A 9-5 workday just isn’t what it used to be—especially for entrepreneurs and small businesses when it comes to getting work done. The day-to-day needs and lifestyle for this demographic are a little different than the average office worker, so why should they expect to work in the same ho-hum environment? Co-working spaces are becoming … Read more
Tesla Motors, an American car company that designs, manufactures, and sells electric vehicles, recently saw an increase in their stock price due to an announcement made by Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk about their philosophy of patent sharing. Tesla Motors’ stock rose Monday morning after last week’s announcement of their new open source philosophy to their patents. Tesla’s stock … Read more
Startup Mobile Safe Case, a device or case that allows you to lock up your personal items via smartphone, announced today the closing of their first round of funding of $175,000 from an undisclosed Arizona-based hedge fund. CEO Justin Zastrow tells AZTB that the money will “…allow us to source and deliver our to-go-market product … Read more
The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) announced today their 10 finalists for its Spring 2014 Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC), a competition where recipients could win up to $250,000 in grant funding capital to grow their business. Twice a year, the ACA awards $1.5 million to innovative, early-stage AZ startups from industries such as IT, bio and … Read more
Still looking for that last minute gift for dad? I’ve got a few suggestions for the tech savvy dad on-the-go. We have all these gadgets and more on our Gadget for the Guru section. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKtEbFzmEmI&list=UU7bzyiijcVHA8JwuIL15mxQ&feature=share[/youtube] Portable power – for the dad with the mobile devices, portable power is a must have. Some of the devices … Read more
Local high school robotics teams let Phoenix Comicon goers sneak a peak at their battle-ready robot creations throughout the weekend. These teams get to build, design and battle their robots in local and national competitions. The students are associated with the program FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) which inspires student interest in science and … Read more
The Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI) is holding their annual Ready Set Launch! summer entrepreneurial experience from June 23-27, which brings together high school juniors and seniors from all over the Valley to learn about entrepreneurship as a viable career option. From conception to pitch, students form groups and take a hands-on approach to develop … Read more
Organizing a big group of students traveling domestically or abroad can be difficult and may end up being a logistical nightmare, but with startup EXP Trips, users now have a simplified, mainstreamed, and technological method of planning a trip to their desired foreign destination. Founder of EXP Trips, Jake Pfeiffer, realized that there was an … Read more
Have you had trouble accessing sites like Feedly and Evernote? Well, you can thank an annoying onslaught of DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks for that. Not to be confused with a hacking attempt, DDoS attacks, simply put, are when a wide-range group of attackers flood servers of a targeted website with so much traffic that legitimate … Read more
The Hacktivist group Anonymous launched its latest attack against sponsors of the FIFA World Cup 2014 as well as the Government of Brazil to protest the lavish spending of the event and treatment of local World Cup protesters. To date they have engaged in a DDoS attack against the World Cup site and sponsors such as … Read more