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GalvanizeU graduates Baolin Liu and Jonathan Hourany, current gU student Anthony Abercrombie, Data Scientist in Residence Eugene Huang, and their teammate Jared Wilber, a UC Berkeley grad student, learned a ton after their time on stage at the iidata Time Analysis Competition. This competition required the team to answer “…questions on a Food and Nutrition data set that contained 28 features and 30,000+ rows. We were given 3 hours to solve five ‘expert level’ questions including: finding bias in nutrition scores, classifying food categories, and predicting originating country,” said Johnathan Hourany’s in his post....

Frameworks for Games If a client is designing a mobile app that features games, the programmer should utilize Sencha Touch, which has more than 50 advanced components. This framework also features extensive controls for the user interface, and the software contains more than 300 built-in icons. Moreover, the program will let developers easily integrate numerous themes into a game. Apps That Enhance Productivity When a developer is creating an application that improves productivity, the designer should utilize Appcelerator Titanium....

Getting capital from investors can be challenging and can take up a lot of your time. Whether you’re new to pitch decks or a seasoned pro, it’s always important that you convey your pitch deck in a manner that shows your “business story” in an engaging and fascinating, yet informative way. Actually, based on a study made by DocSend, a startup that offers people a way to share private files online, you may even have to contact more than 50 investors and have about 40 investor meetings....

In recent years – but particularly since the pandemic struck – password managers have taken on renewed importance as cyberattacks have skyrocketed. Choosing a complex enough password, however, only represents the first step to keeping an account and the information inside it safe and secure. NordPass Reveal Which Passwords Won’t Pass The report itself, released last week, reveals the 200 most widely used passwords in 2021, all of which would take less than two seconds to crack....

We’ve been following EveryBlock since before it was even created, so we were really interested in their announcement. In fact, founder Adrian Holovaty was at our first Tech Cocktail event in Chicago in July 2006. When they launched in 2008, their focus was pulling together a huge variety of local news and information: local news, events, and crime reports, Craigslist personal connections, local photos from Flickr, business reviews from Yelp, city press releases, movie filming reports, liquor license reports, restaurant inspections, street closures and lost & found postings....

Passwords are your first line of defense in the battle for online security and tools like password managers can go a long way in making it easier. Unfortunately, the majority of users don’t take it seriously, with 85% of people admitting that they use a single password on multiple sites. Subsequently, having a secure password is vital to your online security, particularly if you plan on reusing it for a bunch of sites, which we do not recommend you do....

Anyone who’s been to a Tech Cocktail mixer knows first hand that the quality of a venue makes plays a major role in the quality of experience. We pride ourselves in digging through your city’s top locations to find the ideal fit. Doing so, however, requires a lot of work (right, Julia?). Eventup aims to ease this process. I caught up with Adam to learn more of the inspiration behind his newest venture....

His current startup UniteGPS is a cloud-based solution that allows school districts and the parents of students to track the location of school buses via desktop or a mobile app. The company continues to improve the product, which it calls Crosswalk, and plans to add a feature that allows school bus drivers to track the students who get on and off the bus. UniteGPS has also recently launched a similar product to help public transit companies and their customers track their buses in real-time....

One company is looking to change this by revolutionizing the space of employee learning through the use of games. MindTickle aims to provide a software-as-a-service (SaaS) gamification platform driven to make employee learning and engagement efficient, effective, and most importantly, enjoyable. Founded in 2011 by IITs, ISB, and Stanford alumni, MindTickle creates web products at the intersection of fun and learning. The founders have passionately and successfully created a solution to a variety of issues employers are regularly faced with....

Even when you can’t get to a power outlet, Genneo can help you power up. Genneo is a device that captures green kinetic energy from everyday movement like walking or running, and can be pre-charged to act as an auxiliary battery for mobile devices. Though this isn’t the first kinetic-energy-capture device for mobile charging, testing suggests that Genneo has more versatility, efficiency, and energy-capture rates than other comparable options. The actual energy-harvesting technology Genneo uses, as well as the user experience, is significantly different from anything on the market, according to Blake Isaacs, cofounder and CEO of Genneo....

