You may have noticed I haven’t been publicizing our regular happy hour events very far in advance.  Last month I was in San Francisco and couldn’t make it and this month we have been swamped with our iPhone app launch.  We are, indeed,...
Topics: Startups

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Remember the :CueCat?  The company devised a non-standard barcode that could be placed anywhere.  If a user scanned the barcode they would be redirected to a website.  Of course the CueCat was a commercial failure.  It was dubbed “The 25 Worst..
Topics: Startups

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Michael Arrington the king of tech blogs announced that he would be building an internet connected touchpad he would call the CrunchPad.  Today he announced the ‘end’ of the CrunchPad in a post titled, “The End of The...
Topics: Startups

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If you are like millions of Americans you will head to the mall tomorrow to take advantage of all of the holiday sales.  Of course, Black Friday doesn’t have to be for suckers.  Make sure you bring along ShopSavvy.  ShopSavvy can help you...
Topics: Startups

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We have been working on ShopSavvy for more than a year.  Initially released on Android a year ago we finally released our iPhone version last week.  Yesterday we went into Best Buy and watched more than 20 people try to scan barcodes with ShopSavvy. ..
Topics: Startups

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