Thomas Edwards is a Professional Wingman and “serial lovepreneur.” While researching our recent list ofBoston area startups you need to know about, I discovered the man known as Boston’s Hitch. After a trip to SXSW in March 2009, a friend of Edwards asked him to be his wingman, and in return for his services he paid for his drinks. The experience sparked a value proposition in Edwards and he jumpstarted his business online....
All the buzz over the last week has been about Google + but without a way for brands to engage there yet, it’s Facebook that still gets most of their attention in the social space. Now that Facebook pages have been live for a couple of years who are the biggest brands on the platform in terms of likes and what sorts of campaigns and apps running on their pages? The pages on the list are a mixture of brands that people love and have willingly liked as well as brands who are clearly acquiring Likes through large scale Facebook advertising....
Amad Almsaodi grew up in Yemen, moved to the US where he completed his Bachelors degree in Information Systems and an MBA in technology and innovation management, got a job at Boeing and, three years later, gave it all up to create his own business. Amad is now founder and CEO ofAqar Map, a Middle Eastern real estate site which we covered when it firstlaunched, as well as when it underwentsignificant changes....
Twylahis a service, which also offers an automated summary, but only of things thatyoutweet, and it has a very different purpose. Described as giving you the means to create your own ‘brand page,’ Twylah is a great way for websites, products, venues, and even individuals to create one page, which sums up what they’re about. It gives potential followers an instant summary of the topics you tweet the most about, or in other words, your personal trending tweets....
Amid a deep discussion of advanced telemetric robotics last night, NYTimes’Nick Biltonbroke the pace with, “Have you seen the TurtleBot?” But no, oh, marvelous me! I had not seenthe TurtleBot! Yesterday,Willow Garageannounced the botin a company blog post, writing “Get ready for apps on wheels.” The new TurtleBot is a relatively low-cost, personal robot kit with open-source software for hobbyist roboticists. The kit comes in two versions-one for $500 (requires iRobot Create and a laptop) and one for $1,200 (full kit)....
