JockTalk is a social network for sports nuts and the professional athletes they love (or perhaps love to hate). The new site, announced today at the DEMO Spring 2012 conference in Santa Clara, Calif., combines profile pages, back-and-forth conversations, and …
Unhappy with the current state of collaboration in social networks, Luan Ngo-Tran decided to build one of his own: Tablen, a social network that harkens back to having conversations around a table with friends.
The company is making its debut …
Figuring out what events you want to attend has only gotten more complex in the age of social media, something new startup Sched.it is keenly aware of.
Describing itself as “Twitter for events,” Sched.it offers an event discovery service that …
Lots of tool makers claim they can enable anyone to build games, but that usually just applies to professionals who already have development experience. With today’s introduction of Jumala, Blade Games World wants to extend game creation to just about …
Surfacing the long-lost tips from people you trust is the promise of newly launched startup HashTip.
HashTip is a social network and content aggregator that collects, stores, and categorizes the tips previously posted by your friends on other services. The …
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NetworkClean, a new tool that scans your Facebook profile and flags anything it finds that could damage your reputation, thinks I should tone it down with the booze talk, aggressive and offensive lingo, and naughty adult-content on my Facebook profile. …
On the social web, memories take the form of check-ins, photos, videos and comments. But, because it’s the social world, your memories get fragmented across different profiles. LiveAll wants to save you the ginkgo biloba and bring them all together.…
Business people have LinkedIn, journos and techies have Twitter, most of the world has Facebook, and now athletes have their very own social network. It’s My Play, from Max My Play, connects professional athletes with coaches, agents, and sports employees.…
Everybody likes getting presents. The idea behind Ticlr is pretty simple. You’ve got a professional network, and it would be great if all those folks in your Rolodex felt kindly towards you.
The company has been running in beta for …
In 2009, Seuk Weon Song of Seoul, Korea, realized the Internet had a fundamental flaw: Google.
The dominant search engine for the majority of Internet users was giving websites top billing for all the wrong reasons — SEO, keyword stuffing, …
Eager amateur photographers with the desire to practice their craft should take notice of new startup Rawporter.
“We are creating an army of cameras, on location, on demand,” said co-founder Rob Gaige at the DEMO Conference in Santa Clara, Calif., …
The web needs better video transcriptions. Around the world, we’re sharing more information than ever, and we’re sharing it with people with all kinds of abilities and disabilities. For the most part, video leaves a lot of people out.
Koemei …
For those who live inside spreadsheets, CollateBox launches today as a no-fuss way to clean house and get productive.
“Any data you would see in a spreadsheet, we are bringing into CollateBox. You’ve heard of WYSWIG, well this is “what …
Most of us have such complicated, diverse lives that it’s hard to keep track of everything. Project Footage aims to help, with a cloud-based project management service that helps you manage your projects, collaborate with others, and stay on top …
Bruce Linn was sitting on a surfboard just outside his favorite surf break in Costa Rica when the idea came to him.
He wanted a way to collect and save everything he was interested in — notes, pictures, web pages, …
Digesting big data can be migraine-inducing. Knoema wants to make it as easy as scanning a graph.
“With data, we want to do what YouTube did for video,” Vladimir Bougay, founder and CTO of startup Knoema, told VentureBeat in a …
If you’re not satisfied with the contacts services that tech giants Apple and Google offer, rest assured that other options are out there.
For instance, Hoiio Live, which launches today at DEMO Spring, offers a comparable service that acts as …
Ever wanted to repaint your living room but wanted to see more than just a swatch of color on your walls before making the decision? Home improvement company VisApp has created the Showoff Home Stager, so you can see your …
Undoubtedly, the 30-second (or less) video commercial is an effective way to drive a company’s revenue. That’s assuming people take the initiative to visit the company’s store, walk through 2-3 additional steps, and finally confirm payment. Each step holds the …
Hazelcast, a five person Turkish startup with an open source platform that makes it easy for companies to create cloud-friendly applications. Blue-chip companies like Cisco, Mozilla, and Ericsson are among its early clients.
Open-source solutions are all the rage for …
