May 14 2012
Launchpad
As CEO of Hatch Labs, Dinesh Moorjani, 36, guides six mobile startups from idea to debut. A former chemical engineer, Moorjani started Indian art auction house Saffronart before earning a Harvard M.B.A. in 2003.
-
The pyromaniacs of PR℠
Starting fires since 2002.
CLIENTS IN THE NEWS
May 14 2012
May 14 2012
Can Texting Save Stores?
Retailers desperately hope the technology—called “geofencing”—can be at least one successful response to the dreaded “showrooming,” where a shopper comes into a store to see an item but then makes the purchase online after finding a better price via smartphone.
April 24 2012
Is an MBA worth it for the entrepreneur?
It’s often perceived in the business world that pursuing an MBA degree is analogous to buying career insurance, especially if you attend a top program.
April 11 2012
CloudOn: A Better Way to Do Microsoft Office on Your iPad, for Free
From Quickoffice to Documents to Go to Apple’s own iWork programs, there’s no shortage of iPad apps that let you view and edit Microsoft Office documents.
April 11 2012
Bubble Motion Brings Voice Blogging App To Android
Bubble Motion’s Bubbly platform is a voice-blogging phone service that allows people to share status updates in their own voice with fans and followers.
April 10 2012
Office-for-iPad App CloudOn Adds Box, DropBox and More
CloudOn, a free application that has partnered with Microsoft to bring Office applications to the iPad, is rolling out a new version of its app that adds Box, DropBox and Adobe Reader.
April 10 2012
Saavn, India’s Spotify, dances to a different tune
“Almost everybody does iOS first and Android second,” remarked Rishi Malhotra when I met him in San Francisco recently.
April 10 2012
CloudOn Brings Microsoft Office, Adobe Reader To Your iPad
CloudOn gives you access to all of Microsoft Office’s features, including the ability to track changes in Word documents, pivot tables in Excel, or view PowerPoint presentations in full presentation mode.
April 9 2012
CloudOn Version 2.0 Brings Adobe Viewer Support Along With Box Storage
CloudOn has introduced version 2.0 of their document viewing and editing service, adding several key new features.
April 5 2012
If RIM Folds, What Happens to Waterloo?
When BlackBerry maker Research In Motion released its quarterly earnings on March 29, few paid attention as closely as the residents of Waterloo, the small Southern Ontario city where RIM is based.
April 2 2012
Wyse Can Add Up to $2.5B to Dell Revenues
Financial details of the purchase price of today’s announcement that Dell will acquire privately-held Wyse Technology were not released, but company executives put Wyse’ 12-month revenues at $375 million, up 45% year-over-year.
March 28 2012
FixYa Reveals Top Tablet Issues on iPad and Kindle Fire
It’s iPad vs. Kindle Fire. We know the specs and price, but what about the problems? FixYa releases its list of top consumer issues on each device.
March 26 2012
Gree launches second U.S. social mobile game, Alien Family
Gree is in the midst of a big rollout of its social mobile game platform, which will debut in the second quarter.
March 26 2012
The9 Game Zone to play host to 1,000 games before end of 2012
Chinese outfit The9 has predicted its social mobile platform Game Zone will top 1,000 titles before the end of 2012.
March 22 2012
Where is mobile gaming happening? At home, in bed
Mobile gaming conjures up images of people playing on subways, waiting in line and walking down the street.
March 21 2012
Developing the Google TV app in Beta
We’ve launched the Guardian on Google TV as an app in beta. As the developer of this project, I have been working on this project for a number of months.
March 19 2012
Saavn: A Spotify For Bollywood
The music streaming service now has 9.3 million users worldwide, and adds another 125,000 new users per month–five times as many as this time last year.
March 16 2012
Core Dump: Making Music
Sometimes it’s easy to forget, when you’re checking Facebook on your iPhone or playing a game on your iPad, that both of these devices trace their origins back to something primarily designed for playing music.
March 15 2012
Talk About Social Media’s Effect on Hip-Hop at SXSW
Hip-hop’s presence at SXSW becomes stronger with each passing year.
March 15 2012
GREE Gets in the Game with Zombie Jombie
GREE today announces the release of the first game out of their new North American studio – Zombie Jombie.
March 15 2012
GREE Debuts First US-Created App: Zombie Jombie
Popular social gaming platform, GREE, announced its first mobile social game, Zombie Jombie, made in the US for a US audience on Thursday.
