ASU-Based Journalists of News21 Launch Online Access to Election Fraud Database

This Summer, multimedia journalism students in the esteemed Carnegie-Knight News21 program gathered at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication to create a multimedia journalism project on voting rights, which included an exhaustive nationwide analysis of 2,068 alleged election fraud cases since 2000. The students compiled an online database of the alleged fraud cases, which is currently … Read more

Scottsdale-based Symmetry Software Takes the Nightmare out of Payroll and Taxes

The last thing on a business executive’s mind should be how to accurately pay their employees. Trying to crunch the numbers and use tiresome tax tables can be tedious and ineffective. Many different factors are involved including Federal and State tax, Social Security and Medicare taxes. Symmetry Software was founded in 1984 by Tom Reahard … Read more

Mobile App Developers Poke Fun At Airport TSA With New Game For iPad

Taken a flight recently? If so, can you remember the extensive process it took getting through the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) line? The process: make sure you don’t have any liquids over 3.4 ounces, make sure all liquids and gels are in a 1-quart clear zip-top bag, take your laptop, tablet, smartphone, keys, and coins … Read more

Local University Student Launches Useful Service to Conjoin With Social Media Site

What social media site has over 500 million active users, handles over 1.6 billion search queries per day, and is often called the “SMS of the Internet”? If you guessed Twitter, you’re right! So that means, if you guessed anything else . . . you’re wrong! Launched in July of 2006, Twitter has risen to … Read more

Hard Dollar Makes Sure You Don't Lose Unnecessary Cash During Construction

Real estate development is risky business. It certainly adopts the idea that, “it takes money to make money.” Whether it be the construction of a low-grade office building, or a master planned project for a mixed-use, high-density urban area (much like Kierland Commons or Scottsdale Quarter right here in AZ Tech Beat’s backyard), it takes … Read more

Scottsdale-based Appointment-Plus Takes The Telephone Tag Out Of Scheduling Appointments

In a world where essentially anything can be purchased, booked, or viewed online, it can be an annoying process when you’re trying to schedule an appointment with a local business that doesn’t have similar online scheduling / purchasing capabilities that you may be used to. The company you’re trying to reach is only open between … Read more

AZ Furnace: An Innovative Startup Accelerator Founded By The State’s Premiere Research Institutions

The trend towards startup incubation is heating up in the Valley. AZ Furnace is the newest player to hit the scene, and they bring some heavy-hitting talent and resources. They are founded by local industry mentors and bring the likes of Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and Dignity Health alongside. These research partners will … Read more

Scottsdale-based Axosoft is a Small Tech Company with Big Culture

  Like his company, CEO Hamid Shojaee packs a bigger punch that he lets on. Standing next to him, you get the impression that his ideas are probably much bigger than he is, and that’s just fine for companies like Verifone, Lego, 3M and even NASA. That’s because these companies use Axosoft OnTime to plan … Read more