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Forget Silicon Valley: Tech CEO Explains What's So Great About New York

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Forget Silicon Valley: Tech CEO Explains What's So Great About New York
While it may not be the be-all, end-all (it kind of is), it's without a doubt the epicenter of American business. As I told Mike Maples, … That's the kind of atmosphere that breeds inspiration and fuels amazing ideas. … The list is long and ever …
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How B2B Firms Can Leverage Digital Marketing Opportunities in the Music …
In the ability to reach music lovers anywhere, B2B marketers could offer related telecom services to mobile users, per say, in the likes of Intercall, Webex, Gotomeeting, Join.me, and the list goes on. … In part two of this article of the digital …
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US Tech Industry May Hurt USD Forex Quote

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Being able to accommodate the troubles recently caused by flooding in Thailand that have hurt the production of hard drives will not be easy.  There is no easy answer to the very real reality that in fact there will not be enough to go around, and this will mean a rise in the price of the devices.  Unfortunately this cost will inevitably be passed on to consumers, which is going to mean lower sales for large companies such as Dell.  This is going to create a big rift in the computer industry sales numbers within a couple years due to this issue, and Dell are not denying it.  They have already said they will act aggressively to promote a continued high value coupled with low prices in their products, Dell is the world’s #3 supplier of computer products. 

Taking advantage of this fact where price action is involved might be a bit difficult for the near future since there is not an obvious way to gauge the impact.  Although it is important to note that much of the US economy is tied up in technology, so any hindrance on this process will have an impact on the USD forex quote.  Taking this into account while watching the developments with this particular event will be a bit daunting, but the rewards that could possibly be involved are enormous.  Pairing the USD with Euro in this scenario could be a really sweet opportunity for those who are ready to make the right move.  Be sure to practice proper money management in this scenario though, since it will definitely mean that you are going to have to keep your stop loss at a very conservative level.

Tech stop troubles have been known to cause some serious losses in the stock market, due to an almost universal dependence upon the tech industry.  The unfortunate facts here suggest that the situation is just that, a dark place in which we are facing an eventual decline regardless.  Which could in fact cause some very big problems for the various tech industry companies that have contributed in no small part to the industry.  By coupling this fundamental indicator with the technical ones a trader can take advantage of these movements and make some real money.  Be sure to weight these things out with as much balance possible before entering into a trade, and even then make sure that you are able to leave efficiently. 

The author is a Forex trader and financial analyst residing in Denver, Colorado.  To stay up to date on all the latest developments in the financial world and beyond be sure to stay up to date with the latest forex quotes.

Pune Tech Angels Pitch by Freeman Murray

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Basketball Madness Reaches New Heights With Music Dealers' Enhanced Music Tech Platform

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Chicago, IL (PRWEB) March 20, 2013

Global music tech company, Music Dealers, announced today the launch of The Music Dealers Discovery Tool version 3.0, further revolutionizing the methods by which content creators search for, discover and license music to enhance their creative projects.

The Discovery Tool was first used by CBS, one of Music Dealers’ partners, for the big game broadcast in New Orleans this past February. The music tech platform allows the sports network to cut licensed music on-site from some of the best emerging musicians in the region. CBS will also utilize the company’s platform for the upcoming popular NCAA basketball tournament.

CBS relies on Music Dealers to equip their team with The Discovery Tool’s intuitive, reliable platform that gives network producers and editors real-time, universal access to authentic tracks when making live, on-site edits during their highest viewed broadcasts like the big game and NCAA basketball tournament.

“By providing premium quality music from breakout indie talent representing the sounds and genres most appealing to CBS’s core demographics, Music Dealers helps the network consistently deliver highly personalized viewing experiences and cultivate rich, meaningful connections with its audience,” said Music Dealers CEO and co-founder, Eric Sheinkop.

The company’s proprietary music tech platform, The Discovery Tool, is the gateway through which content creators can access the company’s global artist community, comprised of over 20,000 of the most highly sought-after emerging musicians in over 70 countries around the world.

