Welcome to Numote, a new way to experience TV. Numote provides a personalized TV experience with TV gossip and recommendations delivered to your mobile phone.
This summer's crop of 14 startups includes GiveLoop, which makes software that facilitates online donations to charities and political groups.
Numote built an iPhone app that lets people see what their friends are watching on TV.
All will present to a group of professional investors in mid-August.
I love the slogan for Numote, a new TV remote control technology launching this month: "Waste your time better."
Founder Vijay Kailas finished up at Harvard's Graduate School of Design in 2008, and started developing the Numote concept shortly thereafter.
"We call it a social remote control for television," Kailas told me last week "It helps users find content to watch, interact with their friends, and get recommendations of shows they'll like."...
"With the Numote application for mobile devices, Numoters use their friends to discover interesting, new TV shows. Numote’s technology recommends new TV shows based on viewing habits, friends viewing habits, preferences, and show characteristics."