beGLOBAL is startups and tech with a Korean flavor!!!!

On Friday September 13th, 2013 at the Four Seasons, Palo Alto the beGLOBAL summit was held. Produced by the organizers of beLAUNCH, the top Startup/Tech Conference in Korea and held every year in Gangnam, beGLOBAL aims to bring together the best of Tech from the East and West. They feature the top giants from Silicon Valley to discuss the latest tech trends, with a global perspective.

beSUCCESS is a South Korean media platform about startups, technology and entrepreneurship with English and Korean language versions. beSUCCESS introduces Korean start-ups and companies to global audiences through our English version and through our media partners. beSUCCESS supports and inspires readers by sharing interesting business ideas, success stories, resources and trends from all over the world. Furthermore, beSUCCESS offers opportunities for Korean start-ups and companies to meet other start-ups, investors and companies from Korea and abroad through events and partnerships.

Infographic: Top Entrepreneurs Who Dropped Out Of College!!!!!!!

Infographic: Top Entrepreneurs Who Dropped Out Of College (via Socks On An Octopus)

There are tons of entrepreneurs and a few that dropped out of college and became very successful. The most popular, Bill Gates, former CEO of Microsoft. But there are others that also dropped out of college such as Larry Ellison who founded Oracle Corp…

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Is influence dead?

Is influence dead? (via Pando Daily)

By Dave Hawley On September 25, 2013 There’s been a lot of talk about social media influence and its role in the new consumer decision journey. Big brands are not only buying into the concept of leveraging people with influence, but are serious money…

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ERA’s demo day: “This is not a general solicitation”!!!!!!

ERA’s demo day: “This is not a general solicitation” (via Pando Daily)

By Erin Griffith On September 25, 2013 Today ten companies from ERA’s latest accelerator class made their debut at the IAC headquarters. It’s the first demo day I’ve attended since general solicitation was sort of unofficially legalized Monday,…

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Penxy is a revolutionary presentation tool!!

Penxy is an iOS app that turns your mobile device into a wireless presentation remote. Simply upload a presentation file to the cloud and display it on any TV or projector via a computer’s browser. You can advance the slide on the app with the swipe of a finger, and see the slide advance on screen a second later.

CommerceRun looks to change the e-commerce game!!!!!!

CommerceRun is a e-commerce solution for offline stores and local businesses. Sell worldwide in few clicks. You receive: e-shop with managing tool for free during 14 days.

StartSpanish is a cool new way to learn spanish!!!!!

StartSpanish is an online Spanish school that provides high-impact language exposure by offering small-group live lessons every hour on the hour, during the entire day. The methodology combines self-paced instruction through interactive exercises with unlimited access to Live Sessions: conversational based practice sessions built around lesson themes in StartSpanish’s curriculum.

Microsoft unveils Haswell powered Surface Pro 2 and Surface 2 Windows 8 tablets!!!!!

Microsoft unveils Haswell powered Surface Pro 2 and Surface 2 Windows 8 tablets (via The Inquirer)

REDMOND TABLET MAKER Microsoft has unveiled an updated lineup of Surface branded tablets, the Surface 2 and the Surface Pro 2, touting better battery life, improved performance and updated detachable keyboard covers in its bid to replace the laptop…

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The new normal: iOS changes with the post-Android times!!!!!!!

The new normal: iOS changes with the post-Android times (via Pando Daily)

By Nathaniel Mott On September 23, 2013 Phones used to be clunky devices with low-resolution displays and plasticky buttons that allowed people to make calls; now they’re svelte products with high-definition displays and touchscreens that allow us…

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Apple’s Perils of Innovation!!!

Apple’s Perils of Innovation (via Dice News in Tech)

As expected, Apple recently announced two new iPhones — the lower cost iPhone 5C and a follow-on to the iPhone 5 named the iPhone 5S. In a previous entry, I said that the new iPhone would not be named the iPhone 5S. I was wrong. The iPhone 5S does…

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Eltechs is a high tech software startup from Russia!!!!

Eltechs is a young high tech software startup. Their goal is to create products of excellent technical quality that can affect the landscape of IT industry as a whole. To achieve this they use the best practices of software development.

Their project is a binary translator that runs applications for the conventional “desktop” and server x86 processors on energy-efficient ARM CPU without recompilation. The demand for this product emerges along with ARM-based server market. Currently this market uses open-source software. On the other hand, proprietary server software has been developed and compiled for the x86 architecture and thus cannot be used on ARM-based servers.

Dunno, lets you know whats going on in education!!!!

