Most Recent News

Don't miss daily news

How Entering A Twitter Contest Led To A $1 Million Investment

When Stacey and Scott Ferreira responded to Sir Richard Branson’s Twitter contest, the two entrepreneurs never could have guessed how their 140-character entry would change their life and their startup’s course forever.

  • 0
  • 565 views

ScriptPad Prevents Your Doctor’s Bad Penmanship From Killing You

Over 7,000 patients die each year thanks to miscommunication on written prescriptions between doctors and pharmacists. ScriptPad is a new app that requires no handwriting at all. Can it save lives?

  • 0
  • 667 views

Innovative Self-Replicating 3-D Printers Could Wipe Out Factories

Today, emerging 3-D printing projects such as RepRap, Fab@Home, and UltiMaker could soon unleash a second industrial revolution, this one rendering many factories obsolete. Instead, the bulk of manufacturing could be done in the comfort of one’s home, and a broken piece is just a download and print away.

  • 0
  • 724 views

HackRocket Kicks Off The Summer With iOS Development Bootcamp

HackRocket, a recently-established UK startup, will hold its first-ever iOS Development Bootcamp online this summer, focused on taking beginners through the entire app building and marketing process.

  • 0
  • 475 views

Austin’s Capital Factory Sharpens Entrepreneurial Skills for Just $150 A Month

Think that you have to give up equity in your company to have access to a place where you can work and meet successful mentors? Now, it only costs $150 per month.

  • 0
  • 643 views

On Alex Kipman: Microsoft Details The History Of Its Most Ingenious Magician

Whether they know it or not, anyone who loves Microsoft’s Kinect owes Alex Kipman — one of the company’s most ingenious technical marvels — some serious kudos.

  • 0
  • 773 views

Does 4Chan Reflect Our Culture’s Morals When No One Is Looking?

The Guardian once described the 4Chan community as “lunatic, juvenile… brilliant, ridiculous and alarming.” Can we add to that racist and sexist?

  • 0
  • 667 views

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

MaKey MaKey, a USB connectible board that can turn any object into a touch sensitive button, has just finished a fundraising round on Kickstarter at 20 times its goal.

  • 0
  • 626 views

Crowdsourced Jukebox Startup Raises $1.2 Million

A startup with a novel twist on the classic jukeboxes that are now often left to decay in greasy spoons and dive bars has raised $1.2 million in a seed round.

  • 0
  • 717 views

Developers Dish On How iOS 6 Will Change Your Favorite Apps

We talked to iOS developers a few hours after they got the chance to download and play around with iOS 6 to get them to dish about what changes consumers can expect to see to their favorite apps.

  • 0
  • 677 views