The Houston Innovation Initiative is a group started by Houston Council Member Jarvis Johnson and Yvette Golan of World Innova and here is a quick summary of what they are all about:

The Houston Innovation Initiative (HII) joins government leaders focused on solving city challenges to the technology and innovation leaders who can help. [...]

Join us as StartupHouston liveblogs the TiE Houston Legal Workshop that offers advice on how to protect your Small Business Intellectual Property and More.

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FreeTimeStudios, an independent mobile game development studio founded by Nathan Eror and headquartered in Houston, TX, announced yesterday that their new game, SlapHappy, is now available via the iTunes Store for an introductory price of 99 cents.

For those of you not aware, Nathan has been very active in Houston’s development community and is [...]

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Werkadoo, the Houston startup that aims to compete with the likes of ODesk and eLance for the business of contractors and freelancers and be the “eHarmony of Business,” officially launched their site yesterday!  Below are the screenshots of their beta invitation and launch sites, as well as information from the announcement of their [...]

Join us today for the live stream and live blog of Houston’s first iPhone Dev Camp!

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Houston is producing an active iPhone Developer Community that continues to grow. Below are just some of the examples of how Houston’s iPhone Application Developers are working to establish Houston as a major Mobile Applications Development Hub in 2010.

Houston iPhone Application Service Companies:

ChaiOne (ChaiOne.com)

ChaiOne, headed by Gaurav Khandelwal,  has seen a lot of impressive [...]

Welcome to the StartupHouston LiveBlog of the Rice Alliance 2009 IT & Web 2.0 Venture Forum.

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Hurry and Register Now for the Rice Alliance I.T. and Web 2.0 Venture Forum, taking place this Thursday, Dec. 10th!    StartupHouston will be also be there LiveBlogging the Event!

7th Annual Rice Alliance Information Technology and Web 2.0 Venture Forum
Event Date: December 10, 2009
Registration: 8:00 am Program: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Company [...]

In addition to the Chai One Happy Hour and the Information Super Highway events that Marc Nathan wrote about, here are some more cool things going on this week in Houston:

Chai One Happy Hour

When:  Thursday, Dec. 3rd (today), 6:00PM – 8:00PM
Where:  Avant Garden, 411 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77006
More Info:  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=189385806948&ref=ts

PHP User Group Meetup

When: Thursday, [...]