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Like other accelerators, Techstars, a network of more than 40 corporate and geographically targeted startup bootcamps, has had to bring its marquee demo day events online. Over the last two weeks of A
The <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/techstars-demo-day/">TechStars NYC Demo Day</a> went down this morning, and thirteen new companies have officially come to market, ranging from a Pinterest for
There's no such thing as pay-as-you-go with a mobile hotspot. It just doesn't exist. You pay for a monthly package, just like you would with a smartphone, and a chunk of it almost always goes unused c
Lua, a company focused on enhancing communication and project management within mobile workforces, has just launched out of beta today at the Techstars NYC Demo Day. The software allows any mobile wor
Today at the TechStars NYC Demo Day, <a target="_blank" href="www.pickie.com/start">Pickie</a> launched on to the scene. At its core, it's an iPad magazine that is totally personalized based on all br
One thing small businesses struggle with most is bookkeeping — it's tedious, time-consuming, and it can be really confusing come tax season. Because of this, most folks turn to bookkeepers to do the
More often than not, a crowdsourced answer is the right one. Just take a look at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.estimize.com/">Estimize</a> — the anonymous user base of 6,500 users is <a hr
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He's covered the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, and was nominated for a 2012 Academy Award for his documentary, "Hell And Back Again." But he's ready to t
The best way I know how to explain <a target="_blank" href="http://onwander.com">Wander</a> is that it's a love child between the information of Yelp and the beauty of Pinterest, but for all places.
Class. Most of us spend our entire teenage and early adult life trying to get out of it, only to realize that going to a class and learning something new is a walk in the park compared to a life with
These days, everyone can be a publisher. All you need is something to publish, and you can throw that thing on a Tumblr, a WordPress blog, or even publish it as an eBook. There are plenty of channels
A new mobile social network of sorts has launched out of beta today at the TechStars NY Demo Day, looking to make transactions between friends a bit easier. Truth is, people have lots of stuff that th
Technology is all about looking to the future, but with so many different virtual identities and social networks it's tough to keep track of who you've spoken with and where you've been. The Rewind.Me
The moving industry is ripe for disruption. Customers currently have to get a salesperson to come out and visit the house, inspect belongings, and offer up a quote. To shop around, you'd have to repea
What do you get when you put an AIDS activist, an actor and two technologists in a coffee shop? An idea to make the world a better place. Their project, part of this year's TechStars, is called <a tar