The Discovery Tool’s latest enhancements empower Music Dealers clients in the advertising, TV, sports, film and gaming industries as well as its brand partners like The Coca-Cola Company, to source music from the world’s largest emerging music-licensing database using the most accurate and efficient music technology tool kit available in today’s marketplace. Through the Discovery Tool’s new “Location” search filter and revamped artist profiles that now feature robust artist demographic information, Music Dealers’ global brand and entertainment partners are driving additional value for their worldwide campaigns by localizing music for audiences of specific markets.

“Nothing brings people together like music and sports,” said Sheinkop. “Our Discovery Tool platform represents disruptive technology at its best and for the first time you can search the world’s highest quality emerging artists all available and pre-cleared by way of the largest searchable database. This platform was built to streamline the music discovery process, enhance creative projects for our partners and deepen audience connections, while providing the world’s best indie artists with the funding, exposure and distribution necessary to propel their careers to the next level.”

To highlight the New Indie Players Sparking Madness in the upcoming NCAA basketball tournament, Music Dealers sifted through thousands of artists to compile some of the most current sounds about to hit the market today. The following link showcases artists from the Midwest, South, East and West regions whose music you will hear over coming weeks as college basketball stars dribble, pass and shoot their way to NCAA championship gold: http://j.mp/14aF8dt.

In the spirit of competition, Music Dealers (@MusicDealers) is encouraging sports and music fans to tweet their favorite artist name from their ‘Indie Players Spark Madness’ playlists, and tag their tweet with #TheGreatUnsigned. Every tweet enters fans into a drawing for the chance to win a Great Unsigned swag pack and all access passes to their favorite artist’s next show in their city. Three lucky winners will be randomly selected and announced the morning of the NCAA championship game on April 8th.

Music Dealers offers content creators free access to The Discovery Tool and never charges artists for inclusion in the Music Dealers licensing catalog. Music-seekers can instantly take advantage of The Discovery Tool’s enhanced features by signing up for a Music Dealers Want Music account. Artists who would like their music considered for future music licensing opportunities can create a Music Dealers Artist Profile and submit their music for review of acceptance in just a few easy steps.

About Music Dealers

Music Dealers™ is a global music technology company that provides clients in the advertising, television, film and gaming industries with the highest quality emerging music to enhance their work. Powered by a global artist community of the world’s top breakout artists, Music Dealers crowd-sources existing and original music, procures brand partnerships, live performances and offers the largest emerging artist music-licensing database in the world. In 2011, Music Dealers cemented a groundbreaking partnership with The Coca-Cola Company, which secured Music Dealers’ position as the organization’s exclusive global music partner and earned Coca-Cola a minority stake in the company. Music Dealers is based in Chicago, with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, London and Mexico City. For more info, please visit: http://www.musicdealers.com.

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RIDING LONDONS NEW TECH WAVE: PORTLAND, OREGON-BASED OPAL LABS BRINGS DIGITAL BRAINSTORMING TO THE U.K., SECURES EIS STATUS FOR INVESTORS

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London (PRWEB UK) 30 May 2013

London is living through the most optimistic start-up party in a decade and the world’s entrepreneurs are taking note. One of Portland, Ore.’s most promising start-up starlets Opal Labs (“Opal”) has set up shop in London’s growing Tech City to service U.K. customers, such as Arup and BP, and fuel its growth with U.K. investment.

Opal Labs is one of many forward-thinking tech disruptors that consider London crucial to its success – and its U.K. office is the first step to becoming a global business. The company plans to attract U.K.-based investors through the government’s Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS).

“London certainly has the wind in its sales at the moment, you can just feel it. It’s pushing the envelope in everything from product design, to service innovation and marketing,” said Opal Labs’ managing director and co-founder Matt Oxley. “There is so much merit being in this city, at a time like this, working with some of the most innovative companies in the world.”