March 15 2012
Japanese Gaming Giant GREE Debuts Its First U.S.-Designed Title For Western Audiences
GREE, the $5.9 billion Japanese mobile gaming company making a big push in international markets, debuted its first-ever title designed by U.S. talent for Western audiences today.
March 13 2012
At SXSW: Tech, pop culture, fun
This week, the crosscurrents of technology and pop culture are coursing through Austin.
March 11 2012
10 Creative Startup Promotions At SXSW
South by Southwest is cluttered with startups, tech influencers, and entrepreneurs who are promoting their brands.
March 10 2012
Catching a movie this weekend? Check out these apps first
There was a time, not all that long ago, when using your cellphone in a movie theater would get a few dirty looks from those sitting around you and maybe a bit of a talking to from an usher.
March 1 2012
Led By Social, Gaming Investment & M&A More Than Doubled In 2011; Consolidation Looms
Virtual goods are becoming a booming market thanks to the growing maturity of gaming platforms, free-to-play models and the profusion of mobile devices.
March 1 2012
Can Legitimate Digital Music Trump Piracy in India?
Indian e-commerce retailer Flipkart.com this week entered the country’s emerging digital content market with the launch of the music download service Flyte.
February 29 2012
Study: U.S. Consumer Spending On Virtual Goods Grew To $2.3 Billion In 2011
It’s not exactly a secret that gaming has found new life on the web, social and mobile platforms.
February 29 2012
Study: Gamers are gaga for virtual goods
Consumer spending on virtual goods has doubled since 2009, according to a survey by Visa’s Playspan digital monetization division. And the total U.S. market value for virtual goods grew 28 percent to $2.3 billion in 2011.
February 29 2012
Virtual goods spending topped $2 billion in U.S. in 2011
The virtual goods economy is certainly not in a recession. Spending on virtual goods in online and social games rose in 2011 to more than $2.3 billion, up from $1.8 billion in 2009.
February 27 2012
Startup Secret 39: Go where your users take you
When Dan Kurani started Opinionaided (now Thumb), the original plan was to get people to ask others for advice on products they were thinking of buying.
February 21 2012
CloudOn for iPad Now Available to UK Students
There is currently much speculation about expected Microsoft Office applications that will run on iPad devices, but in the meantime, there is a cloud-based solution that allows you to run Microsoft Office on your device for free.
February 21 2012
50 Best iPhone Apps of 2012: Skyfire VideoQ
For those times when only Flash will do, Skyfire’s VideoQ app comes in handy. Just copy the web page address from your browser, hop into the app, and Skyfire converts the video on that page into a format that the iPhone can play.
February 21 2012
On Valentine’s Day, Ol’ Fashioned Phone Calls Beat Video Chat for Long-Distance Love
Turns out Stevie Wonder knew what was up when he just called to say he loved you: Out of all the means of digital communications available to us, the overwhelming majority of users plan to use a smartphone to connect with significant others today.
February 21 2012
Clik: The Future of Remotes, in an Alternate Reality
A new consumer electronics remote control technology gives smartphone users the fastest possible way to pair their smartphone with a media device.
February 21 2012
Mobilizing The Masses: In Asia, Wireless Grows Up
From Angry Birds to angry protesters, the mobile phone has expanded beyond simple communication, changing the way we entertain, educate and economically evolve.
February 20 2012
Apps Rush
What’s new on the app stores on Monday 20 February 2012: Including Sky Go, Peppa Pig, Net Nanny
February 17 2012
iPad 2 and Kindle Fire Share Many Common Complaints
Tablets are great for a wide variety of mobile computing tasks. The Apple iPad 2 isn’t just an awesome device; it’s “magical” if you believe the Apple marketing hype.
February 16 2012
India: For Facebook and Other Social Media, a Limitless Horizon
Facebook, which is planning to raise at least $5 billion in what will likely be a historic initial public offering, is one of the greatest financial success stories in the U.S. history.
February 10 2012
Gree’s New San Francisco Office to Accommodate Hiring Spree
Gree, the Tokyo-based company that bought OpenFeint for $100 million earlier this year and is trying to build a global mobile social network, has aggressive hiring plans in San Francisco.
“Thanks for the exceptional work on our launch. This was a critical moment for AdMob and VSC played an important role in our success. "Jason Spero VP & GM, North America, AdMob
MEET THE TEAM
Who are these pyromaniacs of PR? Why do I want to work with them? You'll see why.
YOUR ANSWERS LIE WITHIN