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:
PourLiving Is A Groupon For Drink & Nightlife Specials – Attention, daily deal market! There’s a new startup on the block. While sites like Groupon and LivingSocial have exploded in New Orleans in recent months, there is a specific void they have not been able to fill. Enter PourLiving.com, a New Orleans-based startup devoted to local bar and nightlife deals.
NOLA Expat and Fomer KODA CEO Jeff Berger Hired as Doostang CEO – Jeff Berger, the past founder and CEO of Koda and former Tulane student, announced the acquisition of Doostang and his appointment as CEO. After graduating from Tulane…
New Orleans StartupDigest – July 12, 2011 – Last Friday marked a big day for startups as Gov. Jindal signed the Angel tax credit into law, which should unlock additional funding for local startups. Liveset had a successful production of the Civil Wars show on Friday night with its first paid live event. Have you heard of Neighborland yet, one of the newest companies in New Orleans? Also, stay tuned for the launch of Rushease.com, by…
Federated Sample Names Market Research Vet Michael McCrary President – Federated Sample, the New Orleans-based market research technology firm that automates a type of online market research called online sampling, today announced the addition of Michael McCrary as President. McCrary brings over fifteen years…
BitRaider Launches New Digital Streaming Technology – Back in May the technology licensing company BitRaider announced that it was relocating its corporate headquarters from Jacksonville, Fla. to the Louisiana Technology Park in Baton Rouge. Within just one month after moving and after five years of development and testing, BitRaider’s Streaming Technology went live…
The Limits of Tech – Technology and tech entrepreneurship has taken our culture by storm. As processing speed rises, components shrink, and prices fall, technology companies are providing devices and services the Jetsons would have envied. We became amazed by the amount of…
Brownhill, Perkin Named To Top 50 Most ‘Disruptive’ People In Technology – The Receivables Exchange, the online marketplace for the sale and purchase of receivables, has been on a roll lately, racking up awards for Management Team of the Year, Emerging Growth Company Award, and announcing growth of 466% over 2010. And now the PR machine keeps on ticking with the announcement that…
Roller-Bulls Bring Pain, Pleasure, and Money to New Orleans – This past Saturday morning, New Orleans hosted its very own version of the “Running of the Bulls“. In this PETA-friendly take on the Pamplona, Spain tradition, horned women on roller skates with the speed and stature of cattle ruled the streets of downtown, tanning the hides of runners with…