Startups

Most consumers are unaware of the extent of publicly available, online exposures of their information – including phone numbers, current and past addresses, birth dates, home values, income level, religion, and relative names (including mother's maiden name) – all of which can easily be used for…

Interview with Air Level 1, the winner of the Microsoft AzureCampCongratulations to Air Level 1's Josh Jennings http://www.airlevel1.com/, a NYC based startup, forwinning the Azure Camp competition for the most innovative solution deployed on Windows Azure during the event on April 22nd in NYC. Bob…

A small mobile app development shop of professional video game developers who create XNA games for WindowsPhone 7 in their spare time. This video features their founder, Jason Weimann, talking about their Alpha Strike game, which these developers made virtually in one sitting.Jason explains how he…

A web-based video game startup help educates kids on how to make healthier eating choices, recent winner of the White House’s Healthy Apps for Kids contest.Built using ASP.NET MVC and jQuery, founder Aaron Coleman had to migrate off of traditional hosting and onto Azure the day he discovered he had…

BizSpark startup Localytics has made their real-time analytics platform available for Windows Phone 7.  Localytics helps mobile application developers gain deep insights about user behavior to make smarter business decisions.  This is a great example of a BizSpark company really meeting…

Boston Startup Scene is a new video series showcasing the amazing BizSpark startups of Boston, learning who they are, what they’re up to, and how Microsoft technology is helping them deliver the next generation of software.Abby Fichtner, our new Developer Evangelist for Startups, kicks it off with…

At the recent Mix10 in Las Vegas, I was able to sit down with Christopher Bennage of Silver Arcade to talk to him about Silverlight games, XNA, Windows Phone, and about the future of their gaming platform. You can visit Silver Arcade, play some games, and even publish your own…

Linxter is a BizSpark startup that's changing the way that developers think about traditional middleware. Last week I caught up with Linxter CEO Jason Milgram, to talk about the company, messaging, and the BizSpark program. Here's the company description from the Linxter web site: Linxter is…

Xobni is an Outlook plug-in that lets users easily connect to their contacts through the various social networks. The program comes in two versions, one free and now a new pay version that ads enhanced features. I recently talked to Matt Brezina, one of the Xobni founders, about the…

One of the issues that new startups often face is the where to work question. Do we build in the garage/basement, or do we go after some office space? One new alternative that's catching momentum nationwide is coworking. Coworking allows community members to share the costs of an office space that…