Week in Review: Audiosocket, Free Flow Power, Bossier Digital Media Center

 

Here’s our roundup of the week’s top tech business news.   First, the most popular stories Silicon Bayou News published in the last seven days:

Audiosocket Launches Music as a Service™; Featured on Tech Crunch and Mashable – New Orleans-based music licensing startup Audiosocket today launched Music as a Service™  — their new service to make it easier for content creators to legally get access to music for games, movies, and apps.  Through MaaS, content producers will be able to search, discover and license…

Free Flow Power Demonstrates New Hydropower Technology in Mississippi River – Free Flow Power Corporation, the startup attempting to develop hydrokinetic turbines for use in the  Mississippi River, announced that it has been successfully operating its first full-scale hydrokinetic turbine generator in the River since June 20, 2011.  FFP has raised over $5.6 million from 31 private investors, plus …

Three Events To Help You Start, Finance, And Run A New Venture – The Louisiana Small Business Development Center, the state supported economic development group that provides consulting and assistance to startups and small business, is offering…

100 Urban Entrepreneurs in NOLA Today, Offering $10,000 To Startups – Who wants $10,000?  100 Urban Entrepreneurs,  a non-profit foundation that serves urban youth and promotes entrepreneurship, is holding a 60-Second Pitch Event today in New Orleans.  The winner gets $10,000 and 8 weeks of mentorship.

Global Green Director Beth Galante Honored At The White House As “Champion Of Change” – Global Green’s New Orleans Director Beth Galante is being honored today at the White House as a “Champion of Change.”  Galante will be recognized along with four other New Orleans-area residents for their work to strengthen the local economy, create jobs and help the Gulf Coast recover…

Bossier Digital Media Center Planned – Bossier City plans to construct the digital media center on the national Cyber Research Park campus as another means to facilitate the digital media sector.  The Center will house companies…

Southern Business & Development: Louisiana Earns State of the Year Again – For the third straight year, Southern Business & Development magazine recognized Louisiana as State of the Year in the South, but in 2011 Louisiana…