NYU ITP Summer Camp 2014
It’s not too early to be thinking about summer plans. True, it’s March and there’s still snow on the ground. But by June it will …
Small Thank You Letter to Koding
A few years back there was a free and all powerful web development environment started by the brothers Yasar–Devrim and Sinan. It was a great …
NYU-Poly Incubators Are Certified
This is really, truly our last post of the year. And for our finale … NYU-Poly’s incubators have officially received a New York State Business …
Web Design Ecosystem Infographic
Our friends at Webydo sent us an infographic explaining the entire web design industry. Hard to believe, but they’ve done it (see below). In short: …
Spotted by Locals NYC App is Free!
At least till December 15. At TvB, Spotted by Locals is our “essential travel aid.” We’re excited that all the information that the SbL crew …
Briefly Noted: Cynaps Goes Indiegogo
Thank you crowdsource funding sites for acting as virtual patrons to this recent renaissance of hardware and device hacking. Based on watching the occasional gadget …
TvB’s Thanksgiving Leftovers
Like everyone else living in the United States of Shopping, we were bombarded with Black Friday offers for massive one-day only price reductions. But our …
Talent Garden: Coworking Space, Italian-style, to Come to NYC
Talent Garden is an Italian coworking network–locations in Milan, Genoa, Turin and 4 other cities– that has plans to open up a NYC branch in …
CartoDB: Online Mapping Class for the Directionally Challenged
CartoDB is high-productivity software that lets non-cartographers generate maps from tables. NYC-based Vizzuallity is the startup behind the product. Their APIs have been used during …
NYU Game Center on Kickstarter
Did you know there’s a Kickstarter page devoted to projects launched by NYU Game Center students? Game Center kids have a pretty good track record …
Friday Afternoon Fun: Sk8trakr is Nike+ for Skateboarders
That’s how this Buenos Aires-based startup describes their prototype device. Their Co-founder, Guido Marucci Blas, contacted us recently to say they’re in an early stage …
We Told You So: FBStalker and Mining Facebook Connections
In late 2012, we interviewed NYU-Poly’s Professor Keith Ross about his research into privacy loopholes in Facebook. Ross showed it was possible to work out …
The Hatchery Seeks Startups at Hatch Match 2013
The Hatchery is perhaps better known for their monthly “Are you serious” events where startups try out their pitches in front of the public with …
Out of the Office
TvB is taking a much needed break. We’ll be back mid-September. (Photo: courtesy of Wikimedia)
Joyous News from Ukraine: Happy Farm Incubator Comes to Silicon Valley
Once upon a time, we wrote about the Ukranian startup incubator known as Happy Farm. So we’re practically obligated to relay this latest news from …
Our Favorite SMB Apps, Summer 2013
Even with blogging a tad light the last few months, we’ve managed to find enough TvB-worthy finalists for our semi-occasional roster of favorite apps. Thankfully,TechCrunch …
Duly Noted: Sandy Recovery Scorecard
Glad to post anything today after my hosting company, Bluehost, experienced a massive outage on the Intertoobz. Anyway, I wanted to give a hat tip …
Clean Tech Incubator Grows in Brooklyn
New York City through its Economic Development Corp. has had its hand in developing more than a few incubators around town.Teaming up with NYU-Poly, NYCEDC …
I Can Get It For You Wholesale at Lookboard
Lookboard is a B2B service that connects buyers–I mean non-consumer professionals with the word Buyer in their job tile– with real suppliers, manufacturers, importers, etc. …
Tales from Hardware Alley: Extreme Fliers Launches Micro Drone 2.0
Unfortunately, TvB wasn’t able to visit TechCrunch Disrupt on Wednesday to witness teeny drones buzzing around Extreme Fliers‘ booth. This London-based company is completely focused …