NYConvergence ORIGINAL

The NY Tech Meetup headed further uptown for its May gathering last night, hosting members of the local tech community at New World Stages in Manhattan's Midtown neighborhood. 

Six startups presented, including Apture from San Francisco.  The presenters included:

• Apture: Showed off their technology for easily embedding different types of media in existing and new Web pages.
• Zemanta: Demonstrated their tool for making it easier to embed links and other media in blogs where you have an existing account.  They also informed the attendees that they had just started a New York office, borrowing some desks from Outside.in in Brooklyn's Digital District aka DUMBO.
• exZact Data Collection: Their Web-based application allows users to create forms which can be used by utility workers or possibly, census takers, on their Apple iTouches.
• ActionMethod: This tool helps users organize projects, especially useful if all of your team members are not in the same physical location.
• SesameVault: They have developed a way for companies to more easily share different types of media across multiple platforms.
• RmbrMe: BeamMe Pitch, which they just developed, allows you to send files to mobile devices more easily, even through Twitter via secure links.

The presentations concluded with a talk by Meetup CEO Scott Heiferman on his recent trip to Baghdad, Iraq with other senior-level executives from the United States' technology industry, including Google, YouTube, and others.