by Jon Brodkin

20 Awesome Tech Products at DEMO

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Feb 28, 2011
Cloud ComputingData CenterSmall and Medium Business

Build-your-own iPhone and Android apps, cloud services, photo tools and more on display at DEMO Spring 2011.

About 50 start-ups will unveil hot new products at the DEMO Spring 2011 conference in Palm Desert, Calif., this week. Mobile applications for iPhone and Android, cloud-based services for businesses and consumers, security for Facebook, a dating site for gays and lesbians, and even a headset that reads your mind will be on display. Each vendor will get just six minutes to impress the crowd; here’s an early look at 20 of the hottest companies you’ll see at the show.

Six Cool Cloud Companies at DEMO Spring 2010

Product: ecoATM

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Description: Recycling cans and bottles is easy, but consumers often don’t know where to turn to recycle used electronics. The ecoATM lets you insert a portable consumer electronics device or handset, and with a combination of machine vision, diagnostics and artificial intelligence the machine values the device and provides users with a trade-up coupon, gift card, store credit or cash. More info.

Product: GutCheck

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Description: This online, do-it-yourself market research platform goes far beyond existing survey tools with a “recruitment engine” that lets businesses “filter through a database of over 3.5 million potential participants (by age, income, geography, etc.), and select target respondents for their panel. From there, companies can submit questions and any related media (photos, videos, etc.) to each participant with a single click, then save the feedback in a chatlog after the session is complete.” More info.

Product: Kuggaa

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Description: Cloud-based service gives subscribers the ability to share, access and create content across a variety of devices including iPhone, Androids, BlackBerry, PCs, the Nintendo Wii and PS3. More info.

Product: AboutOne.com

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Description: Cloud-based service provides a single location to manage household information and one’s “memories.” “This first comprehensive online family management tool is fast, fun and easy to use, leveraging users’ time with APIs, wizards, and auto-magically created newsletters, scrapbooks, paper cards that mail themselves, other shareables and an organizational GPS. AboutOne provides ready access to information necessary for informed decisions and emergency preparedness.” More info.

Product: TrendSpottr

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Description: A “real-time search and curation service for Facebook and Twitter,” TrendSpottr makes it easier to discover top trending content. “Using advanced algorithms and curation tools developed specifically for the real-time Web, TrendSpottr filters, aggregates and publishes the top trending headlines, videos, images, phrases, hashtags and places for any search term or topic of interest.” More info.