New co-working space The Office Pile caters to Hispanic/Latino startups

Co-working spaces have been popping up all over Arizona to accommodate our growing number of entrepreneurs and small businesses. A recently opened co-working space, The Office Pile (TOP), particularly caters to the Hispanic/Latino entrepreneurial community and offers a unique twist of artistry. For TOP founder and CEO Francisco Aguirre, this workspace doubles as an art … Read more

OnPik – new social media app embeds tweets into photos

OnPik, a new mobile app and social networking community, announced availability in public beta on Android in the Google Play Store and at www.onpik.com. In its first release, OnPik allows consumers to view, create, share and communicate about Tweets embossed on photos. OnPik delivers additional context, creativity, and personalization to Tweets, fostering increased viral reach … Read more

Weekend reads: Failing, sleeping and have your cake and eat it too

Has one of your ideas ever seemed like a good one at the time…until things went bad, your company lost money, and you lost face? So what did you learn? Author Megan McArdle says that most schools teach kids the basics but there’s no ‘How to Deal with Failure’ instruction, even though that’s something that … Read more

USA Today's Jefferson Graham and EVB Live shine the light on AZ startup scene – video

This week USA Today tech correspondent, host and producer of USA TODAY’s Talking Tech video series and author Jefferson Graham, spent time with AZ Tech Beat checking out local incubators such as SeedSpot and interviewing many thriving startups who showed off their gadgets for extreme sports, mobile technology, edu tech and more. As Graham discovered, there are pros and … Read more

Scottsdale's nettime solution acquired by Paychex

Scottsdale’s nettime solutions LLC, a cloud-based time and attendance software, announced that is has been acquired for an undisclosed amount by Paychex, Inc., the leading payroll, human resource and benefits outsourcing provider for small- to medium-sized businesses. According to Paychex President and CEO Martin Mucci, nettime solutions’ “development expertise” is a perfect partnership for Paychex’s outstanding customer service solutions. nettime … Read more

Beat summer boredom with a bunny, a buffoon and balloons

School’s out for the summer which means family outings and long trips in the car are already scheduled for the rest of the season. Luckily, iPhones come to the rescue to make the car’s backseat more bearable for your little ones. If you’re looking for another game to add to their arsenal, there’s a new … Read more

Pure Chat unveils pricing plans for popular live chat service

Pure Chat, a popular live support and sales software, announced to its users that the company will introduce a pricing plan beginning September 1, 2014. In a newsletter from the company, Founder Pure Chat Hamid Shojaee explained that the fees will help the company invest in improvements to the live chat software. [youtube]http://youtu.be/QojVN5orj2M[/youtube] Shojaee assured … Read more

Local Motors presented at first-ever White House Maker Faire

Local Motors, Inc., a Chandler, AZ company and the world’s leading open-source hardware innovation company, was part of the first-ever White House Maker Faire, June 18, 2014. In February 2014 the White House announced its intent to celebrate America’s students and entrepreneurs who are inventing the future. The event took place at the White House … Read more

SpyFu Disrupts SEO by finding the best inbound links via keyword

Rankings. Marketers and SEO experts lose sleep on how to get their clients’ and their company’s website ranked higher on Google or to the top of a page one search. Yes there are tools out there that offer a comprehensive report, ranking capabilities and the ability to see all the links from whatever domain you plug-in-but … Read more