Austin-based OneSpot is officially coming out of stealth mode today. OneSpot is a tool that allows publishers to automatically discover and publish fresh, relevant content to their online properties. Give OneSpot a list of high quality exemplar blogs, and OneSpot will search through thousands of blogs and score them based upon a patent-pending link scoring [...]
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Fireteam Reloaded, a team-based, multiplayer action game for the PC, is now available as a free download at www.pixelminegames.com. Developed by Pixel Mine, Fireteam Reloaded combines fast-paced sports action with intense battlefield combat while using integrated voice communication. Fireteam Reloaded is the third game to utilize the Pixel Mine Store for its micro-payment technology.
“The original [...]
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SolarWinds announced today that its online community for network engineers, Thwack, celebrated its first anniversary. To commemorate the event, SolarWinds released a new free tool for monitoring Microsoft Exchange servers.
The Thwack community site was founded by network management software leader SolarWinds to provide its more than 16,000 members with a venue for sharing ideas, technical tips [...]
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Austin-based Digby announced their mobile commerce platform today. Previously the company had announced the Digby Marketplace which allowed people to shop using their BlackBerry at retailers like Best Buy, FTD, Godiva, Barnes & Noble, and OfficeMax. Today the company announced “Powered by Digby” which allows retailers to have their own mobile commerce websites. Godiva Mobile [...]
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There are some great things happening at the Chamber of Commerce, and with Opportunity Austin 2.0. One of the key messages that I took away from Gary Farmer was that attracting top talent to Austin is a top priority for everyone. With that in mind, the chamber is working on a major redesign of the [...]
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Today we are launching a new website at www.austinemerging100.com. It represents the combined effort of many people over a 6 month time period to create a list of the top 100 emerging technology companies in Austin, with links to their website, news pages, and jobs pages. This will be especially useful for people looking to [...]
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Bazaarvoice is launching a new program named Bazaarvoice Radius today. The program solidifies an ecosystem of partner companies (interactive agencies, email marketing, ecommerce platforms) that are certified to integrate with Bazaarvoice products. The current product lineup for Bazaarvoice includes Ratings & Reviews, Ask & Answer, and Stories.
Becoming part of the Radius program gives companies access to [...]
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During a presentation today at Software 2008, an event showcasing the most innovative software companies at the Interop conference, Spiceworks announced the third generation of its free, ad-supported Spiceworks IT Desktop application, which is designed to meet the IT and network management needs of small and medium businesses. The 3.0 version includes a new user [...]
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The instructional video space is hot right now, and Austin is homebase for two of the emerging companies in the space; ExpertVillage and MindBites.
In mid-2007 Demand Media (which recently acquired Pluck) bought ExpertVillage. In January, 5Min landed 5Million for their website. Last month former Google Video/YouTubers launched HowCast with an $8M investment. Today, MindBites is [...]
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It’s official, Mumboe is now out of beta and officially launching. Momboe is a web-based application that helps companies take the mumbo jumbo out of managing their contractual agreements. The company is running with the highly popular “freemium” model, so if you’re interested you can sign up for an account today. The company is presenting [...]
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