Its warm, its hot, and its intolerable. We’ve heard these phrases every time summer comes around in Arizona. Here at AZTB, we have a few gadgets to make summer just a little bit better. Dyson Cool Fan Are you sick of the noise your fan makes at home? The Dyson Cool Fan is … Read more
Swiftpage, a leading provider of integrated marketing and CRM solutions for individuals, growing businesses and mobile sales team, announced they entered into an agreement to sell the whole entirety of its Saleslogix assets to Infor, a leading provider of business application software and cloud services serving more than 70,000 customers. Financials were not disclosed. Saleslogix’ … Read more
Curl up inside or wherever you’ll be this weekend with a few books to spark your business mind. Here are some of AZ Tech Beat’s suggestions on uplifting reads that can make the gloomy skies seem like a tranquil facade. You were this close to getting what you wanted. That big raise, the promotion; it … Read more
Internships with hat designers, ski manufacturers, film and designs school and community organizations is one way 14-year-old Logan LaPlante approached learning. Today at the Arizona Innovation Summit, this teen, known for his TEDx Talk with over 6M views on You Tube, discussed his concept of Hackschooling and how to stay happy and healthy while you learn. … Read more
Flagstaff’s own accelerator NACET is growing at such a fast rate they are needing a bigger nest for their startups and small businesses. This week, they broke ground on a new 28,000 square-foot facility which will house office space, bio labs, conference space and more. NACET President Annette Zinky said, “NACET and the entrepreneurial community are thrilled that the City … Read more
Co-founders and brothers Tim and Sean Holladay are on a roll and scooping up wins from SXSW V2V and now the latest from Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO) 2014 Event Innovation Battlefield. SISO is a group of influential companies, corporations and other for-profit entities that own, produce or provide full service management for trade … Read more
Ever co-worked with your Mayor? Today City of Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton along with Phoenix Councilman Daniel Valenzuela and Valley entrepreneurs pulled up a chair for CO+HOOTS 4th birthday and co-worked with the community. This well-known co-working space located in downtown Phoenix on 11th and Washington, celebrated their day at the Clarendon Hotel with an … Read more
What could be better than a robot that protects your home from break-ins? Arizona-based Roambotics took home a win from the Proto Labs Cool Idea! Award for their personal robot, Jr., as well as $65,000 of injected mold parts. Jr., an autonomous mobile sensor platform, performs security monitoring. It is always actively monitoring an environment for … Read more
The other day I mulled over how many websites I have actually “logged into” and the number is daunting. From my personal banking to my New York Times subscription, I have probably logged into hundreds of websites. Some are as simple as logging in with the help of Facebook, where others require the dreaded six … Read more
Could the government benefit from enabling open data? Next month, this will be the hot topic at Code for America’s Open Data Roadshow. Local government officials, city managers, technologists, area experts and open data evangelists will have a chance to put their noggins to work to help their community and brainstorm ideas about open data. Code for America … Read more