Opal Labs offers social business software enabling teams to easily collaborate around ideas, problem solve and unlock innovation potential across the organisation. The company has been busy helping U.K.-headquartered enterprises such as BP and Arup tap into their company’s next “big idea” using its flagship application Opal Brainstorms. The intuitive social enterprise application is designed to shape the ideas that can have the most impact on an organisation.

“The challenge to us was could we get a mechanism that would allow the whole of Arup – 11,000 employees – to talk to each other, particularly at the beginning of projects,” said Tristram Carfrae, RDI, group board director, fellow and chair at Arup. “So we worked with Opal to create the ideal virtual brainstorming tool.”

Opal Labs developed its Opal Brainstorms application with significant insights from the Arup team– most famous for its ground-breaking work on the Sydney Opera House, Gherkin and the Beijing Olympics “Water Cube.” To develop an application powerful enough for Arup’s team of 11,000 world-class innovators, Opal’s software experts opened up shop in London and worked intimately with users to create a business application that solves a real-world problem – allowing an entire organisation to share and shape their ideas. Arup produced this video to document its journey working with Opal to bring Opal Brainstorms to market.

“We have been extremely privileged to work with some of the most innovative companies in the world including NIKE, INTEL and now, Arup. What we have learnt along the way is that organisational creativity is a critical differentiator,” said Oxley. “Creative ideas can come from anywhere within an organisation and have the power to completely transform a project or entire business – like the idea of a bubble structure on the Beijing Water Cube or using a waffle iron to make Nike’s first running shoe sole. Our job at Opal is to help organisations find and shape these ideas so they can make a real impact out in the world.”

The London team is also proud to be associated with a breakthrough collaboration between NASA, USAID, Department of State, and NIKE called LAUNCH – which is leading the way in systems innovation. Meanwhile, energy giant BP is using Opal Brainstorms to enable communication and collaboration around the globe and is particularly interested in the power of social enterprise tech to improve the way their teams problem-solve between offices.

Back in the U.S., Opal Labs has recently been named to the Portland 100 – an elite list of start-ups expected to reach $ 100 million USD in revenue or $ 100 million USD in enterprise value over the next five years. The Portland Development Commission and successful software entrepreneur, Angel investor and Portland 100 board member, Nitin Khanna, selected Opal as one of the Portland 100 participants.

“We are committed to further expand our business in London, and create the blueprint for how we build a global brand,” said Opal Labs’ president of North America Steve Giannini. “The traction that we have made to date is quite remarkable, and the team in London has been instrumental in contributing to those achievements.”

“We aim to continue the momentum we’ve got in the U.S. here in London and are actively seeking the right investment partners who share our vision to fuel Opal’s rapid growth,” said Oxley.

Especially attractive to U.K.-based investors is Opal’s recent acceptance into the Enterprise Investment Scheme, a government initiative designed to encourage investment in London’s most promising start-ups through tax incentives.

The Opal Labs London office is located at 44 Emerald Street and can be reached at london(at)workwithopal(dot)com.

About Opal Labs

Opal Labs is leading the movement to fundamentally change the way the world does business. Opal’s social enterprise technology helps organisations unlock their innovation potential by enabling the ability to share, shape and ship ideas. Opal Labs is working with global innovators like Arup, Method and BP to deploy a powerful ecosystem of apps such as its flagship Opal Brainstorms – designed to harness the power of ideas to solve the biggest problems facing businesses, and the world, today. Visit http://www.workwithopal.com.

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Revolutionary New Crowdsourcing Tech Start up, Tunii.com A Disruptive Idea in Lucrative Markets

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Orange County, CA. (PRWEB) April 09, 2013

Though their initial focus has been on the music industry, Tunii plans to expand its patent-pending technology platform to promote a lot more than just music.

