iRule: Turning an iPod Into a Universal Remote.

Metromode has a great story about a Metro Area startup called iRule.

iRule’s app, which starts at $200 with the accompanying hardware, took off almost immediately. Both Ben-Gal and Nemirovsky left their day jobs to focus on iRule early this year. Soon after they raised about $500,000 in an angel round, including an investment from Compuware’s new venture capital arm. The company recently hired three people, moved from Ben-Gal and Nemirovsky’s suburban homes to the Compuware Building in downtown Detroit, and is prepping to launch the Android version of its software.

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WordCamp Detroit 2011 is coming on November 12-13, 2011. Just like last year, the schedule is filling out nicely with great speakers and sponsors.  Get your ticket now – at only $40 tickets it’s a steal.

WordCamp Detroit 2011 will be held at Detroit’s own Renaissance Center.  The event will be on Saturday, November 12th and Sunday, November 13th, 2011.  We’re really excited about this year’s event and location!

For More Information and Tickets:
Website: 2011.detroit.wordcamp.org
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Hatch Detroit is an organization dedicated to helping grow vibrant and successful businesses in Detroit. They  are giving away $50,000 and a suite of free services to the best retail business idea. The contest is open to anyone with a “retail business” idea.  The only criteria for what type of retail business is simply that people must be able to walk in and pay money to get something in return – products, goods, services, food, or drinks.  Think yoga studios, coffee shops, art galleries, barber shops, etc.

Hatch Detoit is currently accepting submissions, and the deadline to …read more

An event we have become aware of through Donald Sicheneder of Atlas Payroll Group is the Michigan Roots Jamboree to be held August 5 & 6, 2011 at the Riverside Park in Ypsilanti, MI.

Below is a brief excerpt from the Jamboree website…

The Michigan Roots Jamboree is a two-day outdoor music and art festival showcasing the finest talent the midwest has to offer. This exciting, family-friendly camping event will bring together both local and regional acts on two stages in beautiful Riverside Park in Ypsilanti, Michigan. From rock to bluegrass …read more

Twitter is a fun place to hang out. The official web app might be bland, but there are a whole bunch of third party apps out there to make Twitter special. I have always maintained that if it weren’t for third party apps, Twitter would never have been the cultural…

Read More: 20 Cool Apps to Enhance Your Twitter Experience.

via: http://web.appstorm.net/

It is only March and there have already been a number of announcements this month about big players getting in on the deal-of-the-day phenomenon.

Facebook announced it will test a new service for its advertisers to reach its 550 million users.
Bing said it is getting into the aggregation of daily deals with a service called Live Deals.

Google Offers is coming soon, and now AT&T will be getting into the game on two fronts…

Read More At:  What carriers can learn from Groupon and LivingSocial.

To celebrate six years of collaboration between Sky Arts and the English National Opera, Sky Arts commissioned an unlikely trio to produce Sky Arts Opera Shorts — three opera short films by three of today’s most celebrated film directors: Dougal Wilson, Sam Taylor-Wood and Werner Herzog. The films are set to a popular aria of ENO’s 2008/2009 season, capturing each director’s distinct visual style. And, as big proponents of the cross-pollination of the arts and the creative intersections of past and present…

Read more: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/03/22/sky-arts-opera-shorts/#ixzz1HLB6STbh

Are social media just for saying, “Look what I’m doing! See what exciting place I’m visiting! Don’t forget about me!”?Much of this is so very uninteresting. I just don’t care. But a simple shift and things start to attract my interest. Stop talking about yourself and talk about other people.I’m…

via Take A Moment To Brag About Someone Else.

The professional online network LinkedIn, which has filed to go public, now has 100 million members, and is growing at a rate of one million new members per week.To commemorate the occasion, the company made a fancy infographic depicting some stats…

via LinkedIn Reaches 100 Million Users.

Running a blog is no easy task and finding time to build links can seem impossible. Luckily, like most things with WordPress, there are plugins to make your life easier. The following plugins are designed to help you more efficiently build both internal and external links throughout your blog.Let me…

via 4 Essential WordPress Link Building Plugins.