Mexico could be an unparalleled global destination for technology workers, something that Austin-based IT solutions entrepreneur Anurag Kumar believes would change the country’s economic future. “There’s a lot of talent sitting next door,” Kumar, the CEO of iTexico, told Más Wired. “There’s a huge opportunity for Mexico to bring good paying jobs, infrastructure. I think the return is going to be very high if the government of Mexico can invest in more IT, tech training.” Kumar should know.… more

Judy Tomlinson is back with the new, and improved, line of wearable technology made especially for women who want to be fashionable, but still connected. Zazzi is a device that can be worn as a ring, pendant or bracelet; the technology keeps you connected to your mobile device, providing various notifications, but also looks pretty. To put it simply, she said, “Zazzi is interchangeable smart jewelry.” We wrote previously about Zazzi here. Tomlinson is now launching an Indiegogo project to push production of Zazzi, which she told Más Wired is now available to be plated in rose gold and silver.… more

The future of medicine is being developed in El Paso, Texas, at a company called TeVido BioDevices. The technology combines medicine and 3D printing in such a way as to allow scientists to take skin and fat cells and, using 3D printing technology, create a piece of flesh made of your own cells. “I was just blown away,” is how Laura Bosworth, CEO of TeVido, describes feeling when she came across this technology at the University of Texas at El Paso in 2010. Bosworth had retired after decades’ worth of experiences as an executive at IBM and Dell, and had gone home to El Paso to work with entrepreneurs at UTEP in hopes of fostering innovation.… more

Technology can be beautiful, and Judy Tomlinson, founder of FashionTEQ is working to make it so. In 2013 she began designing “smart jewelry” for women called Zazzi. Tomlinson designed Zazzi to be a small, black and white screen that can be fitted into a ring, pendant or necklace. The Zazzi will vibrate or display different symbols to alert the wearer to calls, texts or emails, and let you know if you are 50 feet away from your phone. The jewelry comes in gold or silver. Tomlinson said she created Zazzi because she wanted to make consumer products for women.… more

Más Wired had a chance to catch a few minutes of Lorenzo Gomez’s time recently. As the Director of San Antonio’s Geekdom and Executive Director of The 80/20 Foundation — focusing on STEM, entrepreneurs and urban development — it seems to be quite a feat. Gomez, who started with Rackspace many years ago, told Más Wired that Central Texas and San Antonio are important parts of the country’s tech scene and that Latinos are one of the most entrepreneurial groups in the country.… more

Imagine arriving at your hotel in Cancún, México, logging on to their Wi-Fi and immediately having the hotel’s landing page pop up with personalized recommendations on restaurants you should visit, stores you need to stop by and the hotel spa you should book immediately. All tailored to meet your needs, in a visually stimulating interface. That is the concept behind Interesante, a Latino-owned startup that focuses on helping people discover interesting things, especially when they travel within the U.S.… more

What if you could get video, tweets, photos and news stories about a breaking event all in one place? Eric Ortiz, a Los Angeles native and journalist-turned-entrepreneur, asked himself the same question two years ago and decided to create a solution: Evrybit. A 2014 John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University, he’s the founder and CEO of the company that creates a mobile solution for live and collaborative reporting. The former sports editor, Ortiz told Más Wired that the inspiration for the company came from a conversation between he and his wife in November 2012 when he was working in Cambridge, Massachusetts.… more

Latino startups miss out on a few rounds of funding by the time they get in front of venture capitalists (VC), which makes it even more important for Latino entrepreneurs to pitch and get into the VC game. We spoke to Rebecca Gonzales, assistant executive director at Avinde, a startup accelerator for women in Austin, Texas. Gonzales makes the point that entrepreneurs often bootstrap their companies (first round of funding) before going to their network, the “friends, family and fools” round (second round), before they actually go to VCs or angel investors.… more

Manos Accelerator launched last year with the goal of increasing the number of successful Latino-owned technology startups in Silicon Valley. Manos has already completed its first class of seven Latino-owned startups and today the Accelerator announced a two-year extension of its partnership with Google for Entrepreneurs. According to Manos, less than 1% of venture-backed startups are founded by Latinos, which is why they are focused on changing this number by developing and supporting the community of Latino entrepreneurs.… more

Money, tech and mentors. These, according to panelists on Saturday’s “Black Women in Tech: Uncovering Barriers to Entry” panel at South by Southwest, are the top three barriers to black women looking to enter the tech space. Panelists included Blogalicious co-founder Stacey Ferguson, who is a technology intellectual property attorney, as well as startup founder Marissa Jennings, and tech CEO Aaron Saunders. The first barrier to entry is money. Jennings noted that her first crowd sourcing campaign was not a success, but she learned a lot from the experience and was able to leverage those lessons the next time she asked for money.… more