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This weeks TZ Startup Hot Seat featured Justin Kan of Socialcam and Justin.tv. Justin is most known for broadcasting his life 24/7. In 2007, Justin Kan stopped broadcasting and Justin.tv relaunched into its current form as a network of thousands of various channels. Based on the research they have done with their release of the Justin.tv iPhone app, Socialcam was born. Let's take a look at what Socialcam is all about, and also get a few tips for startups/entrepreneurs out there. Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/tz-startup-hot-seat-justin-kan-of-socialcam-justin-tv

3D printers have been around for a while, however, just until recently are the general consumer beginning to hear about them and actually have the chance to buy them. How does it work? Just as you think it might. An object is designed - Bunny, Lego Man, snowflake - using your computer, then that design gets sent to the 3D printer. Rather then just drawing a picture of the object on a piece of paper, it literally builds the object using melted plastic. Building the object layer by layer until its completion. Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/makerbot-thing-o-matic-3d-printer

Reggae legend Bob Marley's message of peace, love and unity can now be heard through a stylish line of eco-conscious audio electronics designed by The House of Marley in conjunction with with health and wellness company HoMedics. Read More: http://techzulu.com/jammin-with-rohan-from-the-house-of-marley/

It's been just about 2 years since we first came across Powermat at CES and they have come a long way from only providing wireless charging mats. This year Powermat made announcements of a deal with General Motors to wirelessly enable vehicles, to airports, offices, and more of today's most popular smartphones. Powermat is going the distance and bringing their wireless charging technology to new levels. By enhancing the way consumers experience wireless energy in their everyday environments. Read More: http://techzulu.com/history-of-powermat-ces-2011

Besides tablets and mobile devices CES 2011 was filled with 3D! Sony has always impressed us with an amazing lineup of great camcorders devices, so we took a look at their all new 3D camcorder consumer line they have coming out later this year. Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/sony-3d-camcorder-bloggie-3d-hdr-td10

Besides tablets and mobile devices CES 2011 was filled with 3D! Sony has always impressed us with an amazing lineup of great camcorders devices, so we took a look at their all new 3D camcorder consumer line they have coming out later this year. Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/sony-3d-camcorder-bloggie-3d-hdr-td10.

Unveiled at CES in Las Vegas the ATRIX 4G by Motorola was by far the most impressive phone. This rang true not only in the fit and finish of the phone but also in Motorola's vision of what the next wave of smartphones will look like. Read More: http://techzulu.com/motorola-atrix-smartphone-trend

The 13.3-inch 9 Series offers mobile professionals and power users a laptop equally suited for work and entertainment. This super sleek looking device comes sporting the Samsung's hallmark SuperBright Plus display, Intel Core i5 Processor, made of Duralumin, typically found in advanced aircrafts and offers construction quality twice as durable as aluminum, and all while keeping the laptop weight under 3 lbs. Read More: http://techzulu.com/samsung-9-series-laptop/

The 13.3-inch 9 Series offers mobile professionals and power users a laptop equally suited for work and entertainment. This super sleek looking device comes sporting the Samsung's hallmark SuperBright Plus display, Intel Core i5 Processor, made of Duralumin, typically found in advanced aircrafts and offers construction quality twice as durable as aluminum, and all while keeping the laptop weight under 3 lbs. Read More: http://techzulu.com/samsung-9-series-laptop/

Guest Post by Bonnie Lee La Madeleine of SMCLA Image by wabbit42 via Flickr The ubiquity of pink cows: How Facebook and iPhone are changing the way we play. Just as the Internet has transformed how we watch movies, read books, and listen to music, social media, led by Facebook and iPhone, are changing the way we play games. How has the gaming industry responded to our new recreational habits? To answer this question, SMC-LA invited Girl Gamer co-founder Mike Prasad to chair “Games go soci…Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/smcla-games-go-social-recap-and-video.html

When I first heard about it Zemanta I was a bit skeptical. The ability for me to no longer have to go out and look for creative common material and just have it appear in a plug-in next to my blog post as I'm writing it does seem too good to be true, right? Well, its is true, and it really is as simple as just installing a plug-in for whatever blogging platform you are using. They have taken linked data and created structured content from it. They are specifically focused on publishers a…Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/zemanta-taking-the-research-out-of-blogging.html