Dunno is a in-class tool that help teachers engage their students using mobile devices.

cottonTracks allows you to track your online discoveries!!!

cottonTracks is the journal of your online discoveries. Its browser extension replaces your browser history and bookmarks with an automated systems that privately records the best of what you read on the web and organizes it in a comprehensive way. Currently available on Opera, Chrome and other Chromium based browsers.

Usalytic helps you increase conversion on you website!!!!!

Usalytic is game changing website personalization technology that helps small or medium website owners to increase their conversion rate 10%-1500%. The big idea behind is to use web site visitors data profiles from data profilers like re-targeting advertising third parties and A&B testing technology to automatically show appealing variation of web site to each visitor. Unlike others we integrate A and B testing, user targeting and segmentation with dead simple to use editing and analytics platform.

Bonuz is Brazils top loyalty app!!!

Bonuz is a loyalty app that helps retailers to understand who are their clients, when and what they are consuming. It’s a powerful communication channel the impact segmented audiences based on their consumption habits. The app, was launched in July 2013 with important food retailers in Brazil, such as Spoleto, Yoggi and Koni.

Solidmation makes your home into a secure fortress!!!!

Solidmation created a home-automation platform aimed at service providers, such as broadband, security, communications and utilities. The in-home part of our platform can also be easily used in a B2C strategy through retailers.

Have trouble prioritizing? Gneo has the mobile task management platform for you!!!!

Have trouble prioritizing? Gneo has the mobile task management platform for you (via Pando Daily)

By Michael Carney On September 20, 2013 Leave it to a pair of management consultants to take a look at the current crop of mobile task management products in the market and see nothing but inefficiency. That’s exactly the realization led Gneo founders…

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The App Store isn’t getting any better (for developers)!!!!!

The App Store isn’t getting any better (for developers) (via Pando Daily)

By Nathaniel Mott On September 20, 2013 Earlier this week Apple released iOS 7, an update to the software that powers Apple’s iPhone and iPad products that Apple CEO Tim Cook described as the “biggest change to iOS since the iPhone” when it was…

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Tech Bytes: 9-20-13

Tech Bytes: 9-20-13 (via Repost Video News)

Diana Perez has the latest on the cutting edge of technology.

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SalePowers turns LinkedIn into your personal sales tool!!!!

SalePowers is a sales productivity tool for LinkedIn. The product was created to increase efficiency of direct sales via InMail on LinkedIn, simplifying communication between salespeople and their prospects. Adding power-ups to sales pipeline allow to win more deals, make extra money and save time.

Saída Certa is a mobile app to avoid huge payment lines in Brazilian nightclubs!!

You can check your tab details at any time, and pay it when you feel like it. After the confirmation screen you can leave whenever you want.

For the nightclubs, it reduces the overload at the payment line and also helps increase their image by providing their customers a unique experience.

LatAm Invades Silicon Valley, and we are in awe of what they can do!!!!

On September 12th 2013, at Microsoft's Silicon Valley Campus the 2nd LatAm Invades Silicon Valley Conference was held. The conference was amazing with great speakers and cool startups.  The was also a delegation there from Buenos Aires, Argentina with some great startups.

This event was organized by NXTP Labs, Start-Up Chile and in partnership with Naranya Labs, is a regional platform that provides tools, contacts and create networking opportunities for American start-ups who seek to land in Silicon Valley as well as guide United States companies looking for opportunities in the Latin American region.

Irish startups @TechCrunch DISRUPT!!!

Irish startups @TechCrunch DISRUPT (via http://www.ezebis.com)

                      I lived in Dublin, Ireland for many years & am impressed with how the current government is supporting Irish startups.  I did my bit for the cause & we interviewed a number of Irish startups @TechCrunch DISRUPT last…

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Two new apps for children healthcare and education!!!!

Two new apps for children healthcare and education (via PR Newswire)

NeuroDigital Technologies releases BabyEduca and El Pediatra Online apps Download image Download image The English version of BabyEduca will be soon available. (PRNewsFoto/NeuroDigital Technologies) ALMERIA, Spain, Sept. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ --…

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Tech Demand in Seattle Now Trumps Silicon Valley?

Tech Demand in Seattle Now Trumps Silicon Valley? (via Dice News in Tech)

Seattle-area employers advertised for more than 31,000 technology jobs during August, according to WANTED Analytics, which reports that demand in the Emerald City is growing faster than in Silicon Valley and San Francisco. The number of tech jobs…

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3DBin creates 360° view in 5 minutes!!!!

