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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 →

A long time ago, in a magic kingdom called California, the simple but good townspeople were bored looking at their DOS-based command line and copying files between directories. Then a few wizards realized that if they conjured up an application … Continue reading →

I first saw Grant Feek, Tred’s CEO, present his idea for an on-line auto buying startup at General Assembly’s Demo Night last month. The breakthrough concept, from what I could tell at the time, was that customers could configure their … Continue reading →

This morning legislative leaders in both House and Senate announced they would be postponing votes on their respective anti-piracy acts. There’s little doubt that some kind of online copyright infringement rules will emerge again, but not in the form they … Continue reading →

With Startup Weekend NYC Mobile rolling into town this weekend, I took advantage of a free demo from one of this event’s sponsors. Yesterday EachScape’s CEO Ludovic Collin proved to a room of coders, business types, and at least one … Continue reading →

Last night within Google’s cavernous 8th Avenue offices, NY Technology Council assembled a few startups at an event to showcase “cutting-edge technology.” Since this was at their home base in Manhattan, Google project managers were on hand to present as … Continue reading →

There’s no dearth of travel web sites on the Web. And 3D renderings of complex environments are commonplace in gaming environments. But putting the two together? That’s almost unique. 3rd Planet, has been teasing us with this prospect since they … Continue reading →

Even the iconic Wooden Mirror had gone completely virtual. Maybe it was me, but this wintry NYU ITP show seemed to be less physically endowed than this school’s last public event held in the Spring. There were fewer spinning gears … Continue reading →

I sometimes think that social networking is wasted on the wrong demographics. Every teen and young adult lives in a Facebook networking haze, and professional types are hooked on Twitter, Quora, and Tumblr. But what about the moppet set (ages … Continue reading →

Honestly, Now is a personal advice site that I first saw demoed at Hoboken Tech Meetup in March. Started by Bob Petrie and Tereza Nemessany, NYC-based Honestly is a Q&A sub-genre specializing in personal advice and appearance feedback. You ask … Continue reading →