This year BlogWorld Expo 09 had to be the best one yet. The attendance was phenomenal and the diversity was oh so refreshing. From Mommy bloggers to Army bloggers no one niche from the blogosphere was unaccounted for at BlogWorld Expo 09. TechZulu has a sweet lineup of interviews coming out of BlogWorld 09: Zemanta - Zemanta is a new platform for accelerating on-line content production for any web user. Adam Jackson (Yoono) - Discussion on how to approa…Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/blogworld-expo-09-bigger-better-and-oh-so-wonderful.html

Ever get suspicious when that new someone you're dating is sparing on the details about their own background? Sure, you could Twitter stalk them, scan their Facebook page or Google them, but all that takes time and isn't very useful when he's closing out the tab and you're deciding whether or not to...take things a bit further. Enter the new Date Check iPhone app from Intelius. With just a phone number, name or email address you can instantly learn your date's dirty little secrets, like whether…Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/look-up-before-you-hook-up-with-datecheck.html

The world of Doctor's visits is surely due for an upgrade and the Wound Technology Network is the company aiming to do it. The Wound Technology Network (WTN) is a nationwide Physician network that uses Windows Mobile-based phones to remotely give wound care. George Pollack COO of WTN said to us that "Being hospitalized can cause patients danger they might not otherwise encounter in the home" such as germs or disease that can be passed on by other sick patients. These types of technologies rea…Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/changing-the-face-of-wound-care-with-wound-technology-network.html

During CTIA 09 we caught up with a local Southern California company known as Roambi. Roambi takes those complex documents like spreadsheets and turns them into interactive visualizations such as graphs, charts, etc. Making it much easier to analyze and view the large amount of data on your iPhone. You will need to upload your spreadsheets to roambi.com in order to begin using it. They Support HTML table data, CSV files, Salesforce CRM reports and more. Another great product that Roambi has…Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/give-those-complex-documents-a-boost-with-roambi.html

With all of the major console and PC video game companies in Los Angeles (Electronic Arts, Activision, THQ, Blizzard), it only makes sense to discuss how more and more games are bringing in aspects of social media to enhance game play. We’ll discuss this, the evolution of casual social games in Facebook (ex: Mob Wars) and Twitter (ex: Spyma…Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/smcla-games-go-social-recap-and-video.html

There has been tons of buzz and anticipation for the Touch Pro 2 from HTC since it was announced. Not only do you get a full QWERTY keyboard but you also get the joys of a touch screen. If you are a Blackberry/iPhone user and wanting to switch over to a Windows Mobile phone this might be a good one to look at. Here are a few quick specs: 3.6 480×800 Screen Windows Mobile 6.1 (Upgradable to 6.5) 528 MHz Processor Unlocked GPS Full Duplex Speakers Full QWERT Keyboard Tilt Scree…Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/hands-on-with-htc-touch-pro-2.html

A local Southern California company based in San Diego, Kempler & Strauss produced one of the coolest gadgets to come out of CTIA, the W PhoneWatch. Currently the availability on the W phone is set to be a late Christmas present. This would be an awesome stocking stuffer so I hope they decide to push up the availability date. The W PhoneWatch incorporates a GSM phone that supports the 850MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz, and 1900MHz bands. The 1.5-inch TFT LCD micro-touch touchscreen features a scre…Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/the-w-phone-instantly-become-a-00-agent.html

During CTIA FLO TV was one of those products getting a lot of attention. I must admit I was pretty excited to see it and get my hands on it until I did. FLO TV will be available through Verizon and AT&T at a $250 (way over priced for what your getting) price tag and a monthly subscription fee of about $9. Given that the screen resolution was no where near the quality of a Zune HD or even an iPod Touch that are similarly priced. The touchscreen is dead simple to navigate, Swipe up or down…Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/hands-on-with-qualcomms-flo-tv-personal-television.html

