You’ve probably noticed a flood of news on our front page from DEMO, the conference for tech companies launching products that kicks off today in Palm Springs. (Under VentureBeat’s new partnership with DEMO, my editor Matt Marshall will be co-producing the conference this year, and taking over as executive producer after that.) But even so, [...]
Over the next two days, my colleague Dean Takahashi (with some assistance from yours truly) will be writing about many or all of the DEMO companies as they take the stage, so stayed tuned for first impressions of the various products, as well as in-depth coverage of companies that I only touch on here. Until then, however, here’s a list of the DEMO 09 Class of Demonstrators, along with short descriptions of what they’re launching. (Quotes are from the DEMO program book.)
WebLegend — An e-commerce platform that tailors content to an individual’s personal shopping profile. The company claims to improve conversion rates by up to 50 percent.
Touch Book — Read our coverage of the portable device that’s “a little bit laptop, a little bit iPhone and a whole lot useful.”
AppZero — Software that creates virtual application appliances, allowing business apps to run anywhere with just the click of a mouse.
Asurion Mobile AddressBook — The concept of another address book for your mobile phone may sound unnecessary, but Asurion says it creates a “people-centric index” of your connections and communications, helping users sort through the clutter.
Vue Personal Video Network — A network of small wireless cameras that stream video directly to the web. You can watch Vue’s video streams on any Flash-enabled device.
BG Live HD — Read our coverage of BitGravity’s high-definition video streaming service.
bluBuzz — A new subscription service that sends content like restaurant menus, drink specials, and sales to nearby consumers’ mobile devices via Bluetooth. It could become a platform for purchases, gaming, and government alerts, too.
Cc:Betty — A “personal email assistant” to help you organize your email-based content like files, images, and dates and places.
GoView — A service for easy screen recording, editing, and hosting from Citrix Online, the maker of web meeting service Gotomeeting.
Coveroo — Read our coverage of the service that lets you personalize your cell phones with laser imagery.
sobees — A “social desktop aggregator” that brings web applications and services to your computer desktop.
Document Depository Corporation — A hosted solution for managing legal documents, launching with tools for corporate governance, contract tracking, and “multi-entity legal negotiation.”
CO2code — Helps other companies “climate-netralize” a product (i.e., offset its carbon footprint), then print a label with a CO2code that lets customers see exactly how products were climate-balanced.
Ensembli — A service that collects RSS feeds and delivers articles that are particularly relevant to you. “For the thousands of users for whom Google Reader is a burden.”
Evri.com — The web service that uses semantic technology to help users find connections betwene people, places, and things is introducing a new feature called Collections. This feature allows users to create a personalized Evri tool for tracking a topic across the web.
Gazaro.com — Read our coverage of the company’s personalized, electronic sales flyer.
HAM-IT — A mobile one-stop shop that connects consumers and local service providers, with the ability to schedule meetings and collaborate.
Home-Account — Read our coverage of the mortgage-recommendation service.
Q — A desktop application for managing content; don’t call it a web browser, because it allows users to manage much more information.
Jadoos.com — A way to access and manage your online identity, including your social network connections, from any device. Jadoos compares its service to a remote control that manages several devices in your living room.
Kutano — This web annotation service, which allows users to write comments, questions, and complaints along any website.
Loyal2Me — An environment for “consumer-controlled marketing,” using personalized voice recordings to deliver sales offers.
Pixetell — Allows you to combine screen recordings, voice, video, text, and attachments into single message that can be sent over multiple channels.
Primal Fusion — A services that captures your ideas in the form of “thought networks,” which can then be sent to documents, websites, and RSS feeds.
ShoutOut — A voice-to-text service for sending SMS text messages.
PureWire Trust — An online trust system that builds user reputations across sites for commerce, community, and collaboration.
mirasol Displays — New displays from Qualcomm that use less energy (including zero energy when the image doesn’t change) and offer improved outdoor visibility.
Gagapost — An easy-to-use blog platform that allows friends to colalborate on or co-own a post.
Silverstone Solutions Network — Provides the tools to manage a Kidney Paired Donation program, which matches incompatible donor/recipient pairs with other pairs.
Skout Out — A location-based dating tool that utilizes large, touchscreen displays to let users flirt and send virtual gifts to others nearby.
SmartyCard — An online environment with educatioal games that reward kids with redeemable points at iTunes and elsewhere.
Project Guru — Read our coverage of Symantec’s new family tech support service.
Gwabbit — Read our coverage of the automated email contact manager.
RallyPoint — A integrated communication system for crises that incorporates both the web and touch-tone phones.
Vokle — A video chat service for business collaboration and communication.
Xandros Instant On — A service that lets you boot your computer and access services like web browsers and instant messengers before Microsoft Windows has started.
Xmarks.com — A web discovery service that that builds on Xmarks’ bookmark synchronization tool.
Zipadi — An online platform for small-to-medium businesses that bundles digital publishing, e-commerce, and customer relationship management.
Z-Commerce for Facebook — Read our coverage of Zuora’s subscription engine for Facebook apps.
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