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If you're into technology or basketball you definitely know the name Mark Cuban. Cuban is the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks who built his empire by starting a computer sales company, before he even owned a computer. From there he built Broadcast.com which he sold to Yahoo in the thick of the dot com [...]
Mark Cuban is by all accounts one of the most recognized, smartest and shrewd entrepreneurs in the world. From delivering great advice as a shark on ABC's Shark Tank, to delivering startup advice on his own blog, blogmavreick.com he cuts away the bull shit and gives entrepreneurs (and wantrepreneurs for that matter) great advice on [...]
Bruno Francois had a really exciting trip to the Shark Tank when he presented his company Cycloramic (Egos Ventures) to the sharks on January 31st. It doesn't happen often but Francois' technology that uses an iPhone's gyroscope, cyclometer and vibrator to make the device turn around in a 360 motion, on it's own, wowed all [...]
The NBA Playoffs are officially underway with many second games of the first round already played by the time this story posts. Regardless of what team you absolutely love it's a good possibility at the end of the playoffs we may see the same championship pairing as last year. My team is the Robert Pera [...]
The Samsung Press Conference at CES 2014 was more a display in theatrics than anything else. It had all the elements that make wonderful theater: a message of social good, celebrity cameos, an onstage meltdown by Michael Bay, incredible video and graphics displays, and the cast bit us farewell in musical exit. Great theater! However, it left much to be desired in terms of announcements and was incredibly underwhelming in terms of product announcements.
Yesterday, the Kaplan EdTech Accelerator, powered by TechStars, held their inaugural demo day. Demo day, the culmination of the three-month intensive mentoring process, was by all accounts a great success. As a whole, the entire first batch shows great potential, but a few startups really stand out.
AnyInc is the latest iteration of a company that entrepreneur Chris Markl started back in January. AnyInc blossomed out of ReStartUp, a business model that got some market validation during an entrepreneurial event at the University of North Florida. ReStartup's model was to become a platform for buying and selling startup companies that otherwise may [...]
Andrew Wolson (above left) presented one of the most interesting Creator Projects that we saw at One Spark. Andrew's project, "Skateboard wheel printer," is still in its infancy, as far a becoming an actual product. However, Andrew told us that he has had the idea in the back of his mind for 3+ years. Andrew [...]
A Cincinnati company has reinvented the mobile keyboard. Traditionally keyboard accessories for tablets and smartphones have required the user to be sitting down, essentially using your device as a "mock' laptop. When you think about that for a second, it takes away the mobility from the device. Now typing with your thumbs is easy for [...]
MassageBook announces an exclusive partnership with industry leading Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP), and aims to help consumers find skilled massage therapists locally. - After competing with a number of scheduling and massage practice management software solutions, MassageBook has been officially selected as ABMP’s preferred choice for its members. - With more than 80,000 [...]
As you have no doubt heard, on Tuesday March 25, Facebook announced plans to by Oculus VR, the maker of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. The response from the tech community at-large has been mixed. Rather than offer any sort of opinion or take on the acquisition, it seems prudent to take a step back, and look at what happened and what both parties are saying.
Unfortunately for Zynga this isn't a brand new game where you can collaborate with millions of people across the world to create the best roller coasters on earth. It's not the latest in a strong of casual social games like Farmville and Cityville that brought Zynga to the forefront in the social gaming space. Nope, [...]
We have been coveing a ton of great education startups over the past several months. However, most of these companies are involved with the standard classroom education. However, we just came across Great Parents Academy. Great Parents Academy provides students and teachers of grades K-5 with high quality supplemental math curricula for these students. We had [...]
I gave up the good ole #FF on Twitter a few years ago but that doesn't mean we still can't have Follow Friday. Check out this great list of 10 techies to follow on Twitter for our first TechFaster Follow Friday: Myriam Joirie (@TnkGirl) Many of you know Myriam or Tank Girl from her Engadget [...]
By now everyone in America has taken notice of the virality that is the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The challenge is meant to raise awareness to ALS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gherig's Disease) and the ALS foundation. With the ice bucket challenge the person challenged must have a bucket of ice water poured on their [...]
AMZER, the Houston based wireless accessories giant has expanded into the home automation and connected home arena. After years of innovation driven research and development the company unveiled their AMZERcontrol line. A family of wireless automated control solutions which enhance as well as ease the consumer's daily experiences and tasks. Both at home and work AMZERcontrol™ [...]
If indeed Facebook is losing their hold on the teen demographic, it is not reflected in the companies' third quarter 2013 earnings report. If, indeed they are leaving, it seems as though the exodus is making Facebook more profitable.
Finding a skilled massage therapist when you need one can be a real pain. Web search results often don't show small local massage therapy businesses. If you do find one, often you'll be unable to book your massage online. What if you had a way to easily find and book a massage professional near [...]
Some people believe that Randi Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg's sister, had it made. Mark had hired his sister to be the Director of Marketing for Facebook. That position gave her a cushy job at a skill she seems to be very good at, a high salary and plenty of stock options. But [...]
If you're hardcore into tech and gaming or a game developer than you are more than familiar with GDC or the Game Developer's Conference. Unlike conventions like E3 GDC brings the best game developers from across the country and around the world together to share ideas, hear great speakers, learn and see the next generation [...]
