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A couple of weeks ago I stumbled on a CNBC article by Courtney Reagan about Retail Chains That Disappeared. As I flipped through the slides I noticed that many of the featured retailers suffered common fates. So, I reorganized the list. I broke down each company and the reasons for their demise (according to the article.) [...]
A web designers job requires many skills that are, individually, in high demand. It just so happens that these web designers package all of their talents toward completing one main goal: developing websites for individuals and businesses. But there is so much more out there if one is willing to develop and market one of [...]
Trov Quantify Your Stuff While the quantified self movement is picking up steam, there have been certain aspects left out. One of these has less to do with the "self" and more to do with "stuff." We just came across an interesting new startup that wants to help you quantify all of your stuff. [...]
Amazon Fire Phone Via The Huffington Post After much speculation about the device, Amazon made it official and announced the Fire Phone at a press event in Seattle Wednesday. The device is much more impressive than anyone had speculated. Beyond the 3D interface, there are some serious features in the Fire Phone. Firefly [...]
When Facebook bought Oculus Rift for $2 billion last month, people said the awkward pairing of a virtual reality headset with an aging social network would never work. The media shouted that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was out of his mind. However, Zuckerberg’s purchase demonstrates the importance of disruption in today’s quickly changing tech world. [...]
Last month, we attended PhoCusWright’s Travel Innovation Summit in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and were fortunate enough get a first-hand look at the five trends in the highly-competitive travel industry that will impact the entire business community in 2014. 1. Mobile matters today and will matter more tomorrow. Consumers will be more mobile in 2014. Period. If your company isn’t [...]
Earlier this summer at ISTE we got a chance to talk with Common Sense Media about Graphite. Graphite, is a platform that works similarly to Common Sense Media but instead of evaluating how age appropriate an app, game or website is for kids, it looks at how educational websites, games and apps are. Common Sense [...]
Is your child ready for kindergarten? As the school year starts to wind down, parents everywhere are preparing their 4 year olds for their last summer at home, and hopefully it's off to kindergarten. Since there's no mandate on pre-k, nursery school or preschool, kindergarteners come into school with a variety of educational backgrounds. Some [...]
The NYT has just unveiled a new app - NYT Now - that is essentially the exact same thing as Digg. NYT Now will cost $8/month and run ads. NYT Now is - at best - an attempt to jump into a highly saturated mostly-free category of applications with a product that costs $8/month.
Will the Real ‘Disruptor’ Please Stand Up? May I have your attention, please? Countless entrepreneurs use the words “innovative,” “game-changing,” and “disruptive” to describe their services, solutions, or platforms. The only problem is that oftentimes when founders use buzzwords like these, they don’t actually know what they mean. It’s become hip to associate innovation with [...]
High School EdTech Startup If we had a $1 for every time we heard about some college kids launching a startup we wouldn't have to work anymore, but teenagers launching a startup, that's a different story. There are a handful of great tech stories out there about teenagers that have turned an app into a [...]
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 [...]
While the masses are still well entrenched in the Phil Roberston Saga, the techies and PR folks moved onto a new crisis dujour on Friday. If you don't know the name Justine Sacco, she'll probably make the late night comedy circuit come Monday evening. Sacco, by all accounts, before boarding a flight to Cape Town [...]
Last month, Drew featured Chil, a Charleston South Carolina company creating innovative, stylish accessories in our Holiday Gift Guide. Chil has a line of iPad cases, charging products and their signature Chil Box which is a bluetooth boombox type speaker that rivals the sound quality of the Beats By Dre Pill or similar speakers offered [...]
The density of colleges and universities, coupled with the health of the education and technology sectors creates a sort-of perfect storm for LearnLaunchX. There is an incredibly rich talent pipeline, and people are flocking to join in the knowledge-based Boston economy.
Update: Daniel Emailed us and told us that: Localesh is actively looking for food advocates to help us sell produce in the SF Bay Area. Earn 20% commission plus discounts and support local farmers. Email: localesh@gmail.com for information. Also, here is the link for the sales advocate sign up page: localesh.launchrock.com With all the technology at our disposal, how [...]
There are a ton of educational software platforms out there, but none as mature as Gaggle. Gaggle launched in 1999 as a student email service. Today, Gaggle has expanded well beyond email, and now has products in just about every major component of education software. Currently, Gaggle is used in 15,000 schools in 57 countries, [...]
SolidEnergy, yet another company born out of MIT, is making amazing strides in the battery industry that will drastically reduce the cost of electric vehicles (EVs). The company is clearly on the brink of revolutionizing the battery industry, and the awards and honors are beginning to pile up.
The United States, and to a degree Canada, are the only countries in the world that offer outrageous phone subsidies to stay with a certain cell phone carrier. Overseas things are done a lot differently. In Europe, Asia, and even the Middle East you buy your cell phone, or smartphone, from a phone retailer not [...]
Usually, we cover education companies that have launched. However, we had a chance to ask Micky Dionisio about his new project, Ignite Teaching, currently in Alpha. This project looks amazing. Mickey described it at, the "perfect mix between the ease of Keynote, the power of Photoshop, collaboration of Google Docs and fun of Class Badges." Sounds [...]
