December 19, 2011
Posted by Chris Kocek
In 2005, I had an idea for a restaurant based on the New York Stock Exchange. As more people bought a particular item on the menu, the lower the price would become. It would be the purest expression of free market principles of supply and demand. The place would be electric. Prices would fluctuate on Read More...
December 19, 2011
Posted by Interns
Comedian Louis C.K. has gotten a lot of positive press, deservedly so, for his new, hour-long comedy special Live at the Beacon Theater, sold exclusively as a download on his personal website. Many have hailed the experiment as a parable of innovation or a harbinger of things to come for media companies. But I think Read More...
December 12, 2011
Posted by Chris Kocek
Has anyone else noticed these little guys popping up all over the place this holiday season? It’s called Bobble and it’s brilliant. It’s got the design sensibility of Method, the fun color choices of apple and, oh yeah, it has this wonderfully functional filter on the top, so you can get filtered water from any Read More...
December 5, 2011
Posted by Reagan Ward
News broke today that the founders of locally-founded and well-loved Gowalla are packing up their passports and heading for Palo Alto to join the Facebook team. I’m sad to see Gowalla go (I preferred it to FourSquare) but really interested to see what the meeting of minds will bring. Gowalla recently changed up its format, Read More...
November 16, 2011
Posted by Chris Kocek
The holidays are just around the corner and it’s time to start figuring out who to buy presents for. But this holiday season, the gift giving game is a little different. Why? Because group gifting websites are starting to pop up all over the place! 1. Giftiki Giftiki is perhaps the newest kid on the Read More...
Thank you, Steve — for your passion, your ideas, your innovation. You changed everything. “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful … that’s what matters to me.” — from Read More...
September 20, 2011
Posted by RHuey-Lipton
American Express acquired a virtual currency platform and in-game payments provider Sometrics today. Some-who? Basically, here is what Sometrics does: It’s in-game payments platform powers virtual currency transactions and payments for game publishers. On the flip side, it also serves users with targeted offers based on their location, demographic, conversion history and social affiliation. Read More...
September 9, 2011
Posted by Chris Kocek
When you think of Groupon you probably think discounts on restaurants and spas. But with so many players now out on the field – Living Social, Google Offers and Facebook Deals – Groupon is having to find new ways to stay ahead of the competition. In the past year they’ve done some interesting moves, including: Read More...
August 31, 2011
Posted by TDysart
POSTED BY SLAND Clouds are good, like rainbows and unicorns. BY tonda dysart Full disclosure, I label myself an early adopter, but not a first adopter. I didn’t buy the first iPhone, but did buy the iPhone2 and then upgraded to iPhone4; we didn’t get the first iPad, but we do have an iPad2. Although Read More...
July 26, 2011
Posted by Melanie Mahaffey
Here are our reasons why the City of Austin should launch a bike share program. Compiled by David Rockwood and Melanie Mahaffey 10. Less costly and gassy than cars 9. Like fedoras, helmets are back in fashion 8. Austin the fittest city – you betcha 7. Your cool factor goes up with a six-pack of Read More...