E-bikes zoom through Super Bowl XLIX

If you’ve seen dozens of people effortlessly zooming by on bicycles at this week’s Super Bowl festivities fear not, they are not Tour cyclists showing off. They’re probably riding one of EVantage USA’s Polaris electric bicycles. EVantage teamed up with former Cleveland Brown’s running back Jim Brown and his charity Amer-I-can. Amer-I-Can helps individuals meet … Read more

Find a beer, sandwich and Tiger Woods at PHX Open with this app

Co-written by Tishin Donkersley, M.A. and video contribution Thomas Hawthorne  If you missed a PGA tour player sink that amazing put because you were looking down at the Waste Management Phoenix Open mobile app to find your next beer, not all was lost. The new improved app has a new “Take Me There” GPS tracking feature … Read more

Tech cos. show their stoke for Super Bowl XLIX – VIDEO

Video & photo contribution from Thomas Hawthorne As the Super Bowl gears up and the entire Valley is buzzing, we checked in with some tech companies in Arizona, YELP, Weebly & Yodle, on how they are getting hyped for the big game. [youtube]http://youtu.be/Vo-jqrp37Jo[/youtube] YELP As Scottsdale Fan Fest kicks off at Fashion Square, the folks … Read more

Valley prepares for Super Bowl upload haboob

Nachos? Check. Drinks? Check. High-density secure wireless network to help upload every Tweet, Instagram picture and Facebook post? Check. This year’s Super Bowl will put the Valley to the ultimate test as an estimated 100,000 visitors and their smartphones arrive to watch the big game. Cities have been preparing for the Super Bowl for months … Read more

Waste Management Phoenix Open turns into one giant hot spot

Golf fans attending the 2015 Waste Management Phoenix Open can selfie and upload with speed  during tournament with help from additional cell towers and Wi-Fi hotspots. This year Cox Business has turned the entire golf course into one giant Wi-Fi hot spot. They also added more than a dozen new Wi-Fi wireless access points between the 16th and … Read more

MRAM manufacturer Everspin closes $29 million Series B

Chandler-based MRAM manufacturer Everspin Technologies Inc. closed on a $29 million Series B round after more investors joined in the round. Everspin’s added two more investors, GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Western Digital Capital, to reach the $29 million finish line. The other investors in the deal include New Venture Partners, Lux Capital, Sigma Partners, Epic Ventures, and Draper … Read more

Air Force promotes STEM edu with full-motion simulator at Fan Fest Scottsdale

Video contribution Thomas Hawthorne Flying through the desert at high speed, jumping out of an airplane then taking off on a dirt bike to a remote location to launch a drone strike. This isn’t an XBox game, it’s the Rapid Strike full-motion flight simulator the Air Force brought for the public at Fan Fest Scottsdale. [youtube]http://youtu.be/4HuuIFeKSTw[/youtube] Watch … Read more

Online rep goes beyond the hashtag – video

If your Twitter profile picture for your startup or business is still the egg, then you’re doing social media wrong. In today’s growing world of social media you’ll want to make sure your online reputation is popping and at this month’s AZ Tech Beat Lunch and Learn panel you’ll want to pay attention. During the … Read more

Phoenix Children's Hospital patients give Infusionsoft two thumbs up

Fist pumps, huge smiles and thumbs up were a plenty at Infusionsoft’s Pro Bowl event where patients from Phoenix Children’s Hospital (PCH) interacted with former NFL players, an astronaut and received a trip to the 2015 Pro Bowl. Infusionsoft, creator of the leading sales and marketing software for small businesses, didn’t hold back on this … Read more

Software cos. win big at ACA Innovation Challenge

There’s no secret that software companies are bubbling up in the Valley and making headway in the Arizona tech space. Today, software companies from around the state dominated the ACA Innovation Challenge winner circle. Today, the Arizona Commerce Authority announced its six winning companies in the Fall 2014 Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC) awarding each $250,000 to … Read more