DEMO: Yumit unites foodies with loads of mouthwatering photos

Yumit is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present, but our coverage of them remains objective.

Madrid-based gastronomy network Yumit is betting that foodies alone will power its photo-sharing site.

Yumit users snap photos of entrees they’ve tried through an iPhone app and can tag them according to cuisine and restaurant. It has an … Continue Reading

Offerpal Media buys Tapjoy to expand into mobile app monetization

Offerpal Media is expanding into mobile today with its acquisition of Tapjoy, a company that helps monetize mobile apps.

Offerpal specializes in offers, encouraging users to pay for virtual goods in free-to-play online apps such as Facebook games. Instead of buying better in-game weapons with a credit card or electronic payment system, Offerpal lets users fulfill special offers from advertisers, like signing up for a Netflix subscription. Terms of the deal between the two companies … Continue Reading

DEMO: Kylo browser is built just for big-screen TVs

Hillcrest Labs is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present, but our coverage of them remains objective.

There are 8 to 10 million U.S. households with a computer connected to a TV, according to market data from CEA, Pew and others. Kylo is designed to serve them.

Kylo is a browser designed to run on … Continue Reading

DEMO: Phone Halo launches automated loss prevention system (video)

Phone Halo is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present, but our coverage of them remains objective.

Ever misplace your keys, wallet or cell phone? Chances are it’s happened a few times. Now a startup called Phone Halo has launched Protect, a solution that notifies you when your valuables are left behind or stolen.

Phone … Continue Reading

DEMO: The Panel adds screen real estate without monitor bulk

MEDL Technology is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present, but our coverage of them remains objective.

The Panel is a multipurpose LCD display that offers both consumer and business audiences a lightweight (2.2 lbs.), versatile and portable 13.3” display.

It’s entering a burgeoning market. With the IT industry recovering, IDC/Goldman Sachs Research predicts corporate … Continue Reading

DEMO: InOutCash.com wants to teach you to manage your money

Value-Centered Solutions is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present, but our coverage of them remains objective.

InOutCash.com gives members real-time scores of their financial health, plus dashboard views that provide an easily-read snapshot of their financial condition.

According to Comscore, there are 50 million online banking users. Of this market, InOutCash.com targets the 18-35 … Continue Reading

DEMO: Solvate makes it easy for companies to connect with consultants

Solvate is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present, but our coverage of them remains objective.

New York-based Solvate initially started out as a site dedicated to helping you find online assistants to help with administrative tasks. The site has since evolved beyond mere administrative work: Its staffing engine now makes it easy for companies … Continue Reading

DEMO: Nyoombl's Greypfroot brings easy to use video conferencing to your television

Nyoombl is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present, but our coverage of them remains objective.

Nyoombl is aiming to be the first company to offer a dead-simple solution for video conferencing on your television.

Its Greypfroot device is a small device that connects to your TV, and enables you to video chat with other … Continue Reading

DEMO: Design firm ZURB puts your web interfaces to the test with new Verify app

Zurb is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present, but our coverage of them remains objective.

Zurb, a long-standing design and consulting firm that has worked on interfaces for Facebook, Yahoo, eBay and more, is at the DEMO conference today launching a new application called Verify, allowing its clients to quickly gather feedback on their … Continue Reading

DEMO: Rebtel makes Android calls cheaper than Skype

Rebtel is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present, but our coverage of them remains objective.

By 2013, mobile VoIP applications will generate annual revenues of $32.2 billion, driven by more than 278 million registered users worldwide. (Sources: Gartner, Voipnews.com, In-stat and TCM.)

The Rebtel VoIP app for the Android OS is optimized for the … Continue Reading

DEMO: CalendarFly targets schools with social calendar

CalendarFly is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present, but our coverage of them remains objective.

Managing a busy schedule can be a difficult talk. Now a startup called CalendarFly is looking to provide a helping hand with its free calendar solution uniquely targeted at parents, teachers, coaches and organizational leaders.

At DEMO, CalendarFly will … Continue Reading

DEMO: Vivox lets you drop voice chat into any social media app

Vivox is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present, but our coverage of them remains objective.

Vivox has made huge headway getting its Internet voice chat software into online games. It now handles 3 billion minutes of voice chat per month. Now the company is poised to expand even further with an announcement at the … Continue Reading

DEMO: Systems Thinking Institute takes risk out of innovation efforts

Systems Thinking Institute is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present, but our coverage of them remains objective.

Systems thinking is a broad concept that concerns the process of understanding how things influence one another other within a whole, be it the ecosystem of a forest or the process of product innovation within a company. … Continue Reading

DEMO: Permission to Send uses PIN-based system to block spam

Permission to Send is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present, but our coverage of them remains objective.

Euros Evans, the founder of Permission to Send, believes he’s found a 100 percent accurate spam killer. Legitimate senders of e-mail are given a personal identification number (PIN) to add to an e-mail address so it goes … Continue Reading

DEMO: KarmaKorn launches virtual currency for social change

KarmaKorn is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present, but our coverage of them remains objective.

KarmaKorn, a startup launching at the DEMO conference in Palm Desert, is developing a Facebook application that harnesses market forces to let people support the causes they care most about. Its tagline: Disruptive philanthropy.

The app, which will launch … Continue Reading

DEMO: General Inspection unveils new part-indentification system

General Inspection is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present, but our coverage of them remains objective.

General Inspection, an established manufacturer of a variety of  gauging, sorting and inspection products, today unveiled Li’l Magic, a part-identification system targeted at hardware stores, at the DEMO Spring 2010 conference in Palm Desert, Calif.

Li’l Magic leverages … Continue Reading

Symantec launches Web Security Monitoring to help companies deal with deluge of web threats

Helping enterprises deal with growing cyber threats, Symantec is launching its Web Security Monitoring service to give customers protection around the clock.

The 24-hour-a-day service aims to protect a company’s users and web presence from all sorts of online threats. As an early warning system, the service will provide monitoring and analysis as well as rapid reaction to threats that arise from the use of web applications.

But Symantec already offers various kinds of protection … Continue Reading

DEMO: InfoDome launches simple but powerful cloud-based database

InfoDome is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present, but our coverage of them remains objective.

InfoDome is launching a simpler online database at the DEMO Spring 2010 conference in Palm Desert, Calif. today.

The company makes it easy for anyone to create a database and upload data to it via a web browser. It … Continue Reading

Nintendo announces new 3DS handheld game player coming soon

Nintendo announced today in Japan that it will launch a new 3DS handheld game player in Japan during the fiscal year that ends March 31, 2011.

The move shows that Nintendo is serious about fending off challenges from Sony’s PSPgo as well as Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch. Rumors of the new machine have floated for a bit, but Nintendo finally confirmed that the new platform will feature a 3-D display that does not require … Continue Reading