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• Cloud9 brings the future of programming to your browser today

  29 June 2012 ( #Programming, #code, #IDE, #development, #program, #coding, #hack, #hacker, #browser )

  http://c9.io/ is a new kind of programming IDE: one that runs in the Web browser. Watch here to see the incredible performance. It also lets programmers see their code in new ways by zooming in and out.

• Waze gets you gassed up (the best crowd-sourced traffic app just got better)

  26 June 2012 ( #traffic, #mobile, #app, #map, #local, #navigate, #cops, #plan, #route )

  Waze is a traffic app. You know, a map system. But why do we need it when we have Google Maps, the new Apple maps, Nokia maps, Bing maps, and other systems to get around? Well, Waze uses all of us to make the system better. You can report accidents to...

• What a simple, great, presentation tool for iPads: Haiku Deck

  14 August 2012 ( #presentation, #powerpoint, #demo, #speech, #tool, #ipad, #mobile )

  http://haikudeck.com/ is a great way to create simple presentations for iPads. Very nice. You've gotta see this Seattle-based company. http://haikudeck.com/ http://haikudeck.com/ is a great way to create simple presentations for iPads. Very nice. You've...

• Awesome collection of playlists, great way to listen to music on Songza

  02 April 2012 ( #music, #pandora, #songza, #spotify, #listen, #song, #artist, #play, #genre )

  Songza is getting a lot of praise as a new way to listen to music. Why? Because they give you a collection of playlists for different times of your life. I've been using it and it's really great. Learn more at http://songza.com Here the founders Elias...

• Check out this Silicon Valley pressure cooker: A mansion full of entrepreneurs

  20 April 2012 ( #VC, #entrepreneur, #founder, #silicon, #valley, #tech, #startup, #incubator )

  http://blackbox.vc/ Put a dozen entrepreneurs in a Atherton, CA mansion and you get a real pressure cooker that's getting tons of interest. The day I was there Tim Draper, famous VC, dropped by, and here we drop in on an evening party they were holding...

• Extraordinary iPhone app shows you detail of houses you take photos of

  02 April 2012 ( #real estate, #house, #Real Estate (Industry), #iphone, #app, #photo, #housing, #home )

  This is pretty crazy. Use your iPhone to take a picture of any house and it shows you details about that house. I've tried it a few times and it's always been accurate. See the mind blowing technology behind it. Here the CEO, Guy Wolcott, shows it to...

• Developers: Filepicker.io helps you offer your customers great cloud-handling features

  03 August 2012 ( #developers, #programming, #apps, #cloud, #dev, #app )

  https://www.filepicker.io/ helps developers connect with all the data sources they might have. This is an SDK that lets developers easily add a bunch of cloud file handling features without coding. Here I get a look at this interesting company that helps...

• New 3D themes come to presentation service Prezi

  03 August 2012 ( #presentations, #present, #perform, #slides, #powerpoint, #prezi )

  http://prezi.com/ is how I do my presentations. No longer do I use PowerPoint. Why? Prezi lets you design presentations in a non-linear way and make presentations that are much more compelling. Here I get a look at its latest version and see the new 3D...

• Inside OPA, new web programming language

  11 June 2012 ( #programming, #language, #open, #source, #js, #java, #script, #database )

  http://opalang.org/ is a new programming language. Open source, aimed at helping programmers develop web applications. Here I sit down with the execs behind it and learn more about what makes it rock.

• Crack for marketers: RivalIQ

  16 August 2012 ( #marketing, #markets, #intelligence, #competition, #business, #market )

  https://www.rivaliq.com/ is awesome for marketers. Lets you watch site changes of your site, or those of your competitors. Gives you insights about the market your company serves. Here you get an early look. https://www.rivaliq.com/ is awesome for marketers....

• Nivio lets you access Windows from anywhere, even your iPad

  10 June 2012 ( #windows, #ipad, #android, #tablet, #device, #OS, #office, #microsoft )

  http://us.nivio.com iPads and Android tablets are getting more popular, but you still might want to run Windows on yours to get access to a corporate app, or something else like Office that you need to use. Here I get a look at this cool technology that...

• Pulse moves to HTML 5: awesome news app

  09 August 2012 ( #news, #html5, #web, #tablet, #information, #app )

  The competition for news apps heats up as Pulse moves to HTML 5. What does this do? First it brings Pulse to desktop and laptops for the first time (it started out as an iPad app). It also demonstrates how Windows 8 will be cool for developers. Get it...

