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In a recent ReadWriteWeb article, Dana Oshiro asked, “will this year’s branded iPhone app be a recommendation app?” The answer is yes, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Recommendations have always, even if unconsciously, been tied to the internet, but now it’s time for all that data to be paid forward.

Santé Ventures, an early-stage life science venture capital firm, announces a $2.6 million Series A investment in TVA Medical, Inc. (TVA), a medical device company developing minimally invasive therapies for End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). Santé formed the new company in partnership with TVA Founder, William (Billy) Cohn, MD, a cardiovascular surgeon and the Director of [...]

SpiceWorks, provider of the first and only social IT management application connecting the world’s IT pros and top technology companies, today announced it secured a $16 million Series C funding round led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). The round included participation from existing Spiceworks investors Austin Ventures and Shasta Ventures. A later-stage investor in rapidly-growing [...]

Just before the turn of the New Year, an Austin up-and-comer, FocalPop, announced the launch of their site focalpop.com – a new online marketplace where photo seekers can solicit the shots they want, and photographers answer by offering up their best interpretation.
The company serves to unite photographers and photo buyers on their admittingly easy [...]

Venture Capital is always the hot topic among startup technology companies. How do you land venture capital? How do you get a meeting? Who do you pitch? What do they want to hear? Most people think that they can call up and make an appointment, do a 60-minute presentation, and then pickup their check at [...]

It was just a matter of time before Phurnace’s time-saving tools for developers would be noticed by a larger player like IBM, CA, HP, or BMC. Congratulations to the Phurnace team for having the company you’ve built recognized for the value it provides the developer community. Phurnace was a winner of the Moot Corp competiton [...]

Today’s Q&A Wednesday is with Bryan Haardt and Rob Donnelly of Cgate Health. The company recently received a seven figure seed investment from DFJ Mercury, and enjoys offices in both Houston and Austin.
Q: Give us the elevator pitch for your company?
Cgate Health creates software to provide simple, flexible and cost effective Electronic Health Record (EHR) [...]

The Great Tabulation is coming, and here is how it can actually save publishing. (Really).

Despite whatever analogies the typically curmudgeonly Jack Shafer might make, even if the tablet only lives up to only a portion of its promise, it will be a game changing device.

Austin-based FeedMagnet launched into public beta late last week. The service pulls together feeds from your social media sites and presents them in a single stream. FeedMagnet also allows you to embed those streams directly onto your website. The public beta includes the basic, free service which limits the number of authors [...]

Foursquare and Gowalla are at the forefront of the emerging location-based market, but which service will win the space? Carla Thompson puts them both to the test.