‘Demo God’ awarded to 5 startups pushing boundaries of mobile technology

April 17, 2013 5:34 PM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

The 5 winners of the coveted Demo God award are Kinsa, PanaCast, Volio, MakerSwarm, and Beer Hunt.
The Demo God award is given to the startups that are not only building innovative products, but also made compelling presentations and sold their products to the audience.

These 5 mobile startups want you to have more fun, dress better, drink more beer

April 17, 2013 5:07 PM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

During the final pitch session at Demo Mobile, five startups presented social products that seek to help people communicate, make smarter fashion choices, and even hunt for beer, together.

Can smartphones solve the healthcare crisis? 4 startups say yes

April 17, 2013 11:12 AM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

Demo Mobile kicked off this morning with presentations from four mobile health startups. Each of these companies is applying mobile technology to the medical field to give people more control over their bodies, or to streamline the clinical process for physicians.

Google Play now at 90% of iOS app store downloads; iOS still holds a 2.6X revenue lead

April 17, 2013 7:30 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Google Play is quickly catching up to Apple's App Store, both in download numbers and in revenue.

World’s first connected fork could help you eat healthier, slower, and less

April 17, 2013 6:00 AM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

A kickstarter campaign for Hapifork opened up today, a fork armed with sensors and Bluetooth that buzzes when you eat too fast and provides an analytics dashboard of your eating habits.

YC startup bets crowdsourcing can diagnose diseases better than doctors

April 16, 2013 1:01 PM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

CrowdMed is a crowdsourced medical diagnosis platform. The company participated in the most recent Y Combinator class and launched publicly today with $1.1M in funding from top-tier investors.

Evernote launches no-equity accelerator program to promote ‘more cool things’ on its platform

April 16, 2013 9:01 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

How does an all-expenses-paid trip to Redwood City, Calif., for a month-long entrepreneurship course with Silicon Valley developers and designers sound?

iTunes turning 10 years old, still owns 63% of music download business

April 16, 2013 6:52 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Last year, 44 million Americans bought at least one song or album from iTunes. This month, the digital music store that changed the way we buy music will celebrate its 10th birthday.

OMGPOP founder’s new startup could be ultimate place to store your photos

April 15, 2013 11:04 AM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

Picturelife is the latest project by Charles Forman, who sold his last startup, OMGPOP, to Zynga for $180 million last year. It is a service that protects your pictures by backing up and organizing all your photos and videos in the cloud.

Looking for a summer startup internship? ff Venture Capital wants you

April 15, 2013 11:00 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

With an extensive summer internship program, New York City-based ff Venture Capital hopes to help its portfolio companies and budding entrepreneurs alike.

AppGratis CEO resolves to keep calm and carry on in the face of attacks on his business — and integrity

April 15, 2013 10:09 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

AppGratis CEO Simon Dawlat has been through the storm of his entrepreneurial life in the last two weeks.

Stanford for everybody! Professor launches startup to make elite education available to all

April 15, 2013 10:00 AM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

NovoEd launched today to make access to courses from prestigious educational institutions available to anyone, starting with Stanford.