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Fundable Acquires LaunchRock To Combine Crowdfunding And User Acquisition
Mar 13, 3:36PM
Fundable, an equity crowdfunding platform for businesses (including startups), just announced that it has acquired LaunchRock. LaunchRock, as the name implies, was initially focused on helping startups create launch pages to acquire users, though it eventually expanded its product to cover other aspects of finding and building a relationship with users. Both Will Schroter (founder and CEO of… Read More
GLG Share Gives Startups Access To Mentorship Without Trading Equity
Mar 13, 3:30PM
Since 1998, the Gerson Lehrman Group has been helping its clients answer their most difficult questions, using an algorithm to choose from more than 350k experts and then facilitating a conversation between clients and counselors. These experts include C-level executives, doctors, scientists, educators, journalists, and anyone else who has fostered a certain level of expertise in various… Read More
iOS 8 Said To Potentially Include TextEdit And Preview Apps For Viewing iCloud Files
Mar 13, 3:22PM
Apple is working on iOS versions of both its Preview and TextEdit Mac apps, according to a new report from the reliable 9to5Mac. The new mobile apps are designed for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, according to the blogs’ sources, and are made to help view files synced to iCloud by their desktop counterparts, which got the ability to store files on Apple’s cloud service in OS X Mountain… Read More
Sosh, An Activity Curator, Flips The Monetization Switch With An Event Ticketing Marketplace
Mar 13, 3:00PM
Sosh has been around since 2011 and brought a curated activities concierge to SF, NY, and Seattle for three years. But today, the app that offers up cool things to do is adding a new layer to the platform in the form of the Sosh Marketplace. Looking to finally introduce a revenue stream, Sosh is allowing vendors, merchants and artisans in NY, SF, and Seattle to submit their event ideas to the… Read More
Company Claiming Rights To "Flappy" Trademark Now Sending Notices To App Store Game Developers
Mar 13, 2:48PM
This was bound to happen. A company calling itself “Ultimate Arcade” is attempting to trademark the word “Flappy,” following the fervor around the viral App Store game, “Flappy Bird,” whose disappearance led to the creation of hundreds of clones, parody apps, and other similarly-inspired titles. Of course someone would try to cash in on this craze, but Ultimate… Read More
Dish Ships Super Joey, A TV Box That Records Eight Shows At Once
Mar 13, 2:25PM
If you're like me, when you and your brood of 16 children sit down to watch television of an evening, you end up at an impasse? Not everyone wants to watch the Duggars marathon for the fiftieth time and the little ones want to watch Disney while the older ones want to watch Faces of Death again. What to do? Thankfully, Dish announced that they're finally shipping the Super Joey, a DVR that can… Read More
MIT Builds A 'Soft Robotic' Fish That's Perfectly Cuddly, Moves Like The Real Thing
Mar 13, 2:18PM
Video: Melanie Gonick, MIT News Soft robotics is a field that’s growing so fast MIT has created an entire journal dedicated to the field, and the first edition profiles a robot fish that can perform a getaway maneuver with its flexible body almost as fast as the real thing. The fish is built partly using a rigid core where the so-called ‘brains’ are contained, and a soft portion… Read More
Real-Time Economic Data Tracking Platform Premise Raises $11M From Social+Capital Partnership
Mar 13, 2:02PM
Exclusive: Premise, a data technology company that is tracking macroeconomic and human development trends in real-time, is announcing an $11 million Series B round led by Social+Capital Partnership, with existing investors Harrison Metal, Google Ventures and Bowery Capital participating. This brings the startup's funding to $16.5 million. Former Facebook exec Chamath Palihapitiya, founder of… Read More
Simplisafe Adds New Sensors, Services To Their DIY Home Security System
Mar 13, 1:56PM
With competitors like Canary and Nest coming quickly behind, Simplisafe, a small, Boston-based security company, is pulling out the stops. After updating their software and mobile interface late last year they've updated their hardware and added a glass break sensor, one of the least expensive in the industry, to their arsenal of hardware. Read More
Amazon Stock Price Pops On News Of Prime Price Increase
Mar 13, 1:40PM
The street likes what it hears. This morning, prior to the market opening, Amazon announced that it was raising the price of its Prime subscription membership by $20 to $99 a year. The company’s stock followed suit and opened the day at $376, trading at up 1.63% on the day. This stock price increase puts its highest level since the dramatic crash following disappointing holiday earnings. The… Read More