It looks like Tunii will soon help level the playing field for small and independent businesses, artists and entrepreneurs to compete with the “Big Guys”. Their promotion platform for music has been turning heads and raising eye brows since the soft launch of their beta site in November of 2012. See http://tunii.com/howto

“What we are building will create a healthy, free market competition that can benefit everyone, including the low budget, no budget and fortune 500 companies”, Says newly appointed CEO and Co-founder of Tunii, Keith Harrison “Tunii is building technology that will provide no upfront cost promotion platforms that let the world decide what products are worthy based on the merit of the product, not the marketing budget behind it”    

Tunii has already generated interest from record labels to help promote chart toping and platinum selling “name artists”. They have received thousands of song submissions from independent recording artists and one of the largest online distributors of independent music is also showing interest.

“The power of the platform is demonstrated by giving artists and fans around the world the ability to make money by simply sharing the music they love.” William Keck, Co-Founder of Tunii adds “We invented a method and technology for crowd sourced promotion that accounts for the full impact of a user’s actions, including secondary results that are not otherwise accounted for in other systems. What that means, Tunii users get paid by telling their friends about a great song or product regardless of who buys it. It’s just that simple.”

Exploring avenues including: song, app, game and book sales, advertising, CD & DVD production services, niche data, merchandise, ticket sales, promotion campaigns, publishing and sync licensing, Tunii’s patent-pending technology innovations are set to be a disruptive force in many lucrative digital product markets and beyond.

Like Tunii on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TuniiMusic

Follow Tunii on Twitter: @Tuniimusic1

See How Tunii Works: http://tunii.com/howto







Searching for the future leaders in Digital Tech; Call for Applications for 2014 Digital Tech Summit held in London, April 23-24, 2014: Deadline February 16

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Geneva, Switzerland – Brussels, Belgium – London, Great Britain (PRWEB UK) 18 December 2013

Co President of the Summit, Baruk Pilo from ICON Corporate Finance in London said: “We will be focusing on four major sectors within the Summit where we foresee new disruptive technologies emerging: Financial Technologies; Security and Cyber security; Web, Mobility and Cloud, SaaS and Big Data. Digital Tech is a very exciting sector and in the future we will be seeing new huge business opportunities in very different fields such as: connected consumer objects, civilian drones, mobile payments, new remittance services – the list is endless. Our goal for this event is to select the top 20 European startups in these four hot sectors and invite corporate companies and Strategic Investors to deliver their perspectives for disruptive technologies and new business opportunities. It will be an opportunity for Entrepreneurs to meet tier one investors and potential strategic partners and for large enterprises and VC’s to engage with the best in class European, Israeli and Russian start-ups.”

Company Registration – why should you register?

No charge to apply
No charge for selected companies to attend the event and present – selection is merit only based
Companies are selected by an expert selection committee, according to their potential market impact
Selected companies will present to a group of 100+ global investment professionals, advisors and corporates.
Companies regardless of selection will be seen by a group of top level investors (the selection committee) and have the opportunity to be included in the delegate binder to further promote their offering.

Registration

Applicants can register for the Summit at http://www.digitaltechsummit.eu

As part of the process applicants must submit a corporate presentation together with the registration form. The deadline for applications is February 16.

Selection Criteria

Applicants will be assessed on the uniqueness of their technology, the strength of their business model, vision, and capability to execute on the business plan and the quality and track record of their management. Submissions will be reviewed by the selection committee, which is comprised of senior business leaders from various backgrounds including venture capital, technology, research and economic promotion.

Rewards for Finalists

The selected 20 finalists will each have an opportunity to present their business plans to senior partners, vice presidents and CEOs from the global venture capital and technology industry, as well as service providers and academics. In addition, they will benefit from networking opportunities, local and international media exposure and potential opportunities to secure funding.