3DBin is your user-friendly / low-cost / high quality software solution for 360° objects photography. We automatically process your object or product snapshots to create animated flash or HTML5 files for your website or use it as your tool for on-line auctions sites like eBay. Using 360° views allows your visitors to see more details with a full 360° view of your objects or products. Just take several pictures around the object, upload them on our website and in few minutes get the 360° view.

Boosk will find you tickets for events you did not know you wanted to go to!!!!

Boosk matches the right people with the right places, helping users discover, decide, and purchase tickets for events they love.

Boosk is a personalized recommendation app for the nightlife entertainment industry. It uses an artificial intelligence algorithm to learn about tastes, preferences, and social circles to give recommendations to bars, clubs, shows, movies and events that best match users’ profile.

Lonely Walls is smooth way to decorate your space with visual arts!!

Lonely Walls is a mobile app, smooth way to decorate your space with visual arts. Our core product is a mobile application that leverages augmented reality in order to make experience of purchasing art more convenient.

Jack Dorsey: Forecast The Tech World!!!!

Jack Dorsey: Square Wallet Is the Future (via Bloomberg TV)

Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Square Co-Founder and CEO Jack Dorsey discusses Square Wallet and the company's international expansion. He speaks with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg) -- Subscribe to Bloomberg on…

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Jack Dorsey: We'll See a Lot of Innovation From Apple (via Bloomberg TV)

Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Square Co-Founder and CEO Jack Dorsey discusses Apple's new iPhones and what it may mean for Square. He speaks with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg) -- Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube…

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Yesware raises a $13.5M Series B from Battery Ventures to drag sales from an art into science!!!!!

Yesware raises a $13.5M Series B from Battery Ventures to drag sales from an art into science (via Pando Daily)

By Michael Carney On September 18, 2013 The last several years have seen billions of dollars worth of value created in the marketing automation category with companies like Omniture (sold to Adobe for $1.8B), Bazaarvoice ($683M IPO), ExacTarget (sold…

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Youtube to add offline viewing to its mobile apps in November!!!

Youtube to add offline viewing to its mobile apps in November (via The Inquirer)

INTERNET VIDEO SERVICE Youtube will add an offline mode viewing option to its mobile applications in November. At the moment to view videos on Youtube on a mobile device, you have to be connected to some sort of internet connection. That will change…

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The Battle of Startups: Happy Farm vs Skolkovo!!!!!

On Wednesday, September 11th, 2013 at 7:00pm there was an intriguing battle between tech startups represented by Happy Farm Business Incubator and Skolkovo Foundation IT Cluster who are on a roadshow in the Silicon Valley during September. The event was meant to include the trendiest and the most promising startups from Ukraine, Russia and from all over the Eastern Europe.

Codifique is a platform for project management!!!

Codifique makes it easy for a leigh user to create briefings and manage projects for the development of websites, mobile apps and social apps.

It has it own database of software developers and works on the marketplace model, where clients receive proposals from developers, compare them and select the best one.

Brazilians can get goods from all around the world with Cabe na Mala!!!

Cabe na Mala is a marketplace to connect travelers and locals for purposes of requesting and delivering items, offering and accepting rewards and arranging to meet in person.

Locals add products they want and where can be found on cabenamala.com.br. Travelers check for products that match their travels, buy and meet locals, in exchange of a reward. Also, locals can check travels and ask unique products from abroad.

Carly Fiorina on Getting Started in Startups!!!!!

Carly Fiorina on Getting Started in Startups (via Wall Street Journal Digital Network)

Where did Carly Fiorina, the first woman to lead a Fortune 20 company, get her start? "I have a great soft spot in my heart for entrepreneurs, because it was an entrepreneur that gave me my first job," she says.

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Former Facebook editor launches Beacon, a platform that pays journalists!!!!!!

Former Facebook editor launches Beacon, a platform that pays journalists (via Pando Daily)

By Hamish McKenzie On September 17, 2013 Former Facebook managing editor Daniel Fletcher and the two founders behind the Backspaces storytelling app have launched the beta version of a platform that aims to help independent journalists get paid for their…

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Incubator Starter Studio Opens Doors in Orlando!!!!!!!!

Incubator Starter Studio Opens Doors in Orlando (via Dice News in Tech)

Starter Studio officially opened its doors last month in Orlando. The technology incubator is the brainchild of entrepreneur-developer Gregg Pollack, Founder of Envy Labs. Pollack’s company does a lot of Web development for clients, and is well-known…

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E-trilhas is eco-tourism for the beauty of Rio de Janeiro!!!!!

The E-trilhas develops innovative solutions that integrate the tourist to the lifestyle, culture and environment. Creates demand for qualified tourist destinations which discloses.

