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Team MTM-Hack, lead by Tamby Kojak and included team members Matt Byrne and Mahmoud Abouelnasr, bested 5 other presenting teams, winning $12,000 as the overall winner of the competition. Their application was developed for the non-profit ,American Cancer Society, and it will enable cancer survivors to connect through the My Cancer Survivor Network which consists of message boards, real time messaging, mapping, and an experience tracker. “We congratulate our winning teams, and all our participants in this year’s extremely strong competition,” stated TAG President/CEO Tino Mantella....

Tech Cocktail’s co-founder Frank Gruber explained to me that he first saw Venmo at SXSW a few years ago. Gary Vaynerchuk was an early investor, and one evening, Frank and Gary were hanging out when Gary used an SMS text to send Frank a dollar via Venmo. As Frank noted, they were somewhat ahead of the game at that point. Venmo was founded by under 30-year-old entrepreneurs Andrew Kortina and Iqram Magdon-Ismail in Philadelphia....

The UK finance company has garnered a lot of attention, both online and in real life, thanks to its distinctive coral-colored cards, and its intention to make the banking process easier. But what is Monzo, exactly? And what do its plans to grow its offering in the US look like, and potentially mean, for US consumers? What is Monzo? As Monzo focuses its attention stateside, let’s take a look at the journey that led to this point....

Years ago, I recall my family trying to find a way to either get an iPad in my grandfather’s hand or some other easy to use solution that allows everyone to communicate effortlessly. Later Facetime made having conversations a bit easier, but ultimately there were a lot of hassles involved, especially between training and setting things up. For those without smartphones however, Nucleus is looking to improve the way families and friends are able to communicate both within their home and anywhere else that you’re connected to the internet....

The beta site internationalexperts tackles these questions and more. You can ask any question in the Q&A section (similar to Quora), or browse articles on topics like laws and immigration. Once you have a plan, find lawyers and other professionals to help you avoid slipups that can lead to lawsuits, fines, or worse. According to cofounder Todd Heine, the biggest mistake companies make when operating overseas is doing nothing at all: Heine cofounded internationalexperts in 2011 with Steve Dworkin, who has spent 30 years bringing engineers across borders as cofounder of CTS International, as well as Charles Mosher, Steve Cappo, and Paul Sogge....

Based out of Columbus, Our Family Home has made it their mission to provide 24-hour, high-quality, personal care services to patients affected by Alzheimer’s and dementia in their own homes. As the first company to provide this kind of curated assistance with these types of disease, they are making Ohio the jumping off point for medical assistance around the world. With some of the most esteemed medical assistance in the Midwest and a team of people that are committed to making the effects of this disease less intrusive, Our Family Home is changing the script on how resident care is carried out....

Peter Roper, Head of Mobile Brand Strategy at Google, helps brands tell their story on mobile through video on YouTube and connect with consumers. Roper explained the best time for brands to reach your customer is when they are searching for a product like yours through their smartphone. Roper said that brands have an opportunity to gain loyal customers if they catch them at the right time. In this interview by Maine Startup & Create Week (MSCW), a week-long (June 19-23) celebration of the entrepreneurial spirit and highlighting local companies and startups in Portland, Peter offers advice around a mobile strategy for brands and meeting “customers in the moment....

Pink has been used to launch over 100 DDoS attacks to date, making it the largest botnet that Qihoo 360’s Netlab security team has observed in the wild for around six years. Threats from hackers and botnets have ramped up in the past 18 months, with the rise of hybrid working making it harder for companies to secure all the weak points of their infrastructure. We explain what this botnet is doing, and how to protect against it....

Typically, we run gadgets and other devices through a 30-day trial and stress test, but because of the Playstation VR being brand spankin’ new and emerging tech, we decided to start off with our initial impressions. In about a month, we’ll check back in with a full, detailed review. This review consists of the setup process, design, specs, and playing through the demo disk and a first go at one of the launch titles, EVE: Valkyrie....