Virtual Minuum Leaves Beta With Version 2.0, Adds Text Sharing Across Applications
Mar 13, 1:17PM
Whirlscape’s virtual keyboard software Minuum is exiting beta today with the launch of version 2.0, which changes up the look of the minimal input software, and adds quick access to emoji, plus text sharing across apps. The underlying tech also gets improvements, which means that both speed and accuracy are improved. There’s a free 30-day trial for the software, but it’ll cost… Read More
Unity Acquires Applifier To Bring Shareable Instant Replays To More Games
Mar 13, 1:00PM
Your friend takes out his phone. "Duuude — You've gotta see this game," he says, before showing you a particularly crazy scene. Is there really any more effective ad for a game? Unity doesn't think so. That's why they just bought Applifier, a company that helps developers add instant-replay type recordings to their games. Read More
Apple Patents A Smarter, More Accurate Wrist-Based Activity Tracker
Mar 13, 12:59PM
Apple has applied for a patent for an improved wearable pedometer design, according to a new filing published by the USPTO today (via AppleInsider). The filing describes a way to vastly improve accuracy on wearable step counters, by determining where a user is wearing it and adjusting the way it analyzes movement as a result. The patent specifically details automatic detection of when it’s… Read More
Banjo Raises $16M To Grow Its Experiential Real-Time News And Events Platform
Mar 13, 12:46PM
Startup Banjo has raised a new $16 million Series B round of funding, bringing its total raised to date to $21 million. The round was led by Balderton Capital, and included participation from BlueRun Ventures and Vegas Tech Fund, among others. For the Redwood City-based startup, the fresh injection of cash means ramping up growth, through talent recruitment, international expansion and building… Read More
Shareight Busts Records By Raising $1M On Seedrs, The Crowd Equity Platform
Mar 13, 12:27PM
It’s testament to the rise of crowd-equity financing that today m-commerce shopping app Shareight has today bust the record on the Seedrs platform today, raising £600,000 (US $1,000,000) on the platform from over 240 investors. Shareight reached their target amount (£350,000) in less than 17 hours and their second target in 24 hours. This gives the startup a pre-money valuation of £3… Read More
Tipping Point: U.S. Mobile Data Revenues Outweighed Those Of Voice In 2013, On Track For $100B/Year
Mar 13, 12:21PM
China may be the biggest of all when it comes to the sheer volume of users in its mobile market -- 700 smartphone and tablet users, and counting -- but when it comes to revenues from the new wave of data services beyond legacy voice calls, it's the U.S. that continues to lead. New research out today from Chetan Sharma notes that collectively mobile data revenues in the U.S. market were $90 billion… Read More
Amazon Prime To Cost $99 A Year
Mar 13, 12:15PM
The day we all feared has come. Amazon has announced that the price of Prime will soon cost $99 a year. Starting in seven days, the cost for existing members to renew will increase by $20 from $79.99. Amazon Student members will pay $49. The Prime Fresh membership fee will remain unchanged at $299. Exsiting members can expect to see the new price when their membership is set to renew.… Read More
Fresh From IPO, Wix Acquires Israeli Startup Appixia To Bring Native Mobile Commerce Support To 42M Users
Mar 13, 12:09PM
Wix emerged in 2006 as part of a new generation of startups on a mission to do for website creation what Blogger, WordPress and Tumblr have done for bloggers and content creators. Riding the increasing demand for easy-to-use, DIY website builders, Wix is now one of the largest platforms of its kind on the Web, along with Weebly and SquareSpace. With over 40 million people now using its free web… Read More
Hipmunk Makes Cross-Platform Travel Search Easier
Mar 13, 12:00PM
Travel meta search engine Hipmunk is launching "Hipmunk Anywhere" today, a cross-platform search feature that makes travel search a little bit easier for those of us who regularly use multiple devices. Read More
Eventbrite Raises Around $50M At A Valuation North Of $1B, Fortune Reports
Mar 13, 11:56AM
Event ticketing startup Eventbrite has raised a new round of funding at around $50 million, Fortune’s Dan Primack reports, which values the company at over $1 billion and sees the tech company join an elite group of so-called “Unicorn club” startups. The new funding comes on the heels of a $60 million round raised nearly a year ago, and Primack says that while the startup… Read More
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