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PositiveTALK Combats Trolling On The Internet

Florida-based startup PositiveTALK wants to measure and reward positivity online.

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IDC Projects Set To Join Capital Innovators, Plans For New App Releases

St. Louis mobile app startup and fellow Arch Grants recipient IDC Projects has been in the app development market since the beginning days of the iPhone, with an early hit in a barcode scanning app.

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Enemies Of The Internet: Which Countries Have It The Worst (INFOGRAPHIC)

With the downfall of SOPA, there’s no doubt that internet censorship has become a mainstream concern of the masses. But do we really know just how bad some users around the world have it when they try to log on to the world wide web?

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What Square’s $3.25 Billion Valuation Means For Mobile Payments

Square is valued at a whopping $3.25 billion according to AllThingsD after the company closed its latest $200 million round. But what does this mean in the increasingly crowded mobile payments space?

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Duolingo Raises $15M To Expand Language Offerings

Gamified web translation startup Duolingo announced today that it has raised $15 million in a series B round of funding led by New Enterprise Associates and Union Square Ventures.

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Explore The Benefits Of Gamification At Badgeville Engage Chicago

The invite-only event will feature evening of speakers, networking, and discussions surrounding the rapidly growing place of gamification in business today.

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Celebrating Ingenuity At Portland’s Mini Maker Faire

The Mini Maker Faire events happen in cities across the world as part of the larger Maker Faire movement based on the original faire held in San Mateo, California in 2006. Unlike art fairs where the work is available to purchase and not to touch, Maker Faires are meant to be experienced.

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Want To Build A Startup Ecosystem? Build A 24 Hour Coffeeshop With Free Wifi First.

I’m writing this on a Saturday night at 11:00pm at a coffeeshop in the southeast neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. It’s open 24 hours a day, it serves great lattes, and organic food, and the wifi is free. Oh yeah, it’s also packed with people working on something important.

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Fallout Developer Raises $1M Overnight For Latest Project

Obsidian Entertainment, the developer behind Fallout: New Vegas and the forthcoming South Park RPG, has raised more than $1 million in the past 48 hours for its next ambitious title.

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The Startup Chronicles: A True Tale Of Customer Discovery

When you hang out in the startup scene, it feels unnatural to have a conversation with someone who doesn’t have a smooth silver screen propped up between the two of you. I’ve found that shutting off my computer and getting out into the world to talk to potential customers has been the best business moves I have made recently.

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