It’s hard to predict the direction that plenty of developing industries will take (like VR, for instance), but by now, podcasting has firmly established itself as a profitable industry. And now we have the proof that it is indeed democratic: It’s increasingly diverse. The Facts The study comes from think tank Edison Research, which published a post comparing a 2016 poll to a 2011 one. The differences show that the homogeneity represented by the largest group among podcast listeners, Caucasians, dropped by five percentage points, from 68 to 63 percent....

However, it is safe to say that most (if not all) are not nearly as useful and amazing as the popSLATE 2. While it can look like one, it is most certainly not a common iPhone case, as it introduces an insanely useful e-ink second screen to the back of Apple’s smartphone. Using a concept similar to the YotaPhone 2 smartphone, the popSLATE 2 features a shaterproof 4.7 inch e-ink screen, 0....

New York City-based startup Elemental Path announced today a Kickstarter campaign for its first “cognitive toy.” The $100 Green CogniToy Dino allows kids to directly engage in intelligent conversation with their toys. That’s because under its soft green skin, the CogniToy is powered by Watson, IBM’s cognitive computing and natural language processing technology. The technology allows toys to listen, speak and simultaneously evolve, learn and grow with a child. It’s Barney‘s smarter cousin, way smarter, since we all know that Barney wouldn’t be able to win Jeopardy....

Last year, my company took a deeper dive into this issue alongside Digiday, surveying almost 400 professionals on both sides of the advertising industry. One key finding from the research was that more than 40 percent of respondents planned to leave their current position within a year. Are we not giving our people reasons to stay, or is the state of the current job market simply making it easy for them to leap from job to job?...

Last Monday, DC-based RideScout got some major updates to their iPhone app, as it improved the functionality of some of its Capital Bikeshare features on the app. On top of helping to ensure dock availabilities at Bikeshare stations, the new features on the app aim to improve the overall bike-share user experience in DC. Launched last month, the company offers a free mobile app that aggregates public, private, and social modes of ground transportation (anything from bike-shares and public transit to taxis and car-sharing) in real-time....

You need to think differently and run campaigns that are not only memorable, but also add value to the customer – that is the only way to stand out of the crowd. This is where interactive quizzes and calculators come in. Simply put, customers prefer being helped instead of being sold to, in order to become engaged. To enable marketers to “outgrow” old marketing, Outgrow has launched an interactive content platform that lets any marketer build great calculators and quizzes, easily and quickly....

Learning about your customers is just one of the valuable pieces of information you’ll take away from Shama’s team at the Techstars Startup Week Detroit, powered by Chase for Business. In Detroit, Zen Media will be leading social media consultations at the Chase for Business BizMobile – a 27-foot trailer business center providing free advice from Tuesday, June 19 to Thursday, June 21. On board, small business owners can learn about effective social media strategies, how to get their message above the noise, and ways to connect with their customers....

Fortunately there is already a solution available, albeit unofficial, that deals with this problem quickly and easily. Let’s take a look at it. The complaints of most users with the new iTunes version are based on a problem in ordering songs and albums, while others also report problems with the album covers and other information. In rare cases, there are reports of some problems with the reproduction of songs, which makes both the songs and the software useless to the users....

Start Selling Services And Products Online Most companies out there do not actually have an online presence. This is a shame. Most of the buyers are now moving online and technology evolved to the point at which you can practically sell everything that you want with ecommerce platforms, ranging from services to products. If you do not have an online presence, seriously consider the option! See if there is a way in which you can start selling your products/services on the internet....

We round-up everything you need to know about the phones, and speculate whether these will be the handsets to get Sony’s ailing mobile division back on track. The phones include: Sony Xperia 1 – a premium 6.5-inch smartphone with a 4K, HDR, OLED screenSony Xperia 10 – a 6-inch screen (not OLED) with triple rear cameraSony Xperia 10 Plus – like the Xperia 10, but with a 6.5-inch screen and better batterySony Xperia L3 – budget phone ($199) with a 5....

While this acquisition has yet to officially confirmed, the fact that it’s publicly in the works is sign that it’s a very real possibility. This announcement of even the idea of an acquisition has raised Pinterest’s share prices by 10%, as people theorize what potential road PayPal will take. PayPal has a lot of fresh capital to play around with, as online shopping had a gargantuan explosion during the pandemic....