If you grew up on the West Coast, you may or may not have heard the term “hurricane party” before – it’s a multi-day party held during a hurricane, where guests …
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“Eat breakfast because we’re having a late lunch!” These were the words that greeted 200 eager investors and entrepreneurs as they picked up their name tags at the AT&T Executive …
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“Eat breakfast because we’re having a late lunch!” These were the words that greeted 200 eager investors and entrepreneurs as they picked up their name tags at the AT&T Executive …
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Google Austin: A first-person, customer update Google. They are the digital version of General Electric, but for the 21st century. Both are classic, American-headquartered, global conglomerates, with diverse portfolios. But, …
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Silicon Valley set for job surge, as New York City threatens to steal tech crown
by sylvie barakby sylvie barakThough this month’s job figures for tech employees in Silicon Valley remained fairly constant, a new report claims the area is in for a whopping 15% employment surge over the …
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Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman said his firm would likely go public over the next year or so but had not yet started the process, as it continues to grow its …
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Austin is known as the home of the South-by-Southwest (SXSW) festival, which has become one the premier tech culture events in the world. When you consider that two of the …
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The Austin Chamber of Commerce is helping to facilitate an idea to launch a startup district and workplace downtown to rival those seen in Boston and Silicon Valley. The proposed …
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While Apple’s iPad might be fogging up everyone’s view, a smaller silicon valley firm by the name of Funambol has unveiled its own cloud-based digital locker by the name of …
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New York-based ABI Research announced that it has acquired Austin-based teardown startup Market Eye 1. Financial details of the deal were not announced. The term “teardown startup” may sound confusing, …
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Austin-based Macheen Inc., announced that the company formed an advisory board and now has a VP of marketing in Kent Libby. While often quiet about the company’s business plans, CEO …
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San Jose, CA., – Speaking at the Ericsson Business Innovation Forum in San Jose, CA, Wednesday, Brian Wilcove a general partner at VC firm Sofinnova Ventures said a big change …
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While e-readers may contain thousands of volumes of books on a single, portable device and allows users to download new titles wirelessly from wherever they are, to many it feels …
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Silicon Valley is seeing a tech induced job recovery of late, with the California Employment Development Department noting that every major industry except construction added jobs in March and April …
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SILICON VALLEY: JiWire raises $20 million for location-based advertising
by Matt Kapkoby Matt KapkoJiWire Inc. has raised $20 million in new funding, bringing its total capital raised to date at $45 million. The San Francisco-based company provides a platform to deliver advertising across …
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Wireless leaders of the future were among an audience at panel session for competitors in a global investment competition at the University of Texas at Austin Thursday in which past …
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Hold the phone – those sacred moments of silence that tick by while your call is connecting are about to be gobbled up … by advertising. Austin company Vocal Media …
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There was a lot of talk at the Texas Labs Venture Expo today about whether Austin should strive to be the next Silicon Valley, as Texas Gov. Rick Perry recently …
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The inventor of Ethernet has said Austin does not need more money to be a more innovative city, but it needs more companies that know how to market themselves better. …
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While the Amazon cloud crash affected big sites such as Foursquare, HootSuite, Quora and Reddit last week, it hit home at smaller companies across the nation and in Austin and …
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Walmart may be trying to get into your pocket – through social media that is – after purchasing silicon valley based Kosmix for an undisclosed sum, according to Reuters. The …
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Twitter has won a battle with the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to the effect that the firm will now be exempt from a 1.5 percent payroll tax for the …
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AUSTIN, Texas-Rock Health, a San Francisco-based mobile health and Health 2.0 seed incubator, launched officially at the South By Southwest Interactive Festival last week. The mission of the company is …
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AUSTIN-Some argue that there is little to a name, but if any of those people work in the world of the Web, they are very wrong. For companies that use …
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AUSTIN-Everyone is faced with a moment when accused of being dishonest. For instance, have you called in sick to kick off Austin City Limits or recover from your third day …