The new maker lab at the Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation is making 3-D printing available, enabling rapid — and affordable — prototyping to local entrepreneurs and startup companies. PADT StartUpLabs opened last month with five portable and six larger 3-D printers and SolidWorks computer-aided design (CAD) software, along with hand tools and light power tools to support … [More]
Streamlining Mobile Communication
Extended email and message “conversations” among multiple parties can get chaotic and confusing. Offering a “chatlet” technology designed to clear the clutter, Beerud Sheth has launched the messaging app Teamchat. The platform allows users to create their own app to be able to summarize and organize messages, including collating responses to different questions, customizing … [More]
Maximize Creativity
SparcIt recently launched a new creativity assessment trainer platform — a service geared primarily toward consultants, experts and workshop facilitators looking to improve the performance of their employees. The first platform that measures and improves creativity, the service was previously in beta testing with more than 25,000 use-cases through IO psychologists, consultants … [More]
Gilded Age
Newly released, the Gild Platform is a first-of-its-kind technology that brings together all the elements companies need for hiring, and applies data science, consumer-friendly technologies and predictive analytics to every phase of the talent acquisition process. The Gild Platform automates this routine process and helps recruiters make better and smarter hiring decisions, … [More]
Technology Levels the Playing Field
EZBZ uses technology and the Internet to create a marketplace for businesses that does not hinge on first-page Google placement or the most beautiful website. Consumers go to EZBZ’s site and simply post a query for a product or service, EZBZ identifies and notifies local vendors that offer the product or service via an email or text, and the vendors then have the opportunity to … [More]
The ‘Secret Formula’ of App Success
Applications for mobile devices are proliferating at an almost-exponential rate. Many existing businesses have more than one, and some businesses are created specifically around an app. A study recently released from ASU’s W. P. Carey School of Business applies analytic research to replace the crystal ball, crossed fingers and specific-market research business owners and app … [More]
Low-Tech Meets the Cloud
Rocketbook is a simple paper notebook that, with the help of an iOS app, quickly and accurately captures images of pages and files them in cloud storage. The microwave-safe pages are also compatible with the off-the-shelf Pilot FriXion heat-sensitive pens. This allows users to reuse a Rockebook by erasing it in a microwave oven. Joe Lemay started Rocket Innovations with the … [More]
Real-Time Fraud Protection
Emailage is a fraud prevention company that leverages the only truly global identity — email address — to determine the risk of a transaction. Using its proprietary machine learning algorithms, Emailage delivers an intelligent risk score that does not require the use of sensitive customer data. Since its founding in 2012, the Chandler-based company has tripled revenue year over … [More]
Blink Once to Guard Against Fraud
As millions of Americans fall victim to identity fraud each year, USAA is unveiling its solution to offer its 10.1 million members safety against such theft: biometric recognition. A new USAA app has to recognize a user’s face before allowing access to the individual’s accounts. USAA, which offers banking, investing and insurance services to people and families who serve or … [More]
Paper-to-Digital Software for Law
Addressing the particular needs of the still-paper-intensive legal industry, DocSolid is a software and services company that creates paper-to-digital solutions. President Steve Irons, creator of the company’s intellectual property, explains, “The technology is a patented way to get paper scanned and integrated with existing software solutions and infrastructure like copiers, … [More]
New Platform for CRE Marketing
RealMassive, an open-data commercial real estate platform recently launched in Phoenix, will serve commercial real estate land owners, property managers and leasing agents who want to get marketing information “out to the rest of the world” but have up to now been stymied by existing data systems that have not allowed the information out to the public, explains Joshua McClure, … [More]
Auction Alert
Thanks to a partnership between eBay and Invaluable.com that united the global leader in commerce and technology with the market leader in online live auctions for fine art and collectibles, Invaluable member J. Levine Auction & Appraisal recently experienced an unexpected bidding frenzy over a bronze statue that was originally estimated to be worth between $100 and $300, … [More]
Parking Meters Go App
Using its PaNGoTM platform, Pango Mobile Parking, Ltd., allows drivers to “feed” the meter through the ease of a mobile phone app, to pay for parking at parking meters, add more time from a remote location, track where they parked and also receive discounts from local participating businesses. The service recently debuted in Phoenix. … [More]
Gamification Empowers Employee Incentives Program
Two-plus years ago, when Mountain Park Health Center in Phoenix wanted to find a way to inspire and recognize its 750 employees, executives decided on a gamification approach. This is one of many real-world applications in the expanding trend of using features of games to engage people and influence their behavior. For help with the project, Mountain Park Health Center … [More]
Technology for Networking
Pitching itself as a mobile partner to LinkedIn, Reach offers technology to take online networking offline. The app enables users to locate other professionals based on proximity, industry and job title. Users can customize their option to apply to specific industries or disciplines. The app works as a virtual business card, letting users first identify potential partners in … [More]
Calling All Nerds
Phoenix recently welcomed Minneapolis-based The Nerdery to its tech scene. It is the company’s fourth major market since its founding in 2003. The company with the tongue-in-cheek name has earned numerous recognitions in the ensuing years, including making Inc. Magazine’s list of fastest growing private companies for seven straight years. “We took a long look at several … [More]
Mobile App Ops in B2B Market
Mobile apps have become a hot trend, and while B2C has gotten more saturated, Jay Belfore, co-founder and co-owner as well as software director of Scottsdale-based Widely Interactive, sees a lot of room for growth in B2B. “Mostly, now, they address a specific function,” he says. “Projects are unique to the individual business.” The mobile app should serve at least two … [More]
The FBI’s 10 Internet Safety Tips
Use reliable anti-virus software, and set it to update. Ensure the system’s personal firewall is active. Update patches on operating systems. Use complex passwords, and make sure the system does not have default passwords. Think carefully about information shared on social networking sites. FBI Special Agent Paul Schaaf offers an example of a post not to make public: … [More]
