Fifty early-stage, hungry startups are selected from a pool of around 1,000 applicants to launch for the first time in front of a panel of 20 of the tech industry's most influential, deep-pocketed entrepreneurs, VC's and media.
Different companies exhibit each day — many of which are launching for the first time.
Today, the Angolan Minister of Education, Antonio Burity da Silva launched for the first time in Angola and globally a nationwide campaign about HIV/AIDS that will engage all of the 590,000 secondary school students ages 9-18 all over the country.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, noting that the launch marked the first time that a North Korean missile had penetrated his country's air defense identification zone, where it tries to identify and locate passing aircraft for security purposes, called the test "a grave threat to our country's security".
The launch marks the first time that owners of electric cars can charge their vehicles in battery stations located in basement parking lots where all of the new charging devices are located.
The primary goals of Discovery's mission -- resupplying the space station and testing the cameras and sensors that let NASA truly measure the extent of launch debris for the first time -- were accomplished handily by the commander, Col. Eileen M. Collins, and her crew.
After setup is complete, launch TeamSpeak for the first time.
The company held one of its fabled launches — led for the first time by the bespectacled Tim Cook, not the turtlenecked Steve Jobs — and bored people.
After launching it for the first time, a feed of featured videos will display.
The official launch of the talks was the first time the two sides have met publicly since peace negotiations broke down in 2002, unleashing an intense military campaign by the government of Álvaro Uribe against the Farc, which funds itself through kidnapping, extortion, drugs and illegal gold mining.
