Watching the TechCrunch 50 conference of selected startups LIVE on my laptop as my dog swims off the dock reminds me of my dad’s theory that you can see a football game better at home than in person! For SheGeeks like me, this is comfy, democratized, internet access to a bigwig startup event of digerati sans exhaustive schmoozing, ego-dodging, and brain-groping with 1000 … [Read more...]
FitBit At TechCrunch 50: Launching Exercise Through Media
Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: accelerometer, AppScout, CNET, DEMO, DemoPit, diabetes prevention, dieting, diets, entrepreneurs, exercise aids, FitBit, Healthy-Kids, HopeLab, kids startups, Me2, Me2Universe, Media, mindfulness, mobile devices, Nike ipod, Nike sport band, nutrition, obesity prevention, She's geeky, SheGeeks, start-up technology, startups, TechCrunch 50, Tim O'Reilly, UstreamTV, Venture Beat, youth culture
150 Kids’ Virtual Worlds: 95 Live, 68 in R&D; How Many Are Worthy?
Seems everyone is in L.A. for the Virtual Worlds Expo except me right now, with e-mails and schmooze plans flinging back and forth like a gamer leader board. No, gang, I can’t make it to dinner, but yes, I DO wish someone would crosspost some of these fly-on-the-wall conversations on Utterz as I’m sure key connections will transpire and I want to track anyone … [Read more...]
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