Nokia has always been a leader in innovation and style, and they had tons of new goodies for us at PEPCOM MobileFocus during CTIA last week. We first took a look at the Nokia Booklet 3G. It comes with an Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor, a 12 hour running battery life (The one we were looking at had been on for much longer around 14-16 hours and literally died just before the interview), includes A-GPS, 3G, a unibody aluminum case, 10.1' glass screen 720p resolution (HD ready), 120GB HDD, and HDMI...Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/hands-on-with-nokia-booklet-3g-mural-and-7705-twist.html

Did you know that, on average, food travels a whopping 1500 miles from the farm to your plate? Grocers and restaurants currently buy less than two percent of their produce and meat from local farmers, but DEMO startup Local Dirt is looking to boost local consumption. Local Dirt has essentially created an online marketplace making it easy for everyone - from families to schools, restaurants and grocery stores ...Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/buy-local-with-local-dirt.html

Piryx launched a new product at DEMOfall 2009 a few weeks ago billed as "payments for the social web". Piryx is a Social Commerce company. With the combination of payment processing and marketing tools, to give businesses and non-profits the capability to identify and connect with their customers, and donors. Their new product key features is the developer API's. They aim...Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/raise-money-through-the-social-web-with-piryx.html

Choose what you want to watch when you want to watch (As long as it's on one of the major networks). Share with your friends via Facebook, Twitter and MySpace and watch the shows together. If this sounds a lot like Hulu its because they are very similar. The only real difference between the two is that on TwirlTV you "create your own network" of shows where with Hulu you "Subscribe and add...Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/become-your-own-network-executive-with-twirltv.html

Videoconferencing has been around for a while now and HP wants in on the action. So they are introducing HP SkyRoom. Videoconferencing software that it claims is not only high-definition and offers live-real-time collaboration, it is also affordable and has no subscription fees. Starting this month it is even more affordable if you are deciding to nab yourself a new HP workstation because it...Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/videoconferencing-with-hp-skyroom.html

If it hasn't happened to you, it's likely in today's economic climate that you know someone who's dealing with it now. Losing your job stinks, particularly when you have a family and mouths to feed. You're supposed to be the breadwinner, the person who brings home the bacon, so to speak. Hence the name behind new job search, LocalBacon. The startup, which launched at TechCrunch50,...Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/bring-home-the-bacon-with-localbacon.html

According to Jim Swift Cortera is like a Yelp for business credit. Allowing large and small businesses to rate the payments experiences they have for their customers. Until Cortera's launch at DEMO fall 2009 Dun & Bradstreet had been the major player in the business credit market. Jim, However, says that Dun & Bradstreet fail to address many small business. So they have built a database...Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/cortera-yelp-for-business-credit.html

According to Chris Shipley, "CallSpark is doing for phone calls what Google did for Web sites, by enabling people to quickly fin accurate information in the context of a phone call". CallSpark's plan is to enrich the calling experience. Not only do they provide you with any phone number you may be looking for through their cloud that crawls, the white-pages, yellowpages, salesforce.com, and even multiple...Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/enriching-the-voice-calling-experience-through-the-social-web-with-callspark.html

For those in the Tech-Karaoke scene begin download now! TuneWiki is a social media player that allows you to play and view lyrics from your own music library, listen to internet radio powered by SHOUTcast radio, find and sing-a-long with your favorite video on youtube, and even see what other people in your area are listening too. Previously TuneWiki was only available on the iPhone, Android, and...Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/tunewiki-a-techkaraoke-dream-come-true.html

At last week's DEMOfall 09, TZ interviewed Waze. A free mobile navigation application which is crowdsourcing to build its maps. All you have to do to contribute is just keep the application running (make sure you have the car charger plugged in because it kills your battery life) and drive. while you're driving Waze monitors speed, starts, stops, and can even tell you if there is traffic ahead. According...Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/waze-crowdsourcing-to-build-maps.html

Bigger, clearer, and thinner is how we like our televisions and monitors to be. But, with every gain there is always a loss. In this case its the speaker systems that come standard with our television or non-existent in the case of a monitor. Causing us to spend more money on a surround sound system just to get a decent sound from them. In comes Emo Labs. The Emo in Emo Labs stands for Edge Motion. What edge motion does is turns your entire screen into a speaker system...Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/say-goodbye-to-those-puny-speakers-and-say-hello-to-emo-labs.html

