AZ Tech Beat is proud to bring you the latest from our startup community and share exciting news from our thriving technology ecosystem. Take a look at some of Arizona’s latest startups we’ve been following in our slideshow Startup Roundup Spotlight – a social network-based people and project management (PPM) tool designed for today’s entrepreneurs looking … Read more
With a love of horse racing, the founders of EquiSight turned a student project into a revolutionary way to enhance a spectator’s experience by putting them in the saddle with their Ride to Race® technology. Their vision to develop a virtual presence video solution for live sports, entertainment, and consumers is now a reality. They combined the … Read more
The founders of Metropia have launched Smartrek a traffic demand management app that can predict vehicular traffic flows using real-time traffic data and predictive algorithm to provide travelers with the clearest routes and future departure times to help alleviate traffic congestion and pollution citywide. Users of the apps can earn credit for items by choosing … Read more
Ever wanted to hang out with friends, but weren’t sure who was available? Instead of sending out that dreaded mass text, Stephen Ost, founder of Ufree, wants to make it even easier to find out which of your friends are available to hang out the moment you open the app. Ost is a graduate of … Read more
The Arizona Technology Council and the Arizona Commerce Authority, this week, announced Individual Award winners and Company Award finalists for the 2013 Governor’s Celebration of Innovation awards (GCOI) presented by Avnet, Inc. Awards are given to companies and individuals whose passion and commitment are helping Arizona thrive and grow their ecosystem. “The GCOI awards honor … Read more
When film critics David Edelstein of NPR, Dana Stevens of Slate or Kenneth Turan of Los Angeles Times talk, the public listens, but does the audience always agree? How many times have you read a review about a movie and felt that the more popular film critics were just wrong? I mean, what do critics really … Read more
AudioEye, Inc. the Tucson-based creator of the Audio Internet ™ has gone public and will expand their coverage in the field of automated Internet. The company broke away from its parent company CMG Holdings Group last August after being acquired just two years before and is now trading on the OTCQB, an over-the-counter stock market, … Read more
After being cramped in a 900-square foot facility for over three years, Xerocraft, a Tucson-based, non-profit, co-working space for makers and tinkerers are stretching their legs and moving into about a 4,400 square foot facility in downtown Tucson to accommodate their growing numbers and equipment. Jeremy Briddle, Xerocraft’s treasurer, shares the milestones leading up to … Read more
AudioEye (AEYE.OB) the creator of Audio Internet™ is a patented Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) audio browsing and automated publishing technology platform that works to enable Internet access for the blind and visually impaired. This year AudioEye was voted Gold Edison Award winner for innovation in the category of “Lifestyle and Social Impact; Quality of Life.” This concept … Read more
Post.Bid.Ship. recently closed its third round of angel funding, getting a little over $600,000 from Desert Angels, according to Chairman Curtis Gunn. These funds will help expand the business of linking companies with shippers, co-founder and chief operations officer Jarret Hamstreet said. The Tucson-based company is looking to transform how the shipping business is conducted … Read more