Tech Town, NC

Greensboro, NC company Gilbarco is teaming up with Google to offer directions via Google Maps displays installed directly into gas pumps. No, this doesn’t mean cheaper, ad-supported gas, but it does mean that the search giant will be more ubiquitous than ever, especially in light of the GPhone platform announcement a few days ago.
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There aren’t many places that celebrate Halloween like our local Chapel Hill, so in honor of the holiday we thought we’d put together a compilation of the best, most notable Halloween logos sprucing up our favorite websites. If you’ve found one of your own, feel free to submit it to us at tips@techtownnc.com.

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One of the few shows that I will actually tolerate ads for is The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. However, Viacom and their $1 billion lawsuit against Google and YouTube made it difficult to find the best and freshest clips from the show.
Up to now the best place to watch these shows […]

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For anyone who read my post last week about life-casting lotto website See Me Win, there is good news. The site, which had been down for some redesigning, will be broadcasting live starting at 10PM tonight. I got a message from one of the site’s founders, Duke grad Breck Yunits, saying that they’ve […]

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Along with the rest of the blogosphere I’m well aware of the good fortune$ of micro-blogging startup Jaiku, and its recent acquisition by Google, so when a press release landed in my inbox today for something called “Joiku,” it caught my eye. The rather odd copy reads thusly:
“Joikusoft Oy Ltd. today announces Joiku.com, a […]

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The social entrepreneur meetup this past Thursday was another success, featuring some presentations and an even broader array of attendees. This meetup was officially the seventh get together organized by Ryan Allis and the iContact crew, and they really seem to be building something worthwhile.
The presenters represented both the social activist side […]

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No one is sure when it will happen, but at this point it’s almost certain Google will announce a mobile device to debut sometime in the next 6 months. Just like everyone else, I’ve read the rumors about what it will do and look like, and what it will mean to Google’s competitors. […]

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Ryan Allis of iContact is organizing the 5th social entrepreneur meetup in the area. This will be my first one but from what I’ve heard they draw a lively crowd. For future reference, the meetups are every other Thursday, from now until there cease to be entrepreneurs in Chapel Hill.

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