William Hurley, known as Whurley, formerly the creative “evil genius” behind Chaotic Moon, has left that company to co-found a new financial technology company, Honest Dollar. Henry Yoshida, a certified financial planner, co-founder and principal of The Maresh Yoshida 401k Group, with more than $1.3 billion under management, is his co-founder. “We are forming the […]
Brewbot, Vaporshot and Other Tech Gadgets at Engadget Austin Live
June 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment
A big crowd turned out for Engadget Live Austin held last Friday to showcase some of the city’s latest tech products. A customized beer brewing station controlled with a smartphone, a vaporized alcohol machine and a virtual reality Oculus Rift headset were a few of the devices on display at the Austin Music Hall. Engadget, […]
Austin Chamber Names 12 Startups to its Austin A-List for 2014
May 8, 2014 by 1 Comment
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The Austin Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night named 12 companies to its A-List of Startups for 2014. In the “Emerging” category, for companies that have raised less than $1 million, the winners were Datical, Compare Metrics, Embrace, TeVido, TrustRadius and Spot on Sciences. “You look at the […]
“Chaotic Moon is the quintessential Austin company”
January 25, 2012 by 2 Comments
By SUSAN LAHEY Special Contributor to Silicon Hills News For the moment, forget that Chaotic Moon created the app for The Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s groundbreaking newspaper for the iPad. Forget that this two-year-old company works with clients like Sesame Street and the United Nations, Discovery Channel and Hello Kitty. And forget that the company charges […]
Chaotic Moon Labs showcases its “Board of Awesomeness” at CES
January 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Last week I attended the first meet up for the Austin chapter of the Online News Association. Robert Quigley, senior lecturer with the University of Texas journalism school, and Cindy Royal, professor at Texas State University, are cofounders of the Austin ONA chapter. The first meeting had a great turnout. In addition to other journalists, […]
