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Google Steps Up Microsoft Rivalry With Quickoffice Acquisition

In a move that could represent a gauntlet in a battle for mobile office suite share between Google and Microsoft, the former company acquired document, presentation and spreadsheet editor Quickoffice, which is available for most smartphone platforms.

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LockerDome Secures $1 Million In Six Weeks

Sports social networking platform LockerDome announced today that it has secured more than $1 million in a round of funding led by Louis Arch Angels in St. Louis.

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Nintendo Finally Caters To More Serious Gamers, But Is It Too Late?

During today’s E3 press conference Nintendo announced that some recent triple A titles will be making their way to the company’s upcoming console, the Wii U, but will it be enough to bring serious gamers back?

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Google Acquires Meebo, Which Interfaces With Competitor Facebook

Meebo technology might be integrated into the Google Plus social network, and also gives Google a foot in the door to competitor Facebook’s chat service, which Meebo supports.

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Hack the Midwest: 24 Hours to Build Something Epic

Hacking is alive and well in Kansas City. Nearly 100 developers showed up with laptops and towers to hack the night away at the developer event Hack the Midwest.

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Alex Banayan: The World’s Youngest Venture Capitalist…Probably

When Alex Banayan was made an associate for Alsop Louie Partners this winter at age 19, he likely became the world’s youngest venture capitalist.

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GoMobile.Pro: Monetizing Virtual Space, And Breaking Out Of The Walled Garden

Two entrepreneurs and veteran event planners want to create a virtual space, made possible by increasingly common smartphone use, for attendees, expo vendors and tradeshow managers that exists simultaneously with a physical conference.

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A Beer Company Is Not A Technology Startup

Why are technology venture capitalists investing in beer company whose main selling point is a Hollywood actor co-founder and a retro package design?

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ShakeID System Distinguishes Multiple Touch Screen Users Through Their Smartphones

Using a Kinect camera and smartphone accelerometers, Microsoft Research has come up with a creative solution to distinguish between multiple user inputs on a large-screen touch display.

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Internet Explorer, Xbox Music, And Nike+ Kinect Training At Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference

On top of demoing gameplay of several upcoming triple A titles, including Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Microsoft debuted some interesting new features coming to the entertainment console this year.

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