Track News & React
Here's all the news and commentary about DEMO alumni companies and emerging technology trends written by DEMO writers and analysts. Please comment on stories of interest to you.
Tungle releases BlackBerry meeting coordinator
By Mary A. C. Fallon on May 20, 2008 - 7:00am.
Zodiac Interactive helps cable TV industry shift to tru2way standard
By Mary A. C. Fallon on May 19, 2008 - 11:00am.
Re-invention is in Zodiac Interactive's genetic make-up. What began as Zodiac Gaming in 2002 as a division of Read more
Sky Enterprises recently spun off its mobile content search engine, Zodigo, as an independent business, and
zeroed in on inventing enabling technologies for cable television operators just as new life is being breathed into the staid industry.
uControl opens home security market to cable and telephone companies
By Mary A. C. Fallon on May 19, 2008 - 8:00am.
New Orleans, LA. - Bucking the old practice of telephone-controlled home security systems, uControl, Inc. of Austin, TX (DEMOfall 06) today at The Cable Show introduces a seven-inch, touch screen computer-like device and monitoring software that cable television, broadband, and telephone companies can offer as a new service to their customers. Read more
Innovation thriving on DEMO Road Tour
By Chris Shipley on May 19, 2008 - 6:00am.
One of the side benefits of the DEMO Road Tour has been the opportunity to reconnect with so many past demonstrators.
In Seattle, for example, I met up with Kris Kelsey, a long-time DEMO supporter who helped Earthmine launch at DEMOfall 07. The company, she says, is doing very well. They’ve just released their APIs and have hired location-based data pioneer Paul Smith as chief strategy officer. Read more
Toktumi lands deal with Staples
By Mary A. C. Fallon on May 19, 2008 - 5:20am.
San Francisco, CA. - Toktumi Inc., (DEMO 08) a new small business telephone service, today announces its first distribtuion deal with giant office supplies retailer Staples. Toktumi's computer-based service is a enterprise-grade, hosted office telephone system for small businesses that can be set up in five minutes and supports the use of any regular corded, cordless, or speaker phone via Toktumi’s Phone Adapter. Read more
Dimdim introduces open source Eagle for Web meetings
By Mary A. C. Fallon on May 19, 2008 - 5:10am.
Boston, MA. - Dimdim, (DEMOfall 07) a free open source Web-meeting company, today launches a version of its Web meeting softwre designed for the open source community called Eagle (Dimdim Open Source Community Edition 3.5) for Linux, Windows, and Macintosh operating systems. Read more
Vollee - Innovator to Watch
By Guidewire Group on May 19, 2008 - 5:00am.
The quality of existing mobile games and the expense of porting high-quality games to mobile handsets have impeded the growth of mobile gaming. Vollee is taking a new approach by streaming top-tier personal computer and console games from its data center to 3G telephones, delivering an always-on experience much like mobile television. Read more
Aternity wins 3 Israeli insurance deals
By Mary A. C. Fallon on May 18, 2008 - 5:30am.
Boston, MA. - Aternity Inc., (DEMO 08) which gives IT management a view of employees' computers to improve service, has won three Israeli insurance company deals sealing about 70% of that market in Israel. Menora Mivtachim Group, Israel's leading pension insurnace company with about 500,000 customers, has signed a deal with Aternity. Read more
Qualcomm will trial future wireless broadband in UK
By IDG News Service on May 16, 2008 - 9:00am.
Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM), on Friday announced it bought 40 MHz of U.K. spectrum in the 1.4 GHz band for $16.1 million (U.S.) to develop as-yet-unannounced wireless broadband technologies.
"We want to use the spectrum to explore extensions and evolutions of our current technology path, and also new technologies and applications," said Andrew Gilbert, executive vice president at Qualcomm Europe. Read more