• Hall.com brings better work collaboration

  14 May 2012 ( #hall, #1080p, #for, #Apple, #Devices, #10, #Mbps )

  If you work with people, you see that lots of companies have social systems like Yammer, Salesforce Chatter, Citrix' Podio, and others. But here's one with an even better idea from AngelPad startup, https://hall.com/ Take a look, does it have a chance...

• A new kind of electronic business card and video sender

  22 April 2012 ( #email, #video, #vmail, #mail, #business, #card, #message )

  http://corp.eyejot.com/ is a way to create video mail, but now it's also a way to make a new kind of business card. One that has ability to post a video message to people who follow up with you. Here founder/CEO David Geller shows me what he's been working...

• Those of you suffering in the heat will hate this but a mist is covering everything in Half Moon Bay. @Ocean Colony

  01 July 2012

  http://instagr.am/p/Mj6A6QgR1Z/

• An awesome gift app: Karma, reminds you of important dates

  06 April 2012 ( #gift, #iphone, #mobile, #app, #friends, #family, #buy )

  When I was first pitched on Karma I was skeptical. Why do we need a mobile app to remind us for gifts to get other people? But I was blown away by this app. Here I get a demo, and you can learn more at http://getkarma.com/

• Shufflr brings awesome social video app to iPad

  05 April 2012 ( #social, #tv, #video, #media, #ipad, #app, #television )

  Techcrunch: http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/05/shufflr-ipad/ GigaOm: http://gigaom.com/video/shufflr-ipad-app-ad-network/ have the details, but here's co-founder Rajnish showing off his app and why it's better than competitors ShowYou, Miso, and Squrl.

• Geeky time (for developers only): Iron.io scales your apps with hosted message and worker queues

  06 April 2012 ( #scaling, #tool, #messaging, #api, #developer, #programming, #infrastructure )

  IronWorker from http://www.iron.io is a platform for scaling web applications. It is a massively parallel worker platform. Write your own workers and then run thousands of tasks in parallel to do things like crawl the web, process big data, send out mass...

• Sunset over vineyards. @Homewood Winery

  15 July 2012

  http://instagr.am/p/NIFNdbgR4R/

• Great Instagram user. Jim Sullivan, VP of PR at @thecastello EXTRAORDINARY Napa Winery with 1,200 photos. @Castello Di Amorosa

  15 July 2012

  http://instagr.am/p/NHhMGIAR9S/

• Uppsite takes your business to mobile in a beautiful way

  22 August 2012 ( #mobile, #business, #site, #web, #website )

  https://www.uppsite.com/ lets you turn your website into a mobile site within a couple of minutes. Great for businesses that want to reach mobile customers. Here I get a look at its latest offering and find out more about what they do for businesses that...

• Filemaker announces new lineup of database applications

  04 April 2012 ( #database, #mac, #windows, #databases, #ipad, #app, #application )

  Here Ryan Rosenberg, vice president, marketing and services, at FileMaker, introduces FileMaker 12 and FileMaker Go, which is free on iPad. New update. More details are on MacRumors site at http://www.macrumors.com/2012/04/04/filemaker-pro-12-adds-new-starter-solutions-and-broadens-ios-integration/...

• NConnex helps you try furniture out "virtually" using a Kinect

  08 August 2012 ( #3D, #furniture, #scan, #scanning, #room )

  Here's another in my series of Techstars Kinect Startup Incubator visits. This one, Nconnex, http://nconnex.com/wp/ , lets you scan in furniture and see what it will look like in your room. All from an iPad. See how this all works in this video. Here's...

• Get a ride in San Francisco with Lyft

  05 August 2012 ( #ride, #cab, #limo, #san, #francisco )

  http://lyft.me/ is sort of like Uber. It lets you get a ride in San Francisco, but with a twist: you are getting peer rides. Lower cost and a good alternative to cabs and Uber rides. Check out how it works in this interview with the founder. http://lyft.me/...

• Andy Rachleff tells entrepreneurs "go public or go home"

  05 April 2012 ( #ipo, #enterpreneur, #company, #building, #capital, #trends )

  OK, he didn't quite say that, but here Benchmark (famous Silicon Valley VC firm) co-founder and current CEO of Wealthfront, tells tech company executives why they should consider going public and talks about why that hasn't happened so much in the past...