A Slice of Silicon Hills Talks App Deployment with SocialREST

By ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News While most iOS app developers want to incorporate social media in on their new apps, the process is easier said than done. Facebook, Twitter and other platforms often have their own code – which developers may or may not be familiar with. That’s where SocialREST comes in. […]

A Slice of Silicon Hills Interviews the Amazing JellyBean

By ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News Has your internet ever gone down? Of course it has. To fix it, you probably had to “power cycle” your modem and router – which essentially means turning them off and on in the right order. Depending on where all the wires connect, this can be a […]

A Slice of Silicon Hills Rocks Out with Rockify

By ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News Do you like music videos? Do you miss old MTV? If you do, then you’ll probably like Rockify. Created by Joel Korpi, the Rockify platform is designed to present music videos in a better format than other sites on the web. But there’s a twist, Korpi has […]

A Slice of Silicon Hills Features BudgetDoc

By ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News Do you want a doctor? Do you want to bypass the hassle of insurance claims and pay cash up front? Then BudgetDoc wants to make your life easier by creating a network of doctors willing to give discounts to patients that pay cash up front. Dr. Megan […]

A Slice of Silicon Hills Features Austin-based MakerSquare

BY ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News Great tech startups need great developers – especially developers that are fluent in the latest coding languages used on the web. Unfortunately, the only way for companies to get such developers is to train them in house, or hope to find someone who has learned them on […]

Austin-based StoryPress Lets People Record Their Stories

This week Slice of Silicon Hills News Host Andrew Moore interviews StoryPress founder Michael Davis about his new iPad app for creating and saving family history through audio stories. “StoryPress is trying to change the way that family history is preserved and passed down from generation to generation by making it fun and easy to […]

UMeTime Featured on A Slice of Silicon Hills

UMeTime, which has signed up more than 120 businesses in Austin to use its hyperlocal deal app, is featured this week on Slice of Silicon Hills News. In this episode of Slice of Silicon Hills News, Host Andrew Moore interviews Dan McKernan with UMeTime about a new way to connect businesses with customers. UMeTime allows […]

Grapevine Featured on A Slice of Silicon Hills

This week, Slice of Silicon Hills News Host Andrew Moore interviews Grapevine’s Co-Founder Erik Larson about the company’s latest version of its software. Grapevine, based at Geekdom, makes a reputation management software program aimed at businesses in the hospitality industry like restaurants and hotels.

Kirpeep’s SXSW Swag Challenge Featured on A Slice of Silicon Hills

Kirpeep’s Leticia Barrientos, vice president of outreach, talks with Slice of Silicon Hills Host Andrew Moore about the startup’s plans for South by Southwest this weekend. The company, based at Geekdom, is having a swag challenge at SXSW. More than 5,000 people signed up for the challenge, which quickly sold out, Barrientos said. They have […]

A Slice of Silicon Hills Featuring Wimbo Music

Silicon Hills News Reporter Andrew Moore interviews Wimbo Music’s Chief Technical Officer Greg Cerveny in the first episode of Slice of Silicon Hills. The show is recorded and produced at the Silver Fox Studios at Geekdom in downtown San Antonio. If you’re interested in being on a future show, please send us an e-mail. The […]