Due to the importance of the proposal for the development of tourism in the state received support from Rio Creative Incubator, a joint project of PUC-Rio and the Secretary of Culture of the State of Rio de Janeiro.

What they do:

• Innovative solutions that generate qualified tourist demands.
• Identify the cultural attractions, ecotourism and adventure tourism.
• Researched and compiled information on ecology, history and culture.
• Produce informative content (photos, texts, videos ...)
• We mapped the attractions selected and developed the mobile application that interacts with the physical map.
• Centralized information on web portal, which through an online agency provides local operations.
• Shares MKT disclose online destinations and Distribution strategic delivery maps directly to tourists.

Finxi has some pretty amazing tech for you!!!

The Finxi is a multimedia lab business, focused on the research and implementation of new interaction technologies, using mobile or desktop platforms as major interactive platforms. Working in conjunction with several researchers, they aim to provide cutting edge solutions, unique to their customers, merging scientific research to market effectively. With several papers in the area of ​​interaction and interface between user and his machine, which can be anything from desktops to smartphones and tablets, they aim to create value for their clients with unique technology experiences.

First Cut Pro is editing software for the professional on the go!!

First Cut Pro enables video professionals to manage the process of feedback collection from clients and teammates working on a video project.

The features they have built automatically annotate videos with time-coded comments generated by viewers. For post-production managers and editors, it allows them to send a secure, professional, viewing room to clients for feedback gathering. Comments that are generated by viewers can then be clarified in the browser and finally, imported into their preferred video editing software as markers.

Kandy Magazine Selects Mag+ for Its Next Generation iPad, iPhone and Android Devices Apps!!!!

Kandy Magazine Selects Mag+ for Its Next Generation iPad, iPhone and Android Devices Apps (via PR Newswire)

Download image Kandy Magazine. (PRNewsFoto/Kandy Magazine) WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Men's lifestyle magazine KANDY announced today that it selected the Mag+ digital publishing ecosystem for its next generation mobile apps…

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Chat’s influence on email extends to the desktop with Unibox!!!!

Chat’s influence on email extends to the desktop with Unibox (via Pando Daily)

By Nathaniel Mott On September 16, 2013 Email, to hear seemingly every technology writer tell it, has been waiting to be disrupted for the last decade or so. Enterprise-focused social networks like Yammer promise to kill email’s dominance in the workforce…

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Common Myths About Mobile App Development!!!!!

Common Myths About Mobile App Development (via http://www.bluecloudsolutions.com)

Many Developers Don’t Know the Truth About App Development Research shows that downloading mobile apps is a common activity for smart phone users. In 2011, there were 22.1 billion recorded downloads of free mobile apps from all around the globe. It…

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ZBOARD is a cool way to get around!!!

Intuitive Motion designs, manufactures, and sells the ZBoard Weight-Sensing Electric Skateboard. Intuitive Motion began with as a group of engineers with the desire to ride a better skateboard, and a vision of how to do it. 

Monsieur has a robot to make your drinks for you!!!!!

Monsieur is an artificially intelligent robotic bartender that makes great tasting cocktails that keep people happy and businesses profitable.  I have to say I enjoy seeing a group of African-American entrepreneurs with a high tech product, that many people will enjoy. Barry Givens

co-Founder and CEO of Monsieur, Eric Williams is co-founder and CTO of Monsieur, and Paul Judge

Inventor, Entrepreneur, Investor, currently Chief Research Officer of Barracuda Networks are all part of the team. 

Men get their clothes shopping done for them with BRANDiD!!!!!

BRANDiD is a marketplace connecting men who hate shopping with people that love to shop. Whilst shopping from anywhere on the web, shoppers use the BRANDiD bookmarklet to fill out a unified basket for their chosen man. Once a basket is complete, men engage in rich discussions with their shopper, remove what they do not like and ‘try on’ everything else. BRANDiD collects anything that doesn’t fit after 5 days for free.

Top 10 iPhone And Android Apps For Stock & Options Traders!!!!!!

Top 10 iPhone And Android Apps For Stock & Options Traders (via Morpheus Trading Group)

If you’re a stock market trader or investor, and one of the millions of people around the world who own a smartphone, you may be wondering which iPhone or Android apps are most useful for keeping on top of the stock market. Recently, I came across…

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Copying of Startups Ideas!!!!!

Copying of Startups Ideas (via ALEKSANDR TSUKANOV Entrepreneur & Philanthropist)

Recently, one theme has attracted public attention and provoked heated discussion – copying of startups. Copy algorithm is incredibly simple: to find a successful company, to create a clone, then ramp up and sell the business for a lot of money. Nobody…

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