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DEMO 2008 - simplify your life, and make it Green

The common theme for demos this afternoon is Simplify. These companies take existing products and processes and make them easier and faster.

 

LiquidTalk - Podcast distribution system for mobile phones. The use case demonstrated was a company distributing sales training or product updates to field sales people or tech support people.

 

Zodiac Interactive - Mobile content search for TV. The service, called Zodigo, is a search engine for mobile based multi-media content.

 

Voyant - Do it yourself financial management service. Includes analytics, tools, and community groups.

 

Review2Buy - Product reviews and price comparisons for mobile phones. Text the product name and your zip code to Review2Buy and get back local store locations, prices, and reviews.

 

Acesis - Access Point-Of-Care for healthcare providers. Basically an online patient management system for doctors and health professionals.

 

Blist - Online database modeled on the spreadsheet metaphor. If you can use a spreadsheet you can use Blist to build database applications. Great for sharing data and applications online. No training required. very intuitive.

 

Ecrio - Mobile retail discount coupons. No paper...just carry a Bluetooth enabled scanner device that constantly updates with new discount offers.

 

CellSpinSoft - Use your cell phone to post blogs, video, audio, to web sites and social sites. Great for cell phone power users.

 

FlyPaper - They say it fills the gap between Powerpoint and Flash programming. Build your presentation in FlyPaper and easily add video and images, animations, and special effects.

 

GoldMail - Create email marketing campaigns using the GoldMail composer. GoldMail embeds voice messages, slideshows, and images into an email that can be played in any email client.

 

Sprout - Create rich media widgets for web sites and blogs. Includes tools, templates, widgets...everything you need to build a multimedia widget.

 

Green Plug - A universal power supply for all your electronic devices. There is a chip in the power supply and software in the product that tells the power supply how many watts of power is needed, and automatically shuts off when your battery is fully charged.

 

Celsias - A web site portal "Green" climate change projects. People go to Celsias to create, fund, and participate in global warming projects.

Published Tuesday, January 29, 2008 6:48 PM by Don Dodge

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About Don Dodge

I have been in the software business for more than 20 years. I started my software career with Digital Equipment Corp, aka DEC, in the database group. I worked with 5 software start-ups over the next 12 years. Forte Software was the first multiplatform object oriented development environment. AltaVista was the first search engine on the web. Napster was the first P2P file sharing network. Bowstreet was the first web services development environment. Groove Networks was the first secure P2P collaboration platform. Now I am at Microsoft...the biggest start-up in the world... working with VC's and start-ups in the greater Boston area. The goal is to help VC's and start-ups be successful with Microsoft, and together, provide great products for our customers.
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I have been in the software business for more than 20 years. I started my software career with Digital Equipment Corp, aka DEC, in the database group. I worked with 5 software start-ups over the next 12 years. Forte Software was the first multiplatform object oriented development environment. AltaVista was the first sear...

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