Monthly Archives: July 2010

Earthprotect.com Launches Enhanced Website

July 21, 2010 – 11:31 am

After achieving over 10 million page views in an eight months time, environmental advocacy website Earthprotect.com proved its content relevant to environmentally concerned users. The site’s leadership team then turned its focus towards the visitor experience. The recent relaunch of the site in May aims to provide a more user-friendly experience along with [...]

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DuckDuck Deal Plans Boulder Treasure Hunt

July 16, 2010 – 12:03 pm

Since its launch in April, Boulder-based DuckDuck Deal has provided a way for local businesses to communicate deals, promotions and specials to users in the Boulder area. Through DuckDuck’s iPhone App and the web, users can view real-time deals from bars, restaurants, and stores in their immediate vicinity. With nearly 80 businesses signed up, [...]

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Tweety Got Back: Twitter Backgrounds Installed in a Single Click

July 12, 2010 – 4:09 pm

Twitter, the popular micro-blogging site, became a sensation in no small part due to its famous limitation: a user must encapsulate every post (or ‘tweet’) into 140 characters. While this constraint applies to everyone, one feature that is highly customizable is the background of a user’s Twitter page. The founders of Tweety Got Back have [...]

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July New Tech Meetup – Boulder

July 9, 2010 – 2:14 pm

There were plenty of laughs, some in depth question and answer, and a few somber moments as July’s New Tech meetup deviated from the usual format in favor of giving the stage to local non-profit groups that were searching for technical help. Although the format was different, attendance did not suffer as the courtroom [...]

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Silicon Flatirons Event Discusses Colorado Telecommuncations History

July 5, 2010 – 6:10 pm

Silicon Flatirons convened an event that focused on the history of Telecommunications in Colorado, but perhaps because of the setting which the event was held, the special summer edition of Entrepreneurs Unplugged turned into a little bit of a University of Colorado love fest amongst the six member panel. The event deviated from [...]

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Boettcher Foundation Announces Inaugural Class of Investigators

July 1, 2010 – 7:58 pm

Yesterday, the Boettcher Foundation presented grants to the inaugural class of the Webb-Waring Biomedical research program. The six investigators from Colorado institutions will receive between $200,000 and $300,000 each spread over the next three years to support their research efforts. According to Governor Bill Ritter, who was on hand to announce these awards [...]

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