Maybe sitting next to your BFF Jennifer in 6th grade English class wasn't the smartest idea, but did you know that seating in class can make a huge difference in the way students learn. Sometimes a smart class seating chart isn't just based on making sure two students aren't going to talk to each other. [...]
There are a bunch of different ways to search for real estate. You have Craigslist, Zillow, or the more traditional relator route. Navigation the market, however, is a real challenge. The charts and graphs can be incredibly complex. In short, looking for a house can be a major pain. Not any more. Househappy, a Portland, [...]
We just came across a really interesting company. Securitapp takes a unique approach to home security. They have built an app that allows you to turn just about any old and unused phone into a surveillance system. If you are like me, you have a ton of old phones laying around. Now, there is finally [...]
There are a ton of cooking and smart-cooking devices out there. Some are pretty inventive, including the Mellow. Mellow is a sous-vide machine that takes orders through your smartphone and keeps food cold until it’s the exact time to start cooking. That is pretty incredible. You can put the food in the Mellow, set what [...]
There are tons of crowdfunding platforms out there.The great majority of these platforms are just general, in terms of scope - think of the Kickstarters and Indiegogos. However, there are a few niche focused platforms that are incredibly interesting. One such platform is Pubslush. Pubslush is a crowdfunding platform for books. It allows authors to [...]
With all the advancements in the 'Internet of Things,' there has been a real lack of focus on things for the public good. Sure, you can shut your blinds, or turn on your oven from your phone but what good does that really do? For this reason, we are really excited to share the Flood [...]
Surfly is an incredibly unique web sharing service that enables remote collaboration by showing others what you see in your web browser. This is similar to screen sharing, but it is a bit different. The company calls its product Web sharing. Web sharing offers customer support or technical support staff a powerful tool to assist users [...]
When developing apps, there are tons of repetitive and tedious tasks, many of which add no real value. There are tons of these tasks in app development, thing like setting up a server, a database, a development environment. When its all said and done, these are the tasks that take up a majority of development time. Backbeam has [...]
Everyone has been to a Q&A session before. Whether at some conference, or in a classroom, or at a meeting. Most of the time, these session are lacking. Whether from the quality, or lack thereof, of the questions, lack of audience participation, or whatever the case may be. However, a new company just launched out of [...]
It seems there is a buzz about high quality audio these days. We wrote about Neil Young's PonoPlayer a few days ago. Today, we had a chance to hear about a different approach to Hi-Fi audio. Rather than a portable player, Voxtok has built a a complete commercial, hi-fi system including an audiophile-grade device (VXK Capsule), an [...]
