing management, reporting, and marketing. This infusion of financing will fuel the company’s product development and [...]
I had an opportunity to meet BlackLocus CEO Rodrigo Carvalho a few months ago. It was right after they had landed their funding, and they were searching for office space in Austin and making some key hires. It’s now official with today’s announcement of Austin as their new headquarters and some new team members. With recent graduation from the LaunchPad program at Austin Technology Incubator (ATI) and funding from Texas Venture Firms DFJ Mercury and [...]
Mass Relevance today announced that it has been selected by Twitter (blog post) as the first curation partner officially licensed to re-syndicate Twitter content. Content publishers can now work directly with Mass Relevance to publish and display syndicated Twitter content, as well as directly monetize the content through sponsorships or direct response. Through this partnership, companies will be able to move beyond engagement and create new revenue streams around curated and integrated experiences into TV, [...]
Famigo, the only company focused on making mobile technology work for families, launches its newest product today: the Famigo Sandbox app, free for Android platforms. Famigo Sandbox resolves concerns parents might have about passing their mobile device to their children. The abundance of smart phones and tablets has ushered in a phenomenon known as the “pass back.” Whether in the waiting room at the doctor’s office, on a plane, or in line at the DMV, [...]
TalentGuard announced the release of Version 6.0 of its enterprise-class SaaS solution, Talent®, an integrated suite of products designed to help organizations better plan and execute on talent management and workforce development initiatives. With our platform, employers achieve a lower cost of ownership, faster initial deployment, more frequent upgrades, and they avoid technical headaches—so they can focus on the people-side of talent management implementation. With Version 6.0, employers will see increased ease of use and [...]
mobileTechThursday, by Steve Guengerich Mobile education is cool. In April of this year, Disney executive producer Starr Long spoke coyly but confidently at AMD’s GameOn Texas! Conference about Disney’s mission to make “educational” games the coolest, best games. (Games, by the way, that run on AMD-powered tablets and laptops, one would hope.) Mobile education is hot. Tuesday, mobile platform maker Knewton, announced a significant partnership with education publisher Pearson. Pearson also led a $33 million [...]
