January 24th, 2013

Coaster Launches A Self-Serve iPad App For Bars To Accept Mobile Payments For Free

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Coaster launched a few months ago with a mobile drink ordering app, allowing consumers to place orders and pay for their drinks at select bars without having to wait in line. Since launch, the startup has been slowly adding local venues to the app. But it couldn’t reach them all, so it just released a self-serve iPad app that bars can install on their own. → Read More

July 14th, 2012

Metastasized Software And Life 3.0

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“Center for Digital Archaeology,” said the banner above one of the startups at the Funders and Founders Life 3.0 demo show, and for a moment I got excited, thinking of Vernor Vinge‘s software archaeologists. It wasn’t quite that. Instead, Codifi was a “solution for turning cultural heritage datasets and rich media into web- and mobile-ready interactive experiences.”

Which is cool, and… → Read More

July 15th, 2009

Disclaimer: These are coasters not wormholes to other worlds

I have a confession: I love me some Stargate. It’s my guilty pleasure. Star Trek is okay, Star Wars will always be a classic, I never got into BSG, but I can tell you almost anything about the Stargate universe. Now, I’m going to buy these coasters, but you have my word that they will never be used in public. I promise. [$29.99 @ Think Geek via Gearfuse] → Read More