By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

Part 1 was informative. Now, here is part 2.

1. Barry Silbert, CEO, Secondmarket and World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer 2011

2, Trip Adler, CEO, and Jared Friedman, CTO, co-founders of Scribd and World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer 2011

3.…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

Foursquare will be joining other tech pioneers at the World Economic Forum. The other companies are:

Adimab, Aster Data, Atlassian, Digital Lumens, Ecovative Design, Ferrate Treatment Technologies, Flexoresearch Group, GetJar, Ion Torrent, Knewton, Layar, Medicine in Need, Molecular Partners, NetQin Mobile, Neuronetics,

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By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

A I mentioned yesterday, Longshot magazine made use of social media and other digital tools to produce a magazine in 48 hours! Well, they aren’t the only ones tapping into that goodness.

This is perhaps one of the biggest human experiments…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

I just submitted my choices for The Battery Show Awards.The shortlist was an impressive bunch of companies, for sure.

It’s amazing how batteries have changed. With the introduction of more renewable energy and electric vehicles, the need to develop better batteries…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

There are two types of people in this world. Apple lovers and Apple haters.

I’ve slowly become an Apple customer, clearly fallen prey to their market techniques. But wait, they don’t really have one. Or does Apple have one so clever, people can’t…

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Facebook is suing Teachbook.com because of the word “book” in its name, reports CNN. Wow, that’s rediculous. Cookbook, Blackbook, and eBook have “book” in the name took.

It is pretty amazing that Facebook is going after a two-person startup. Clearly since…

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The Qualcomm incubator will launch ideas for the mobile market. Enter Qualcomm Services Lab, bringing you the next generation mobile service and apps supposedly.

“Powerful new mobile devices and high-speed networks today make it possible to introduce entirely new categories of…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

So are you one of the tech guys who wants a 212 area code? Join the club.

The Wall Street Journal reports:

“A 212 can also make it seem like you are an early adopter — like you had a cell before they

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By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

Those of you who use Facebook have probably heard about Facebook Places by now. That alone has critics on their hot seat over the fact that your friends can check you into location like they can tag a picture of you.

Since…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

Techstartups was mentioned in David Morrill’s story in the Bay Area News Group, “Small talk: Flit-second shopping.”

Morrill wrote in the Bay Area News Group:

Boonsri Dickinson, a writer for TechStartups.com, says the most stubborn founders are the ones that tend

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As newspapers die, AOL is banking on local coverage as it launches its 100th website. It plans on rolling out with 500 this year. This translates to 500 journalism jobs!

AOL chose Patch Media Corp. as their media platform for content and advertising.…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

When I was at my office yesterday, a few co-workers mentioned Foursquare. And again, today at lunch, my friends mentioned the popular check-in startup. I have a feeling that Foursquare is at that point Twitter was last year when everyone started talking about…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

I was blindfolded. My date was feeding me unknown food items: three pieces of lychee covered in tequila, a pear, and spicy carrots.

Yummy.

The delightful food is only one part of the speed plating event. Tonight, celebrity chef Danny Boome hosted…

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I think I found the next David at the dentist. Except this kid has his brother and grandmother here to enjoy the hot dogs with him.

I spoke to Max Adler, the operations manager for Good to Go organics. They set up shop…

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I went to an improv show last night. I wanted a refresher show before I perform in my class tonight. One of the few things in this world that still scares me is getting up on stage and performing improv.

Now, I…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

I spoke with a rep from Shopsense about their ad program while I was at the Blogher conference. You get paid when you send traffic from your blog to the online retailer.

Barneys New York, Anthropologie, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Banana Republic are…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

Food. That’s what Jim Spanfeller’s media company is focusing on, now that they just got about a $2 million investment from SoftBank Capital, Greenhill SAVP, RRE Ventures and Lerer Media Venture.

The former CEO of Forbes.com wants his website to be comprehensive…

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Stephen Simes, president and CEO of BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPAX), spoke about LibiGel, a female sexual dysfunction gel currently in three ongoing Phase II safety and efficacy clinical studies.

Simes spoke at NYCMedtech, a life science networking event hosted by John…

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The Vintage Maker app takes crisp iPhone footage and gives it a vintage makeover. It turns the videos into 20’s Movie and 60’s Home Video videos of your liking and slaps on a piano tune or soundtrack of your choice.

There have…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

It turns out, the Chinese don’t just want to spend their vacation abroad like cattle stuffed in some random tour bus.

Sure, some do.

(I once took a Contiki tour around Europe, so I’m guilty of the same type of travel). But…