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An Overview of the Berlin Startup Scene from Hy!

HY!

Kira M. Newman Feb 19, 2013 0 Comments

As the startup scene in Berlin flourishes, Hy! has emerged to showcase the scene and connect European startups with investors from around the world. Hy!, founded last year, runs big events that can attract around 1,000 attendees. January’s event saw startups competing for prizes worth over $260,000. The top winners were knowable, a social network…

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Berlin-Based Startup Offers Male Housekeepers in the Nude

PutzPimmel

Zach Davis Oct 24, 2012 1 Comment

If your biggest complaint about male strippers is that they don’t clean your house, well then you’re in luck (assuming you live in Berlin).  A new German startup by the name of Putzpimmel is taking the housekeeping industry in a radically nude new direction.  That’s right, male maids in their birthday suits. PutzPimmel is founded by Janine Michael, a…

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Book Club 2.0: Share Your Favorite Books Online with Readmill

readmill

Zach Davis Dec 28, 2011 3 Comments

We like to share.  We share what where we are.  We share what we’re doing, and who we’re doing it with.  We share what we’re eating.  We share what we’re watching.  We share what we’re listening to. But there seems to be no consensus favorite service to share what books we are currently reading. Readmill…

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Mind Reading TV By Haier and NeuroSky

NeuroSky Mindreader

Frank Gruber Sep 3, 2011 1 Comment

At the Internationale FunkAusstellung (IFA) conference in Berlin, Germany, Haier and NeuroSky unveiled the Haier Cloud Smart TV with the ability for users to interact with their TV using their brains. The TV is scheduled to be released in October of this year in China; the price is yet to be determined. Rather than using…

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