TechZulu sat down with Russ D'Souza from SeatGeek at TC50 not to long ago to find out exactly what they are all about. Using an algorithm that SeatGeek has developed, the site lets users insert a name of a certain musician or sports team that they want to see and they will in turn receive the best prices for those tickets on the secondary market, and on top of that they even can predict for the user whether the price will decrease or increase. It will also recommend whether a...Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/know-when-to-grab-the-best-seats-with-seatgeek.html

While the tech savvy may be familiar with using file sharing cloud computing solutions, general consumers have found it difficult to remotely access a second computer. Enter iTwin, a company offering a simple plug-and-play solution using just an Internet connection and USB drive. Billing itself as the 'cable-less cable, iTwin is squarely aimed at the mass market. Person A plugs one end of the USB stick into their...Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/remotely-connect-two-computers-in-a-flash-with-itwin.html

Toybots Founded by Shervin Pishevar launched at TC50 this year and was definitely one of my personal favorites. The Toybots Platform connects toys with full 3G, WiFi, GPS and accelerometer capabilities tied to online and mobile games. Audio books, online games, parents being able to record their voices and read their children bedtime stories even if they are thousands of miles away. The possibilities are nearly endless and especially when they are making an SDK available, who knows what will be made...Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/the-future-of-toys-is-in-the-hands-of-toybots.html

RedBeacon, a new way to find local service providers similar to the OpenTable model, nabbed the $50,000 grand prize at the recent TechCrunch50 conference in San Francisco. If you find it a hassle to locate a dependable plumber or electrician, RedBeacon will do it for you. Once you request a service, local businesses can bid on your job, and in turn, you can compare prices, reviews and even schedule the work online. RedBeacon will initially be offered in San Francisco...Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/matchmaker-matchmaker-make-me-a-match-redbeacon-snags-top-prize-at-techcrunch-50.html

No great series is complete until the blooper reel is released. Well we got them for your viewing pleasure. Bytes by MSDN and TechZulu bring to you scenes to good and hiliarious to throw away. We've ... Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/bits-and-bites-of-msdn-bytes-aka-blooper-reel.html

This week Bytes by MSDN and TechZulu brings to you Tim Heuer. Tim Heuer is a program manager for Microsoft Silverlight. He helps build the worldwide Silverlight community and is very passionate about the platform and technology in general. Having over 13 years of experience with Microsoft Web technologies...Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/silverlight-twitter-search-and-more-with-tim-heuer.html

This week Bytes by MSDN and TechZulu bring to you Jeffrey Palermo. Jeffrey Palermo is the CTO of Headspring Systems. Jeffrey specializes in Agile management coaching and helps companies double the productivity of software teams. He is instrumental in the Austin software community as a member of AgileAustin and a director of the Austin .NET User Group. Jeffrey has been recognized by Microsoft as a "Microsoft Most Valuable Professional" (MVP) for technical and...Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/domain-driven-design-extreme-programming-and-more-with-jeffrey-palermo.html

This week Bytes by MSDN and TechZulu bring you Juval Lowy. Juval Löwy is a software architect and the principal of IDesign, specializing in .NET architecture consulting and advanced .NET training. Juval is Microsoft's Regional Director for the Silicon Valley, working with Microsoft on .NET and cloud adoption. His latest book is Programming WCF Services, 2nd Edition (O'Reilly 2008). Juval participates in the Microsoft internal design reviews for future versions of .NET and related technologies....Read More http://www.techzulu.com/smart-grid-clean-technology-and-more-with-juval-lowy.html

The artist+designer Chase is one of the most interesting people you have to meet. TechZulu had the pleasure of being able to catch Chase at the TEDx Hollywood event Hosted by Tito Melega. And we bring Chase's talk for you to enjoy. Chase speaks on how he uses creativity in street-art to inspire and create goodwill...Read More http://www.techzulu.com/the-art-of-chase-at-tedx-hollywood.html

This week Bytes by MSDN and TechZulu bring to you Don Box. Don Box is a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft working on declarative languages and tools to simplify developing applications and services. In that role, Don is involved in creating languages, frameworks, and end-to-end experiences to help people translate their intentions and desires for software into a machine readable and executable form...Read More http://www.techzulu.com/interview-with-microsofts-first-blogger-don-box.html

