NearVerse, a proximity Internet company based in New York City has launched itsLoKast3.0 iOS app today, which allows users to connect, message and share media with each other directly within a “social browser” when in a shared location over WiFi, 3G, and Bluetooth. Boris Bogatin, NearVerse’s CEO explains proximity Internet in contrast to the upload-and-download-based realities of the past. Bogatin believes that LoKast 3.0 is the first mobile app service to holistically address the proximity Internet needs, and to set the stage for rapid emergence of this critical mobile market....

Gmail users nowhave the optionof previewing messages in their inbox using a Gmail Labs feature called Preview Pane. It may be familiar to those who have accessed Gmail via a mobile app, but now it’s coming to standard Web browsers too. – Go into yourGmail settingsand enable the ‘Preview Pane’ from theLabstab, and then you’ll see a toggle button in the top right. This will give you the option of switching between previews and ‘list’ views....

If there was ever anantithesis to Silicon Valley, it is the area around Omaha, Nebraska that is known as Silicon Prairie. With a midwest work ethic, an aversion to huge risks and a down-to-earth attitude, Nebraska tends to see things a bit differently than elsewhere in the world. It was on my visit to the area,for Big Omaha, that I found out about some of the challenges that startups in Omaha are facing....

Next time you catch a cab in New York City, it might be an electric Mustang Mach-E. Yes, folks, Ford’s mass-market EV will dress in yellow and join the city’s iconic taxi ranks. What’s happening? The Mustangwill jointhe electric taxi fleet of EV startupGravity, which is already planning to deploy a Tesla Model Y as well. The company hopes to have a fleet of at least 50 electric vehicles, comprised of both Mach-Es and Model Ys....

The Super Bowl is fast approaching and hotel rooms in the Dallas/Fort Worth metro area are in high demand. Don’t be the guy who fumbles his Super Bowl travel plans by packing in with 4 buddies at the Motel Six or settles for a Holiday Inn Express in Waco, Texas, 96 miles from the stadium. iStopOveris a new Canadian based start-up with hotel alternatives in all price ranges that leverages the power of the Internet to connect people with housing options, similar to its more well known U....