Startup Endless Entertainment to help companies create epic events

Named one of the “Coolest College Startups in America” by Inc. Magazine, named one of the top five Facebook pages for Small Businesses in the world by Social Media Examiner, recognized by national news media for their epicness, two-time ASU Edson Student Entrepreneurship Initiative award winner and now a MAC6 incubee, founder and president Will … Read more

Crown brothers, co-founders of Insight Enterprises, to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at 2013 Governor’s Celebration of Innovation

The Arizona Technology Council and Arizona Commerce Authority announced that Eric J. Crown, co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of Tempe Arizona-based Insight Enterprises, and his brother Timothy A. Crown, co-founder and current Chairman of the Board, will be presented with the “OneNeck IT Services People’s Choice Lifetime Achievement Award” during the 2013 Governor’s Celebration of Innovation … Read more

12 startup software cos. into semifinal round of ACA Arizona Innovation Challenge

The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) today announced its 25 semifinalists in the Fall 2013 Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC), a bi-annual business plan competition that awards the most money in the country for a technology commercialization challenge. The ACA awards $3 million annually — $1.5 million in the spring and $1.5 million in the fall — … Read more

Get inspired at TEDx Tucson 2013 – Coming Dec. 6th

Get your creative juices flowing at TEDx Tucson! This gathering is an incubator for great ideas and a perfect opportunity to meet people who are doing interesting and inspiring things, and a way to explore the interconnectivity that joins us. TEDx Tucson will hold their 4th annual event Friday, December 6th at 8pm at the Rialto Theater. This event … Read more

Lions, Tigers and Fractions – UofA releases AnimalWatch app to help kids build math skills

The University of Arizona recently released their mobile version of AnimalWatch, a Web-based pre-algebra program to help students build math skills as they learn about endangered and invasive species around the world. AnimalWatch was originally designed to help visually impaired children build math skills and now it has evolved into a mobile application. The program … Read more

Sapphire of my eye, Apple expands manufacturing to Mesa with GT Advanced Technologies in $578M deal

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and the Arizona Commerce Authority announced today that Apple Inc. will open a manufacturing facility in the former First Solar facility to produce the sapphire materials in partnership with GT Advanced Technologies Inc. for Apples’ electronics. GT Advanced Technology (GT) is known for innovative crystal growth equipment and solutions for the … Read more

AZ Tech CEOs honored as 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2013

Clate Mask, co-founder and CEO of Infusionsoft, and Jim Tuton, Founder & CEO of American Traffic Solutions (ATS), were recognized as two of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2013 at the Goldman Sachs Builders + Innovators Summit in Marana, Arizona. The private event brought together emerging and seasoned entrepreneurs from a diverse set of … Read more

Startup Ensure Billing aimed to help family members with autism

After her nephew was diagnosed with autism and had to deal with all of the paperwork and billing needed for services for him through her H.O.P.E. Group foundation, founder Ann Monahan discovered a need in the market for a practice management system designed for special needs services and put her 30 years of experience with … Read more

Gadgets for the Guru

The SOUNDCHUCK by PUMA is an innovative Bluetooth wireless speaker inspired by the martial arts. This device features two circular speakers connected by a cord, designed to mimic nunchucks. The speakers have magnets to allow users to connect the two together. It has a battery life of up to six hours and charges via micro-USB … Read more

LG G2 -Tech Review

The AZTB gadget review team is back at it with smartphones, and this time we bring you the LG G2. We know that the tech world is buzzing with new gadgets and gizmos and we’re here to give you some good and not so good features of the LG G2 to help simplify it for you. Our … Read more