The segment, which aired last night, also features an interview with Grady Vanderhoofven, a fund manager for a Tennessee-based venture capital group called Meritus Ventures. Vanderhoofven and others heard pitches Wednesday from eight startups ranging from healthcare to e-commerce.

The 2010 Arkansas Venture Forum is happening now. Can’t be there? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. First, there’s live video streams at these sites: Arkansas Venture Forum Arkansas Capital Corporation Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation Connect Arkansas Eight of the state’s most promising startups were chosen to pitch before potential investors at the forum, which [...]

For example, with enough data, a company could predict with 90 percent certainty where a user will be at a specific time in the future.

The buzz at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) interactive conference and festival, the conference for emerging technology, was all about location-based services, which are relatively new applications in the social media space.