AisleFinder Takes Unique Route in Raising Angel Round
NewMe Accelerator startup, AisleFinder received funding the non-traditional way and announced they have raised an angel round. Instead of Venture Capital investors, AisleFinder Founder and CEO, Curtiss Pope, decided to pursue opportunities for funding through private individuals that had capital to invest in startups. He sought out groups and individuals such as Stanford doctors, neuro [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 4-22-2011
Your iPhone is Tracking You…So is Your Android Everyone pretty much lost it once it was discovered that their beloved iPhones were tracking their every move. Never mind the fact that locating a device through triangulation is a well-known technique. In reality, there isn’t much to fear about this iPhone tracking thing. It boils down [...]
Read MoreAndroid 3.0 Honeycomb Brings Android Market Website and Video Chat
At a press event today for Android 3.0 Honeycomb, one of the most exciting announcements was a web-based store for the Android Market. Most of the Honeycomb features and goodies demonstrated at the event were already known. Check out the video for a refresher: One of the more exciting announcements was the addition of a [...]
Read More4 Great iPhone Apps to Take on Vacation
I recently returned from spending several days vacationing in Jamaica. While it was nice to take a trip outside of the United States, I also enjoy staying in touch with family and friends. However, it can be expensive to make international phone calls or even to send and receive text messages. Fortunately, I was able [...]
Read MoreGoogle and NORAD Let You Track Santa Again
Google and NORAD (North American Aerospace Defence Command) have teamed up to bring you realtime coverage of Santa’s sleigh-ride around the world. You can follow Santa as he travels the world sliding down chimneys, dropping off presents, and eating entirely too many chocolate chip cookies. NORAD has confirmed that Santa and his fully-loaded, reindeer-powered sleigh [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 12-10-2010
Military Bans Removable Media In an interesting twist in the WikiLeaks saga, the U.S. military has banned the use of all CDs, DVDs, thumb drives and every other form of removable media. The punishment isn’t death, but transferring files via Sneakernet may risk a court martial. Maj. Gen. Richard Webber, commander of Air Force Network [...]
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