The DEMO folks are coming back to town and are taking 10 meetings with promising young startups that are considering launching at DEMO Spring 2011. The Austin stop of the DEMO tour is going to be on November 19th, and is being hosted by Austin Ventures. The DEMO conference has been the launchpad for several outstanding technology companies including Tivo, Palm, Salesforce.com and local Austin companies such as SocialSmack, InfoChimps, Gelato, and Piryx. Apply Here. [...]
How many times have you been at a technology conference, you meet a nice guy or gal, and chat for a bit. When it gets to the point that you’re explaining what y’all do for a living, the other person says: “well, I just do the boring enterprise stuff…”
I’m happy to report that I didn’t hear this line even once at DEMO this last week in Santa Clara. On-stage there was an entire enterprise session that didn’t once apologize for being “boring enterprise technology.” In fact, it was quite the opposite. There was a great deal of pride in the enterprise segment.
This week at the DEMO Spring 2010 Conference in Silicon Valley, Austin-based Zosh officially launched. Zosh is an iPhone and Ipad application that alleviates the need for a computer or fax to complete a form document or to provide a signature for a form. The application allows for a mobile worker to sign and complete document form information using an iPhone.
80legs, a startup that provides a web crawling service for the masses, officially launched on Wednesday at DEMOfall in San Diego.
MicroAssist Inc., a local company that provides software and IT training, as well as specific application development, launched a new e-learning course at DEMO on Tuesday called EthicsEd. The web-based program hopes to curb sexual misconduct in schools by teaching school employees how to identify, avoid and report inappropriate behavior and sexual abuses.
Yet another Austin-based company launching at DEMO this week is Infochimps. They launched a new marketplace where users can upload and sell their datasets to potential buyers such as researchers or application developers. Infochimps customers control the terms, set the price, and Infochimps handles storage, distribution and billing. Infochimps takes a commission from each sale in the marketplace and also provides a separate, free service where anyone can upload, share and curate the data on the site.
A slew of innovative companies are presenting today at the DEMO Conference in San Diego. One that caught our eye is the Austin-based ge.la.to; it’s a free dating site that takes online dating to a whole new level and that makes Match.com and eHarmony.com look archaic. Users create a dating profile – in just two minutes – that’s distributed across a myriad of social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, and Last.fm.
Ringful, a personal healthcare startup is pleased to announce its selection to participate in DEMO conference’s first ever AlphaPitch, which according to DEMO co-producer Matt Marshall, features the “coolest, earliest-stage companies.” At DEMO, Ringful will launch a mobile healthcare application suite, available at http://PreventiveCare.mobi/, which turns any mobile phone, from the iPhone to low-end voice-only phones, into a connected personal healthcare dashboard, resulting in reduced healthcare cost and insurance premiums. PreventiveCare.mobi applications all feature connectivity [...]
It’s the time of the season to launch companies. Between the TechCrunch50 and DEMOfall, over 100 companies are launching themselves, or products this month. Here’s a rundown of companies of interest, and we’ll have more details as they launch. 80legs – Some friends from Houston are doing some interesting things with grids. EthicsEd – MicroAssist is launching a great e-learning product. Piryx – Some key execs have moved to the valley, but we’ll still claim [...]
