Apps : Innovation & Job News

LifeFuels, from local entrepreneur Jonathon Perrelli, has officially launched, selling a "smart water bottle" that automatically dispenses vitamins and nutrients into your water.

A phone app that prevents you from drunk-dialing as well as helps you get a safe ride home is used on 170 college campuses and has a half million users nationwide.

The former Men's Wearhouse founder has a new venture: an app that brings a tailor to you.

Allyson Jacob, innovation news editor since Elevation DC first began publishing news in January 2013, has written her last piece for the publication.

1776, the growing incubator, coworking space and seed fund, announced today that it has acquired Hattery in San Francisco.

Gusto makes point-of-sale systems that easily integrate with third-party apps, thanks to CEO Bill Draper's complete redesign of what a POS should be. The company closes a $2M Series A round today.

Imagine If, an Arlington-based hotel booking platform, has launched a third product in its suite that lets travelers comparison-shop for hotels and save their favorites.

ribl, a location-based message board built in DC for Google Play, launched at SXSW last week. Cofounder Mike Chan reflects on the experience and on what's next for the startup.

Urgent.ly, billed as the "Uber for roadside assistance," has helped thousands of stranded drivers over the last year, with no pricey auto club membership required.

The latest edition of our twice-monthly job post has jobs in engineering, sales, marketing, development and--wait for it--the airline industry.

The DMV Startup wiki, a project started by entrepreneur Brandon Luong, is live. Luong hopes it will be an information hub for people wanting to learn all about the DC Tech community. 

The minds of entrepreneurs and innovators will meet in downtown D.C. Friday and Saturday as the Fosterly community combines Day of Fosterly and GovFest into one giant conference called Collaborate.

SwitchPitch, a series of events for corporations to pitch projects to statups, has developed SwitchPitch Connect, a LinkedIn-style platform for business development.

Our every-other-week guide to who's hiring in D.C. tech. Happy holidays, job hunters!

Like a 7-Eleven that delivers, goPuff has been serving college students in Philly and Boston since 2013. District students will have the opportunity to give it a go in a few weeks.