Internet Week: Startups Demo at FIT
June 3rd
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The June NY Tech Meetup filled the SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology’s Haft Auditorium (pictured) in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood almost to capacity last night, with about 700 registered to watch local and some not-so-local startups demo their latest products.
The presenters included:- UpNext showed off their 3D map application for Apple’s iPhone, allowing users to search for businesses, restaurants, etc. simply by clicking on a building.
- Centrl wants to be the most useful of the location-based social networks, offering you the opportunity to connect with friends in your city and around the world for chat, to share coupons, to make restaurant recommendations, and just about anything you can think of.
- NYSenate.gov: The designers talked about how NY State’s technology infrastructure and what they were doing to make it more “transparent” and get more information online.
- Livestream, formerly Mogulus, showed off Procaster, their latest product, which allows users to stream video live over the Internet with nothing more than a laptop and a Webcam.
- Aviary highlighted improvements to its Web-based, Adobe-Photoshop application, allowing users, for example, to share custom filters.
- Makerbot showed off one of their homemade, 3D printers.
- Mahalo 2.0: Former Silicon Alley Reporter publisher and Weblogs, Inc. creator Jason Calacanis showed off the changes to his human-powered search engine. It now allows users to create and edit pages about topics which others might be searching for except, unlike the non-profit Wikipedia, Mahalo will share advertising revenue with the creators of popular pages.
