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15 Austin South Asian | May 2022 5 Ways To Celebrate Summer with Today’s Newest Tech

Warm summer days are perfect for pool parties, cookouts, and bike rides. With the latest technology, there are endless ways to enhance

this summer’s activities and celebrations. modern in the corner of any room, to cooling mattresses that can keep any type of sleeper comfortable throughout the night. 2. SmashUps. SmashUps from American Greetings are customizable videos that you can personalize and send via email, text

1. Beat the Heat. The sweltering summer heat can be hard to handle. Luckily, the latest in cooling technology includes everything from fancy fans that look sleek and Another great way to keep cool this summer is to invest in a quality drink cooler or insulated water bottle that you can bring along with you to cookouts and pool parties to keep your drinks ice-cold, all day long. message or share on social media for a number of holidays and celebratory occasions throughout the year. There are SmashUps specifically for celebrating summer holidays, including a Juneteenth message from Alicia Keys, a special Father’s Day news bulletin from Kevin Nealon, and Fourth of July fun for the whole family, including Uncle Sam selfies.

SmashUps can be sent for almost every occasion including birthdays, weddings, and retirement. Or you can send messages just to say “congrats” or “thinking of you.” Regardless of the celebration, SmashUps are almost guaranteed to entertain everyone from dads to grads.

3. Waterproof Tech. Whether it’s a pool party or a day on the lake, a quality cooler isn’t the only thing you’ll need.

Have you considered if your favorite technology is waterproof? Whether it’s your speaker, phone or camera, you’ll want to make sure it’s safe by choosing one that is already waterproof or finding a case that can seal it off from water damage.

4. Bluetooth Thermometer. Grilling outside is a summer staple. If you’re stumped on a unique gift this Father’s Day, consider a Bluetooth meat thermometer. The handy device allows Dad to monitor the internal temperature of the food on the grill from his phone, so he can spend more time mingling with guests, or cooling off in front of the TV.

5. Fitness. The warm summer weather leaves plenty of options for outdoor physical activity. Whether it’s a walk, run, bike ride or swim, there is a variety of technology to keep you on track with hitting your fitness goals.

For the walkers and runners, Bluetooth headphones can motivate you for the duration of the workout. For the bikers, there are odometers that can be added to the bike to track how far you’ve gone. For swimmers, waterproof smartwatches can be worn to track the outputs of a swim.

The latest technology has something for everyone to help improve your life and the way you celebrate this summer. (StatePoint)

OPEN Texas Celebrates Pakistani And South Asian Entrepreneurs

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The conference, which was convened at the UT Commons Conference Center at 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, had something for everyone in their entrepreneurial journey.

“As you begin to take this journey it is important to have a network around you to help and guide you,” Taimur Rashid, CBO at Redis who attended the conference said. “Entrepreneurs are taking the leap, and more importantly looking for the right mentorship.”

More than 200 investors, founders, C-Suite executives, entrepreneurs, government representatives, and professionals attended the conference. Panels included “Taking the Leap unto Entrepreneurship’’ and “Opportunities in Pakistan,” talked about technology to use to power startups. Delivering the keynote address, Omair Tariq, the CEO and founder of cart.com, a company that grew to $150M in its first year, spoke about his life and death experiences in Pakistan that motivated him to live a life without any regrets.

Aasim Hasan, partner at Moneta Ventures, talked about the thriving ecosystem for venture capital in Austin. The audience listened with keen interest when Rabeel Warraich, the CEO and Founder of Sarmayacar, shared his knowledge as Pakistan’s first and largest institutional venture capitalist to showcase how Pakistan is at a tipping point for explosive growth. “I loved the passion everyone has especially for building up opportunities back in Pakistan,” Emily Lewis-Pinnell, VP of Cloud at NTT Data Services who attended the conference said.

The day-long conference included a startup pitch competition called Demo Day.

As a part of this segment, some startups practiced delivering pitches to a panel of investors. Sense, Mecca Digital, PixelOne, AthleisureX, and Manaky, covered a wide variety of industries from healthcare to fashion and travel. The judges rated Manaky and their model of building travel experiences in Pakistan the most promising startup.

OPEN thanked SOALTech, Austin Peace Academy, The Property Center, Sarmayacar, Polymer DLP, and SpecTower Realty group in making this event possible.

“You have the critical mass now, and you’ll really start something big from here,” Jahangir Piracha, CEO of Engro Petrochemicals, said about OPEN Austin.

A virtual Demo Day is planned for this September. For more information on events in Austin please visit austin.openglobalweb.org.