This week Bytes by MSDN and TechZulu bring you Matt Hessinger. Matthew Hessinger is an experienced technology architect and visionary, with over fifteen years of experience in system design and architecture. He sits on several advisory boards at Microsoft...Read More http://www.techzulu.com/wcf-wpf-visual-studios-and-more-with-matt-hessinger.html

This week Bytes by MSDN and TechZulu bring you Loke Uei Tan. Loke Uei Tan is the Senior Technical Product Manager, Mobile Developer Experience at Microsoft, a role he has worked in for seven years. He is currently responsible for engaging and developing relationships with ISVs and developers to build innovative and unique solutions for Windows Mobile. Loke Uei has actively executed a worldwide Mobile Embedded & Developer Conference series across nine countries....Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/hot-new-mobile-devices-and-window-mobile-development-with-loke-uei-tan.html

This second dose of Bytes by MSDN and TechZulu brings to you Brian Noyes. Brian Noyes is Chief Architect of IDesign, a Microsoft Regional Director, MVP, author, and speaker. Brian speaks at many conferences worldwide, including Microsoft TechEd, DevConnections, VSLive!, DevTeach, and others. He is the author of Developing Applications with Windows Workflow Foundation, Smart Client Deployment with ClickOnce, Data Binding with Windows Forms 2.0, and frequent articles in major magazines....Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/smart-client-technology-dependency-injection-and-more-with-brian-noyes.html

This week Bytes by MSDN and TechZulu bring to you Jim Wilt. Jim Wilt focuses his deep experience and seasoned problem solving skills toward helping his customers architect the best possible solutions to succeed with their thorniest problems related to aligning their strategic business goals with technology. With a degree in Physics/Computer Science/Mathematics from Central Michigan University, he has been awarded for his development of operating systems to real-time machine control and CAD solutions in aerospace to business solutions utilizing advanced Microsoft technologies...Read More: http://www.techzulu.com/offine-live-cloud-computing-and-more-with-jim-wilt.html

Freemium, Subscription, Virtual Goods oh my! These are just a few of the monetization models that were covered during this conversation. But which fits your company the best? In this Strategy Series, you’ll get to...Read More http://www.techzulu.com/dealmaker-la-content-monetization-3-models-that-work.html

You get a double Whammy today! Now don't you feel special ;) Bytes by MSDN and TechZulu give you Michele Leroux Bustamante as your second dose of Bytes. Michèle Leroux Bustamante is Chief Architect of IDesign Inc., Microsoft Regional Director for San Diego, and a Microsoft MVP for Connected Systems. At IDesign Michele provides training, mentoring and high-end architecture consulting services focusing on scalable and secure architecture design for .NET applications and services, interoperabili…Read More http://www.techzulu.com/visual-studios-2010-geneva-and-more-with-michele-leroux-bustamante.html

This week Bytes by MSDN and TechZulu bring to you Tim Huckaby. Tim Huckaby is currently focused on RIA & Rich Client Technologies like WPF, VSTO, Surface, Silverlight and Windows 7 Touch. He has been called a “Pioneer of the Smart Client Revolution” by the press. Tim has been awarded multiple times for the highest rated Keynote and technical presentations for Microsoft and numerous other technology conferences around the world by Microsoft Corporation. Tim has done presentations on Micro… Read More http://www.techzulu.com/touch-based-computing-demise-of-the-mouse-and-more-with-tim-huckaby.html

Clemens Vasters is a Senior Program Manager at the Microsoft Connected Systems Division. Clemens specialty is in enterprise software analyst and architect with focus on Microsoft .NET technologies...Read more http://www.techzulu.com/net-services-bus-azure-services-platform-and-more-with-clemens-vasters.html

This week Bytes by MSDN and TechZulu bring to you Stephen Forte. Stephen Forte is the Chief Strategy Officer of Telerik, a leading vendor in .NET components. He sits on the board of several start-ups including Triton Works and is also a certified scrum master. Prior he was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and co-founder of Corzen, Inc, a New York based provider of online market research data for Wall Street Firms...Read More http://www.techzulu.com/ria-services-oslo-mvc-framework-and-more-with-stephen-forte.html