ATA launches Austin voter engagement app to help with election
Austin Tech Alliance, a nonprofit founded to educate, engage and support the local tech community, launched the free beta form of a new app this week. Available on Google Play and the App Store, users can use the app to find a list of the Austin City Council Members and candidates, the beginning of an issue-based voting guide, and Austin polling locations on a dynamic map. [Austin Startups]
Hanger closes $6.5M round to build drones that capture data
Dell partners with Girls Who Code for after school program
Dell Technologies teamed up with Girls Who Code this month for after school computer science programs supporting 15,000 girls from grades six through 12 in under-served communities across the country. Dell gave $400,000 toward the initiative for supplies and materials as well as to assist in field trips to tech companies. [Press Release]
SparkCognition announces partnership with IBM and NI
Austin's SparkCognition recently announced it will partner with IBM and NI to work together to integrate industrial technology with IT in order to provide better methods of managing and elongating the lifespan of aging assets in heavy machinery, power generation, process manufacturing and more. [Press Release]
Amazon Lumberyard to open Austin game engine development office
Amazon will open its third office in Austin, this time for its game engine platform, Lumberyard. A new local team will join the efforts of Seattle-based developers to strengthen the free cross-platform game engine. On Lumberyard, developers can host and build their games on Amazon Web Services, then stream content live and engage with gamers via Twitch, a company purchased by Amazon in 2014. [Built In Austin]
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