What’s In Your Breath

Pro2 Fitness Data Believe it or not there's a lot of important information you can get from simply breathing. Of course breathing is one of the most important life functions for any species, but did you know your breathing can actually tell you a lot? Pro2 is an early stage startup company and a spinoff [...]

LearnSprout Help Schools Harness All of Their Data

While we were at ISTE in Atlanta, we had a chance to check out LeanSprout. The company was at ISTE, fresho off of closing a whopping $4.2 million in Series A funding round, with Formation 8, Samsung Ventures and former Blackboard president, Justin Tan all pitching in.LeanSprout Blog, "Three Big Announcements From LearnSprout," 13 May 2014 That [...]

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Calling All Skiers, Cyclists, And Lawn Boys

HandsFree GoGlove Whether you're jonesing for ski season to get here, you're an avid cyclist or you're cutting lawns this summer one things for sure, you're most likely doing it with music. By now you've probably found the best pair of over the ear ear buds, and the music app you like the best. But [...]

Cubicstone: Data-rich Dashboards for Educators [edtech]

   We just came across a new teacher and administrator dashboard. Cubicstone provides a ton of great tools and resources in their dashboard. They provide a place to manage transportation, admissions and enrollment, and several other data manipulation tools. We had a chance to ask the Cubicstone team a few questions about their product: Cubicstone What [...]

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Total POM Goes Android

Total POM the complete tracking system on crowdfunding site Kickstarter, has just five days to go. To date it's the tracking and monitoring system that we have the most faith in, why, because it was created by Eco Tracking, a company that''s been in the tracking business for years. Also, Total POM isn't just about [...]

Move Over Ben Affleck, Batkid Is Coming To The Silver Screen

Batkid Movie Crowdfunding Last November the parents of five year old Miles Scott decided on their wish from the Grant A Wish Foundation for their son. Miles loved Batman and the Scott's wanted him to be Batman for a day. With that in mind the creative folks at the San Francisco Make A Wish Foundation [...]

Starbucks Testing Order Ahead, And Universal Mobile Wallet?

Starbucks App Order Ahead Coffee giant Starbucks revealed back in March that up to 14% of it's purchases in the United States are paid for using their mobile app. The Starbucks mobile app allows it's users to pre-load money onto it and then use those funds to quickly pay for Starbucks purchases both in store [...]

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Late Nite Labs: A Flight Simulator for Science Experiments

While we were at ISTE in Atlanta earlier this month, we saw a ton of great EdTech companies and products. However, as good as many of the products were, they all dealt almost exclusively with K-12. We only came across a few higher-ed companies. One such company really stood out: Late Nite Labs. Late Nite [...]

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App Will Answer Is It Kosher

The bacon makes this Bagel and Lox not Kosher There are some great apps out there for people with food allergies like Whatzinit. Whatzinit makes it easier for people with food allergies to shop in the grocery store. But what about people that want to keep kosher? Millions of Jewish people from around [...]

8 EdTech Apps And Platforms To Check Out This Summer

Whether you're a teacher enjoying your summer off, or a parent looking for the latest in edtech, we've been all over the place scouting out the best of the best and bringing it to you here at Techfaster. Check out these 8 EdTech apps and platforms to check out this summer. Grammaropolis Whether you're a [...]