Tech Town, NC

In an updated to the last post, Lulu PR has confirmed rumors that they have acquired weRead. Lulu would not release details of the transaction but said it was more strategically motivated than monetarily (presumably, though, their strategy does include money…). Anyway, they went on to describe the move as for the “benefit [...]

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Morrisville based Lulu.com has partnered with Bangalore, India startup Ugenie and their flagship application weRead. Ugenie’s facebook app, iRead, has over 1 million users on facebook according to their website (though facebook puts them at 552,687 active users at the moment, still none too shabby). The facebook app, and similar apps on other [...]

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One of the brightest lights of the local tech scene, Shoeboxed.com, just celebrated its 1st birthday on Thursday, July 24. Kudos to the team of Taylor Mingos, Dan Englander, and the rest of those happy warriors over in Durham. In just 12 months they’ve established themselves as a thoroughly useful service with some [...]

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Tim Simmons of the New & Observer has a good piece today on iPhone apps developed by local companies and hobbyists that goes to show just how broad the app store’s appeal is.
The most notable app of the bunch is Twitterific developed by Iconfactory in Greensboro. The straightforward Twitter management tool has exploded in [...]

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I’d missed the last few Social entrepreneur meetups with vacation and work, but I’m glad I attended this one. We were treated to four strong presentations and lots of new faces. The crowd continues to diversify in all respects, most notably in terms of age, attracting a larger share of more mature entrepreneurs [...]

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This is not breaking news, but one of the Triangle’s most successful tech startups, Motricity, is moving their headquarters at the American Tobacco Campus in Durham for the greener pastures of Bellevue, Washington. Motricity has been both a symbol of the kind of success tech companies can have in the Triangle area, and of [...]

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Ryan Allis, the Triangle area wunderkind, iContact CEO, and host of some of the best meetups in the land wants to add another item to his resume – Bestselling Author. Ryan’s written a book called “Zero to One Million” about how he built a company (two companies actually) to the level of $1 million [...]

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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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