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UnLtd USA’s Third Social Venture Class Targets Education, Healthcare
Entrepreneurs in the Austin, TX-based UnLtd USA accelerator’s third startup class seek to have an impact around the globe. The five ventures aim to address underemployment in Haiti and Nepal, women’s...
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CD Changer: Meet Chris Wheeler, Murfie’s New CEO
[Updated 2/5/16 5:12 pm. See below.] Murfie, the online music market that will convert your collection of compact discs and vinyl records into high-quality digital audio files, has made some changes...
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Digital Health, Mobility Startups Among Focus for Hatch Finalists
[Updated, 5:56 pm. See below] Austin — The organizers of the Hatch Pitch startup competition announced Thursday the finalists for this year’s contest to be held next month. [An earlier version of this...
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Trading Quality for Ease: Confessions of an Earbud Junkie
This is the story of a reawakening. I’ve come home to the world of real home stereo sound, after too many years hooked on music trickling through smartphone earbuds and devices with small, crappy...
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No Stairway (Infringement) and the Importance of Shared Design Tools in...
Led Zeppelin just won a major copyright case defending against infringement claims from the estate of Randy California—songwriter for the band Spirit. At first listen, the opening guitar part of...
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Austin VR Gaming Startup Owlchemy Brings in $5M from Investors
Austin—Virtual reality startup Owlchemy Labs has raised $5 million in Series A funding from investors such as Qualcomm Ventures, The Venture Reality Fund, HTC, Colopl Next, and Capital Factory. The...
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Boston Tech: Autism Funding, Acacia Soars, 3D-Printed Violin & More
This week in Boston tech highlights, we’ve got funding for an autism technology startup, Wall Street showing lots of love for the area’s only tech IPO of 2016, the expansion of a local coding...
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ReplyYes Raises $6.5M for ‘Conversational Commerce’ Platform
Seattle-based startup ReplyYes, which lets people buy things via text message, has raised $6.5 million and landed a major customer, Universal Music Group, for its conversational commerce platform. The...
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The Time I Jammed to Foo Fighters With Bullhorn CEO Art Papas
After a frustrating day at work, we’ve all probably felt the urge to blow off steam by belting out our favorite song or banging on the drums. Employees at Bullhorn can do that without leaving the...
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Bullhorn CEO Talks Tech Unicorns, Voice Interfaces, & A.I. Hype
Last week, Xconomy published a story about how I jammed with Bullhorn CEO Art Papas in the music room at his software company’s downtown Boston headquarters. Hard-hitting journalism, I know. But our...
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Fuzic Combines Music and On-Demand Marketing to Engage Customers
Before Brent Oakley co-founded Fuzic, an Indianapolis-based marketing technology startup, he owned carwashes. He wanted to make his customers happy, so he installed cafes in his carwashes, hoping that...
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Five Questions For … Houston Medical Device Investor Larry Lawson
Houston—Houston entrepreneur Larry Lawson started out his professional life immersed in the groovy melodies of the mid- to late 1960s. Lawson was part of an East Texas “sunshine pop” band that...
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As Architects Adopt VR, Acentech Adds Sound Simulations to the Mix
Architects are starting to embrace virtual reality as a tool for showing clients what their future buildings could look like. Now, Acentech wants to integrate audio simulations so they can hear what...
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Apple Confirms Acquisition of Early Music-Tech Startup Shazam
As a tech startup that uses an algorithm to help people find out what song is playing on the radio, Shazam is a business its co-founders say was ahead of its time in 2000—so much so that they...
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Six Useful Things You Can Do With Your New Smart Speaker
TL;DR: It’s time to buy a smart speaker. They’re ridiculously cheap—$30 for the Amazon Echo Dot, and $29 for the Google Home Mini—and increasingly powerful. It will be a long time before they’re as...
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After Quiet Deal, Music Therapy Startup Sync Project Now Part of Bose
A quick update on an intriguing Boston startup: Sync Project, which said on its blog that it is “developing music as precision medicine,” has been acquired by audio giant Bose. The deal was quietly...
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LUM Wins Startup Pitch Contest, Earns Shot at Silicon Valley VCs
Live Undiscovered Music, a Madison, WI-based startup whose software helps users discover new music and share it with friends, captured first place in one of the state’s more closely watched pitch...
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LÜM’s Music Discovery App Aims to Help Emerging Artists Find Fans
The music streaming wars are far from over. While big players like Spotify, Apple, and Amazon fight to make their music apps the go-to option for listening to the latest hit tracks from well-known...
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Austin’s Media Tech Incubator Readies for First Group of Startups
Austin—An incubator for startups that are developing a media product is in its final week of accepting applications.Called Collective, the incubator is focused on startups that are working on...
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Peter Gabriel Joins Net@50 Lineup; Tix Going Fast for July 16 Event
Legendary rock musician and longtime internet evangelist Peter Gabriel has joined the all-star cast of speakers for Net@50, a historic event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first net...
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