Archive for September, 2009

Dexim F-Flip Props Up and Charges iPhones

Amit Chowdhry | September 27, 2009 | 585 views | Add a Comment
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For those of you that actually like to watch movies on your iPhone, holding the device up can be a pain in the you-know-what. This problem is solved by using the Dexim F-Flip device. The F-Flip charges the phone at the same time that it holds up the iPhone too. The 2000mAh battery can charge the iPhone about 1.5-2 times. The F-Flip currently retails for $55.

Dubzer Helps Translate Web Services Into Different Languages

Amit Chowdhry | September 27, 2009 | 454 views | Add a Comment
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When hearing about a service like Dubzer, the first thing some people may think of is why use their service when Google Translate is just as good? You would be surprised how twisted languages become by online translation services. Sometimes words are translated out of context and ends up not making sense.

An example of online translation services not being good enough is when Facebook asked their users to help translate the social networks in their native languages. Now Facebook is available in 65 different languages.

Dubzer wants to help you translate your website into different languages. Dubzer even works with many different CMS, intranet, and e-commerce portals. The company was founded by Anjali Gupta and Santosh Dawara.

USB-IF Scolds Palm By Saying Apple Can Protect Their Software

Amit Chowdhry | September 27, 2009 | 831 views | Add a Comment
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Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ:PALM) had filed a complaint with The USB Implementers Forum because Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) blocked them from the Palm Pre being able to connect to iTunes. Rather than the USB-IF becoming sympathetic for Palm, the company has decided to scold them instead. According to the USB-IF Apple has the right to protect their software.

When the Palm Pre was first released, they claimed one of their features was the ability to sync with iTunes. The Palm Pre did this by tricking iTunes into thinking it was an iPod. In an update to iTunes, Apple blocked the Pre from having the ability to sync with the software. Palm found loopholes to the update and kept on tricking iTunes. Clearly this did not make the USB-IF was not too thrilled by this approach.

According to the Associated Press, the USB-IF sent a letter to both Palm and Apple. Palm was warned that if they update their software further to crack iTunes syncing abilities, it would be considered a USB-IF rules violation.

Dotgo Facilitating Text Message Services For Websites

Amit Chowdhry | September 27, 2009 | 761 views | Add a Comment
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Dotgo is a website that allows you to receive content from text messages by sending SMS short-codes. Dotgo users send shortcodes and the name of the website that they’re interested in an SMS. Then they will receive a text message back with information. For example if you text GASBUDDY with the zip code to Dotgo’s phone number, you will get a list of nearby gas stations.

Dotgo users can also opt-in to receive text messages from regular messages such as stock quotes and game scores. The service is free for users and publishers that want an alternative for setting up their own short codes which normally runs for $2,000 per month. Dotgo plans to make money by selling analytics and debugging services.

Dotgo is a project by Scientific Media which is a New York venture firm. Scientific Media has been funded by family and friends. Scientific Media also received $700,000 in grants from the National Science Foundation. Dotgo launched at DEMO.

Papercraft Wall-E Checks E-Mail and Dances [Video]

Amit Chowdhry | September 27, 2009 | 539 views | Add a Comment
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We’ve seen a Wall-E PC case mod, but this is the first time I’ve seen a papercraft Wall-E. TotoroYamada created this papercraft Wall-E robot to check his e-mail every few seconds and dance around when a new message comes in.

Cortera Reports Whether Small Businesses Have Good Credit

Amit Chowdhry | September 27, 2009 | 543 views | Add a Comment
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Cortera is a website that has a massive database used for taking a community approach to credit reporting. Cortera will have traditional credit data along with community reviews. Cortera launched a new service called the Cortera Credit Exchange.

Cortera said that their services are important because payments between small businesses are crucial to keep running. It is important to track these payments and identify untrustworthy partners. Cortera heavily depends on the community to contribute reviews for companies because traditional credit reports deals less than 1% of businesses in the U.S.

Cortera is led by President and CEO Jim Swift. Swift was the COO of LexisNexis Risk Management where he ran the commercial markets unit.

PayPal Co-Founder Luke Nosek Joins Halcyon Molecular

Amit Chowdhry | September 27, 2009 | 2,012 views | Add a Comment
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Luke Nosek is a co-founder at PayPal and is a Managing Partner at Founders Fund. Nosek wants to move from the Internet and new media sector and get into science. Nosek is joining Halcyon Molecular, a human genome sequencing firm as a founding president.

Halcyon plans to sequence complete human genomes in less than 10 minutes at a cost of $100. This is a much smaller price and smaller amount of time than currently existing genome sequencing labs. Nosek will continue to lead The Founders Fund’s genomics investing division. Peter Thiel will be joining the board of directors at Halcyon Molecular too.

Halcyon will be competing with 23andme, a genomics company founded by Anne Wojcicki, the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Halcyon even received a $2 million aberration corrected STEM electron microscope on loan from the U.S. DoE.

Cazoodle Shopping Search Launches Service For Electronics

Amit Chowdhry | September 27, 2009 | 1,933 views | 5 Comments
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Cazoodle Inc. is a start-up company that spun out of a project at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC). Cazoodle was founded by Professor Kevin C. Chang and a research team of undergraduate/graduate students. Cazoodle is located at EnterpriseWorks, an incubation facility based on the Research Park at UIUC.

Cazoodle uses semantic search technology to connect consumers with offers on various merchant websites. Cazoodle already has apartment search services and they launched the electronics service earlier this week at the DEMO conference.

Cazoodle is one of many services that finds deals online for electronics, but the website does more to sort deals. Cazoodle also has a service called Shopping Caddy that brings up additional information when searching for products to make sure you’re getting the best deals. Cazoodle has been self-funded thus far.

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