Fortunately, that’s exactly what the Make It Big 2020 conference is aimed at doing. And this year, it’s free to attend – and all held remotely. Yet to launch your online store? See our guide to the Best Ecommerce Website Builders Make It Big 2020 is hosted by BigCommerce, an ecommerce website builder, and is sponsored by DigitalMarketer, an online community for digital marketing professional. The conference will take place over three days – from October 6th to October 8th....

GlobalHack is a nonprofit organization that fosters talent and innovation through coding competitions, and this time around they’re partnering with OGSystems – a nationwide technology and software development company that focuses on developing disruptive solutions. The program will bring together developers, designers, and entrepreneurs to compete for a $50,000 cash prize. Over the course of an intense, 48 hour event participants will be challenged to solve technology related problems for companies aiming to expand their St....

Business VPNs allow users to access company resources securely from remote locations, while consumer (or personal) VPNs are an excellent way to enhance your privacy online and can give you extra protection when you use unsecured, public wifi networks that anyone can connect to. Google’s VPN doesn’t have all the features or functions of a standard VPN, and is of course only available with the cloud storage subscription – but it’s an intriguing step into a thriving market from the tech giant....

Every year StumbleUpon gathers metrics and data on which of their videos are rated highest across the entire user base, which is millions of active users. That data has pointed to an overwhelming trend of increased mobile video views this year. Here are StumbleUpon’s top 20 videos of 2014:

This celebration of the Dallas startup ecosystem will showcase a wide range of startups entrepreneurs, founders, investors and other big names in the business. From conferences and meetups to social gatherings and fireside talks, Dallas will be treated to everything an interested Texan would want out of a startup week. If you’re interested in what kind of startups you can expect to see at this entrepreneurial experience, check out the list below and get ready to see some innovative companies changing the way we do business:...

With beautiful mountains, legal marijuana, and 300 days of sunshine a year, it’s no wonder millions of people have begun to flock to the popular Colorado city. Whether it’s new college graduates looking to settle down somewhere adventurous or seasoned entrepreneurs looking to capitalize on a new market, there is no shortage of new blood entering Denver on a regular basis. But what does that mean for the startups in this burgeoning ecosystem?...

That’s understandable. Having the skills to create or improve upon a product service doesn’t mean that marketing is your thing. However, if you want to build an audience and ultimately make as many sales as possible, you have to get up to speed: Digital Marketing Conferences You’ve likely heard that “it’s all about who you know” when it comes to business. While this saying is cliché, it doesn’t make it untrue....

The 2015 Benchmarks and Trends in Spending, Staffing, and Key Recruiting Metrics from Bersin by Deloitte found that the cost to hire is now $4,000 per employee. That can begin to add up if you continually make bad hires in the first year of your business. Unfortunately, you’re going to make mistakes. It’s inevitable. But that doesn’t mean you can’t learn from someone who’s been there before to help you navigate the bumps in the road....

Blockchain bridges, which are used to transfer assets between different chains, have been at the center of several high-profile crypto hacks in recent years, leading major figures in the crypto world to advise against using them completely. Private keys are used to secure crypto wallets, and password managers are considered one of the most secure places to store such keys. Horizon’s Bridge is Burned “The Harmony team has identified a theft occurring this morning on the Horizon bridge amounting to approx....

I’m not talking about the “startup visa;” I’m talking about the new Entrepreneurs in Residence program. Five entrepreneurs, including 500 Startups partner Paul Singh, are meeting for 90 days to give suggestions for rewriting not the laws, but the “policies” – the way regulations are interpreted, including training manuals for federal officials. (And they’re not looking at individual applications, so no need to pester Singh with emails). For example, certain visas require you to show you have an office....