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SinglePlatform Acquired By Constant Contact For $100 Million 2

By Corey Cummings June 14, 2012

New York startup SinglePlatform has been acquired this week by Constant Contact Inc, a marketing firm specializing in web content. The startup has been acquired for a total sale price of $100 million. SinglePlatform offers critical and widespread advertising space for small business across...

MaKey Turns Bananas Into Piano Keys, Closes Kickstarter Round With 20x Goal 3

By Corey Cummings June 14, 2012

Graduate students Jay Silver and Eric Rosenbaum of MIT Media Lab have just wrapped up a round of...

‘Feel Me’ Smartphone App Creates Digital Intimacy 4

By Techli Team June 13, 2012

As social animals, humans instinctively yearn for connection, and in many ways technology has...

Crowdsourced Jukebox Startup Raises $1.2 Million 5

By Jon Christian June 13, 2012

A startup with a novel twist on the classic jukeboxes that are now often left to decay in greasy...

Vertical Urban Farm’s Technology Makes Food Out of Waste 6

By Irina Papuc June 13, 2012

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We’re #StillRelevant, Says Twitter NASCAR Promotion 7

By Jon Christian June 13, 2012

Twitter debuted its first TV ads and a high-profile partnership with NASCAR this past weekend, in...

Valve’s Source Engine Licensed For Upcoming Animated Film 8

By Corey Cummings June 13, 2012

Seattle game development studio Valve has recently licensed its long running Source engine to Brown...

How Startups Can Boost Business With The Cloud 9

By The Young Entrepreneur Council June 12, 2012

With Google Drive finally here, cloud services are a conversation again for SBOs. Which cloud...

For Business and Pleasure: 12 Travel Apps for Entrepreneurs 10

By The Young Entrepreneur Council June 12, 2012

Summer means travel -- what new apps are making traveling easier and more fun than ever for...

Critically Acclaimed Indie Game: The Movie Now Ready For Download 11

By Corey Cummings June 12, 2012

After making rounds in the festival circuit, Indie Game: The Movie has finally made its way to...

Developers Dish On How iOS 6 Will Change Your Favorite Apps 12

By Techli Team June 12, 2012

This week Apple announced iOS 6 during the keynote at the annual Worldwide Developers Conference...

Can Google Show Racism In Elections? 13

By Jon Christian June 12, 2012

A provocative paper by a doctoral candidate in economics at Harvard uses data from Google to make...

Emerging Startups Bridge the Gap Between Online and Offline Retail 14

By Irina Papuc June 12, 2012

In an age where the latest purchase is just a click away, several emerging startups are designing...

Get Ready For A Search Engine Right Out Of George Orwell’s 1984 15

By Corey Cummings June 12, 2012

In a move that's both groundbreaking and ringing eerily of George Orwell's 1984, the University of...