Looking Back at the Most Promising Technology Startups of 2011

By Rob Scott
January 3, 2012

Digital Trends offers a snapshot of its favorite tech startups launched in the past year.
Included in the list: Lytro, Turntable.fm, Code Academy, Square, Instagram, Path, GetAround, Pinterest and Giftly.
On Turntable.fm: “Since its debut, the hype has definitely died off, but its use hasn’t. Turntable.fm is one of the many music apps integrated into the new Facebook Open Graph and will also be part of Spotify’s app platform.”
On Instagram: “The filter app for iOS has more than ten million registered users and has no intentions of stopping there. An Android app is in the works, a new service is launched to make use of your Instagram photos every day, and there have even been hints that a video element could be included in the future.”
On Lytro: “[It] inarguably stole the startup spotlight this year. When it debuted in June, it had already managed to accrue $50 million in investments and immediately caught the attention of the entire tech world. Since then, it’s only piqued our interest by releasing its very mysterious camera. So what’s next? We’d love to see Lytro turn out more, varying types of devices [that use] its plenoptic camera mechanism, or possibly lease the technology to other manufacturers.”

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