Hey – we want to share a brief preview of what you can expect at the Tweetup tonight at Bronto. The main theme is games – think social games, gaming and gamification. What the heck are we talking about? A social contest announcement from our sponsor CarMax with chances to win iPad 2s. That’s right, plural. You are the Photobooth this year! Use your favorite social photo sharing apps: Instagram, Color, Foursquare, etc. to...

Ever bought or sold a car to CarMax? Then you know the process is pretty easy. Well, easy just got easier in the Triangle. CarMax has been in Raleigh for more than a decade now. Recently the company launched new online functionality, but only in the Raleigh/Durham and Fayetteville areas. Now customers in these areas can hold a vehicle, schedule a test drive, apply for financing, initiate and pay for a transfer, select a MaxCare extended...

We wanted to drop a quick post to help all the Tweetup attendees with parking on May 19 in Durham. There is a Durham Bulls baseball game that night so that means there will be a lot of people parking around the ballpark. Bronto software is located in the American Tobacco building located right smack next door to the ballpark. Here are some tips from @BrontoCaroline to help get you parked safely and quickly for the tweetup! Here is a handy...

It’s been just about 2 years since the Triangle startup community came together for the first Triangle Startup Weekend, where four ideas out of 21 pitched – for startups ranging from a mobile app for guys to team up with “wing women” to assist with real-life dating, to a community-based online bartering network – were developed over the course of the weekend by make-shift groups of hackers, founders and...

It must be Springtime. It’s tweetup time. Bronto is hosting the first Triangle Tweetup of the year at their offices in the American Tobacco complex in downtown Durham. This is now an annual tradition with our friends at Bronto and we are looking for ways to celebrate local creativity through social networking at the tweetup. Give your ideas in the comments on twitter hashtagged #triangletweetup. We’ll share more event details...

We had so much fun getting to meet our tweeps in-person during last year’s Deep Fried Triangle Tweetup at the N.C. State Fair that we decided to do it all again. This time, we’re moving the celebration to the very first day of the Fair to offer you a first glimpse at the rides, food and entertainment you can expect at the Fair. The Deep Fried Triangle Tweetup, co-hosted with OurHashtag, will be held on Preview Day,...