Previous Summit attendees have included senior representatives of most major investment firms and corporates:

Almaz Capital, Ambient Sound Investments, Anecova, Atlantic Bridge Investments, Balderton Capital, CDC Innovations, Clipperton Finance, Conor Venture Partners, DFJ Esprit, DN Capital, eBay, Endeavour Vision, EQT, FDI Internet & Mobile, Fidelity Growth Partners, Finnvera Venture Capital, GIMV, Goetz Partners, Google, Growthpoint Technology Partners, Highland Capital Partners, Hummingbird Ventures, Idinvest Partners, iGlobe Partners, Index Ventures, Intesa Sanpaolo, IQ Capital Partners, Iris Capital, Kreos Capital, Nauta Capital, Northzone Ventures, Open Ocean Capital, Open Text, Opera Capital Partners, Partech, Pictet, Quantam Wave Capital, Restoration Partners, Richmond Park Partners, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Runa Capital, Sardis Capital, Schroder & Co Bank, Scottish Equity Partners, Seed Capital Management, Serena Capital, Silicon Valley Bank, Sony Ericsson, Spintop Ventures, Startup.co.uk, Sunstone Capital, Ventech, Vodafone Ventures, Wellington Partners.

Many companies that have presented at previous Summits have either been acquired or raised more significant funding. Some notable examples include:

    Shutl acquired by Ebay (2013)
    Aloqua acquired by Motorla (2010)
    Brands for Friends acquired by Ebay (2010) for €150million
    Procedural acquired by Esri (2011)
    MexAd acquired by DataXu (2012)
    Sapato.ru acquired by OZON.ru (2012)
    More than $ 300million raised in funding for companies including:
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About the Tech Tour

The Tech Tour was founded in Geneva in 1998 in response to the growing interest in emerging technology companies in various European regions. The Tech Tour is an independent, not-for-profit organization composed of key contributors to the high technology industry. The organization recognizes that continued prosperity in Europe lies in its ability to transform today’s innovative projects into tomorrow’s global technology leaders.

http://www.techtour.com

About the International Venture Club

The International Venture Club was founded in 2011 as the collaborative platform of leading venture investors promoting successful international investments. Its objectives are to 1) share better practices, 2) build co-investor trust and relations, 3) foster new funding and investment opportunities through joint actions and PR, 4) grow promising companies with corporate partners and co-investors and 5) keep a smart window and support to emerging innovative companies.

http://www.iventureclub.com

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Tech Transfer Central Expands Its Media and Promotion Services, Offers Unrivaled Reach in Targeting Intellectual Property and Research Commercialization Professionals

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Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) December 16, 2013

Tech Transfer Central, the world’s leading provider of information, news, publications and online learning for technology transfer and intellectual property professionals, is pleased to announce that it has expanded its sponsorship and advertising solutions to better serve the marketplace. This new offering features: content-driven lead generation tools; unprecedented access to research commercialization, licensing and tech transfer professionals; and co-branding opportunities across Tech Transfer Central’s content and media outlets. Click here for more information.

Owned by 2Market Information, Inc., Tech Transfer Central is the home to leading publications, including: Tech Transfer eNews, Technology Transfer Tactics and Tech Transfer University Reporter. Readership includes more than 150,000 decision makers in universities, labs, research facilities, law firms, investment and consulting firms, tech incubators, government agencies, corporations and other entities that have a stake in tech transfer or research commercialization.

“The readership of our publications has grown steadily over the years, and continues to grow along with our online learning, books and other information products,” says Tech Transfer Central president, David Schwartz. “As a result we are able to supply companies serving this industry with a marketing engine to help them with lead generation, sales and branding for their products and services.”

Schwartz cites several ways the company is expanding its promotional opportunities. The first is by increasing the number of advertising vehicles. The second is by tapping into the company’s vast archive of content to supply clients with webinars and whitepapers that will optimize lead generation. And the third is by offering Bundled Advertising Options that enable clients to utilize multiple media channels at reduced rates for maximum exposure.

