Mashable’s worldwide celebration Social Media Day is making its way to back to Phoenix (#SMDayPhx) Saturday, June 28, for an evening that will leave you knee deep in tweets, selfies and LinkedIn requests stuffing your inbox. You’ll get the chance to sip cocktails and cool off with frozen treats alongside social media experts, enthusiasts and … Read more
You might have seen one of these Google Street View cars roaming your neighborhood or recently used the Street View map search to envision exactly where you need to go. The technology behind Street View involves lasers bouncing off surfaces to compute distance, 360-degree panoramic views, stitching all the photos together using special algorithm processing … Read more
The United States went through a drastic change in 2008, when the stock market and entire economy had a major decline, leading to a nation-wide recession. Fast forward to present time, 2014 has already got off to a good start. Forbes just announced the 20 fastest growing cities in the United States. Fastest growing cities … Read more
ViaWest, the leading colocation, managed services, and cloud provider in North America, has announced the opening of its latest data center in Phoenix. The data center has been engineered with the latest in UPS power equipment and energy-efficient cooling systems to support both production and disaster recovery. ViaWest is one of the few providers in the market … Read more
Article by contributing author Nicki Escudero Even doctors need a little help sometimes when it comes to healthy meal planning. In addition to being an OBGYN with Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix and a resident professor with the University of Arizona, Dr. Candice Wood is also a busy mother of young children—not exactly … Read more
Photo by: Carlos Samano, GateWay Community College The Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation, Arizona’s latest startup incubator, held its grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on the morning of March 7 at GateWay Community College in Phoenix. The new incubator is based at the community college and hopes to differentiate itself from other incubators in the Valley by … Read more
According to Dice.com and their Dice Salary Survey, Phoenix was noted as one of the top five growing markets for technology salary growth in the country-with a 12 percent increase for the average annual salary of $83,600. While applicants race to grab up those positions, some have concerns if their skills will add up and … Read more
For those who own or manage commercial property, poor energy efficiency equates to a direct loss in revenue. Unfortunately, while they would like to identify and repair these inefficiencies, hiring a contractor to perform an energy audit generally takes several weeks and can cost upwards of $10,000, not to mention the cost of actually implementing … Read more
Back in 2011, Aaron Packer (a Phoenix native) began dabbling in mobile app development simply as a hobby. However, after completing and polishing up a new app ready for the Android market, Tablet Talk, quickly turned his once hobby into a full time job. Tablet Talk is a SMS text messaging application for Android tablets … Read more
Spotlight Software is a new technology startup in the Phoenix area. With their official launch this Friday, they will be offering a SaaS based program called Spotlight People & Project Manager that can be used to manage remote project teams, particularly in the software development industry. They describe the service as “project management goes social”. … Read more