The problem with the white bud headphones stemming from the tops of iPods the world over is their inability to just stay put in the ear. Rigorous exercise or a turn of the head is more than enough to jostle the headphones loose from your hearing holes. It’s not exactly the biggest problem in the world...
Read more Category: BostInno, SecureTipsRaymie Stata, former CTO of Yahoo!, has joined Shareaholic‘s advisory board, according to a blog post by the company. Stata resigned from Yahoo! in October and is currently CEO of Verticloud. Shareaholic says it will benefit from Stata’s expertise in big data and cloud computing...
Read more Category: BostInno, Raymie Stata, ShareaholicLast night was the 34th WebInno, the quarterly networking event and startup pitch session run by David Beisel. I previewed the main and side dishes for last night’s event here, and of course now the results are in. Last night’s winner was MyReci, a recipe sharing community, by a large margin. MyReci pulled...
Read more Category: BostInno, Cloze, ImpulseSave, MyReci, WebInnoPhillip Fremont-Smith was sitting at his six-year-old daughter’s soccer game when a Groupon popped into his inbox. For a split second, he contemplated, “Do I need a spa moment today?” before he shook his head and realized, “Even here, they can reach me, and I can transact money on something...
Read more Category: BostInno, ImpulseSave, Phillip Fremont-SmithIt’s a great time to be a lazy person, this I firmly believe. At the intersection of behavioral science — psychology, economics, neuroscience — and technology lies a major opportunity to, essentially, get us off our butts. Last week I talked to Jason Jacobs of RunKeeper about how he’s thinking
Read more Category: BostInno, Pact, Steve DriverTechStars has just announced an incredibly valuable and honorable new initiative. TechStars Patriot Boot Camp is an intense three day program aimed at educating and mentoring Veterans and service members to innovate, become entrepreneurs and start companies. While the initiatives’ overall goal is to...
Read more Category: BostInno, TechStarsThe IPO seas have been particularly tempestuous for Norwalk, CT-based KAYAK. After officially filing its IPO documents in November of 2010, KAYAK tread water due to choppy market conditions and inconsistent earnings. Then, two weeks ago, after a positive first quater, the travel website announced its...
Read more Category: BostInno, KayakCrafting the perfect startup team is not an easy task. Even finding a cofounder or just one more person to join your startup is incredibly time consuming. Not too mention the consequences of a wrong-hire can be detrimental to the business almost immediately. Washington D.C. based CoFoundersLab...
Read more Category: BostInno, CoFoundersLab, FounderMatchup, Marsh Sutherland, Shahab KavianiAsk Kibits, and you shall receive. Today the Cambridge-built micro-network app will be expanding its demographics with the unveiling of an Android version (pictured left) of its already-popular iOS software. The main reason behind the expansion? User requests. The release will be a custom...
Read more Category: BostInno, Kibits, Matt CutlerThis year, 215 teams submitted to the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition, competing in six different tracks: Mobile, Web/IT, Products & Services, Life Sciences, Energy and the Emerging Markets. After narrowing the pool down to 50 semi-finalists, Managing Directors Alice Francis and Adam Borelli...
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