Tech Transfer Central now has seven outlets that advertisers can leverage to support their marketing efforts. The company’s e-mail, website and e-newsletter advertising are now complemented by webinar management or sponsorship, white paper sponsorship, and a highly trafficked job listing page where universities and companies can advertise job openings. In addition, customized and bundled advertising and promotion options are available to meet a company’s needs and supply the design and production support needed to execute on a successful marketing campaign. View the media kit.

High-quality targeted content is an integral part of the marketing strategy for most companies. Tech Transfer Central has answered that need with two new programs – custom webinars and custom white papers. In addition to managing your webinar, we can tap into our vast industry expertise to help our advertisers develop program topics as well as line up the speakers and provide top-notch back-end support with our in-house webinar team. Tech Transfer Central also has the content and editorial expertise to develop white papers for companies on the topic of their choice. Co-branding can also be leveraged by webinar and white paper advertisers, which can result in higher performance campaigns to Tech Transfer Central’s loyal subscriber lists, which reach more than 150,000 top-level decision makers in the research commercialization community.

For more information on the advertising and sponsorship options offered by Tech Transfer Central, visit TechTransferCentral.com or download our media kit.

Contact:

Susan Woodard

Tech Transfer Central

Telephone: 877.729.0959 Ext. 105

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Huddle wins at UK Tech Awards 2013 and Alastair Mitchell, CEO, named one of Computer Weeklys Ten Rising Stars

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San Francisco, California (PRWEB) December 07, 2013

Huddle, the cloud content collaboration supplier, has continued its award success as the company received the award for “Emerging Star of the Year” at the UK Tech Awards 2013. In addition, the company’s CEO Alastair Mitchell has been selected as one of Computer Weekly’s “Ten Rising Stars” at the publication’s CW Tech 50 Awards.

Huddle’s latest accolades follow on from a series of recent award wins. These include ‘Supplier of the Year’ at Computer Weekly’s European User Awards for Enterprise Software, Gold Stevie Award Winner in the Business / Government category, Bronze Stevie Winner in the Computer Services category, and the Markie award for “Metrics that Matter”. The company was also shortlisted as a finalist for the UK IT Industry Awards 2013 and the SuperNova Awards 2013.

“To win at the UK Tech Awards and then have Alastair named as one of Computer Weekly’s ten rising stars is a real honor and it’s great that all the hard work we’re doing at Huddle is being recognized by so many people,” says Chris Boorman, CMO, Huddle. “We’re transforming the way that people work, giving them technology needed to work effectively across departments, teams and organizations, rather than just within them. Huddle brings teams that are working together into one secure, central environment that can be accessed from any location, on any device.”

Founded in 2006, Huddle now has offices in London, San Francisco, New York and Washington. It was co-founded by Alastair Mitchell and Andy McLoughlin when they became frustrated with the existing enterprise technology’s inability to help people work together. Through their leadership, Huddle has raised in excess of $ 40 million in funding and is now used by more than 100,000 enterprise and government organizations worldwide. Globally recognized brands such as Panasonic Europe, Grant Thornton, P&G, Kia Motors and Unilever, as well as 80% of central UK government departments, use Huddle to share and work on content with teams inside and outside of their organizations.

Huddle’s next generation content collaboration platform was developed to tackle key problems in the enterprise: security being compromised, content overwhelming enterprise, legacy software failing to cope, leading to failed deployments and making it difficult to work together.

About Huddle

Huddle provides next generation content collaboration for government and enterprises. Its patent-pending intelligent technology ensures relevant content is delivered directly to Huddle users, with no need to search. Business units of any size work more efficiently by huddling together within a secure cloud service accessed via web browsers, desktop or mobile devices. Co-headquartered in London and San Francisco and with offices in New York City, Huddle’s customers include 80 percent of Fortune 500 and 80 percent of UK government departments, as well as companies such as Kia Motors, Unilever and P&G. The company is privately held and backed by leading venture capital firms in the US and Europe.

More information can be found at http://www.huddle.com