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Who knew? NYU has a has an academic department devoted to the study of games. The NYU Game Center is connected with–not surprisingly–The Tisch School of the Arts, and has a quest to study game playing as a “cultural form … Continue reading →

I suppose the web-conferencing space deserves some disrupting. WebEx is now up on Mt. Olympus with the other Cisco gods, NetMeeting is a Microsoft-centric creation, and Citrix’s GoToMeeting has its fans and haters There are other players with niches in … Continue reading →

Can just about anyone develop a capable mobile app without any programming skills?. That is the question–or in pitch-speak, the real-world problem to solve–that several startups are currently exploring. Joining ShoutEm, EachScape, Mobile Roadie, and a few others, there’s now … Continue reading →

New York City’s most hackalicious meetup is scheduled for the end of the month on Leap Day. It will have the usual format. In other words, hackers-in-training, freelance hackers, and occassionaly even hackers associated with well-known startups will talk about … Continue reading →

NYC-based incubator ER Accelerator is accepting applications for their summer session. As a startup-to-be you get co-working space in their Times Square offices, mentoring (Fred Wilson Esther Dyson,et. al), support, classes, lots of coffee, and, by the way, a $25,000 … Continue reading →

How about over 40 exhibitors split up between health care and IT, six semi-finalists asked to present and pitch, a panel of savvy judges, and two startups that walked away with boasting rights? While some may be surprised that this … Continue reading →

Appropriately enough, David Politis, CEO and cofounder of BetterCloud, was phoning me from outside of Google’s mothership on 8th Avenue in NYC. We were chatting about his DomainWatch, which is a Google App that helps IT-types manage and monitor other … Continue reading →

In a post last week on the brief history of personal information managers or PIMs, I suggested that productivity apps, like scheduling and task management were no longer a focus of innovation since you-know-who took over the desktop. That’s not … Continue reading →

I was in attendance at last night’s launch party for BMW i Ventures in Manhattan’s West Village. You can get a good idea of how serious this auto maker is in their new venture fund and startup incubator from their … Continue reading →