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Amazon Greenlights Six More Original Shows, Renews "Alpha House"
Mar 31, 4:22PM
Confirming and expanding on news scooped by Variety earlier this month, Amazon this morning officially announced its plans to greenlight six more of its Amazon Studios’ pilot shows, which are now being given full seasons. The new shows, which include The After, Bosch, Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street, Mozart in the Jungle, Transparent and Wishenpoof!, will come to… Read More
Microsoft Promotes Scott Guthrie To Head Of Cloud, Phil Spencer To Lead Xbox, Confirms Stephen Elop Will Run Devices
Mar 31, 4:14PM
This morning Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella announced that Scott Guthrie is now the executive vice president of its Cloud and Enterprise group, Phil Spencer will run its Xbox work, and that, when the Nokia acquisition closes, former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop will pick up the title of executive vice president of the Devices group. Read More
How To Play Quake (Again) On Your Raspberry Pi
Mar 31, 3:57PM
A month ago, the folks at Raspberry Pi announced that they now had access, thanks to Broadcomm, to an open driver for the BCM21553 cellphone processor chip. This meant that DIYers now had complete access to the board and would be able to access the onboard Raspberry BCM2835 chip (a similar chip to the BCM21553) with an open source driver - as long as someone ported it over from the BCM21553. Read More
Twitter Poaches Googler (And Son Of Viacom CEO) Philippe Dauman To Lead Commerce Partnerships
Mar 31, 3:51PM
Twitter has not yet officially launched commerce services but it continues to build out the systems it will need to have in place when it does. The latest development on that front is that it has hired away Philippe Dauman Jr from Google to lead commerce partnerships. Dauman, who had been at Google for the last six and a half years, announced the news himself on Twitter and also on LinkedIn. Read More
Rdio Adds Chromecast Support For TV Music Streaming
Mar 31, 3:30PM
Streaming music service Rdio has added support for Google’s Chromecast media accessory, the company announced today. What that means is that you’ll be able to send your Rdio music from your iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Chrome for Mac and Chrome for Windows to your Chromecast-connected TV or HDMI display wirelessly. Using Rdio’s existing remote feature, you’ll also be able… Read More
Fly Or Die: Secret
Mar 31, 3:05PM
With last week's episode focusing on Whisper, we thought it only fair to take a hard look at its biggest competitor, Secret. Welcome to another episode of Fly or Die. Read More
Mobile Q&A App Jelly Now Lets You Ask Location-Based Questions Routed To Nearby Users
Mar 31, 3:03PM
While the shine and novelty quickly wore off Twitter co-founder Biz Stone's mobile Q&A app Jelly, the company has continued to iterate on its product - the picture-based search service that lets you ask your friends and extended network the kind of questions where the injection of a personal opinion is valued more than a list of links to click, as on Google. Today, the company has rolled… Read More
iPhone 6 "Air" Concept Imagines A Return To The Glass Back Design
Mar 31, 2:06PM
A new take on the yet-to-be-announced iPhone 6 from an independent designer provides a look at what we might expect from a thinner, larger-screened, next-generation device. This latest one is the most recent in a spate of design takes by Martin Hajek on potential future Apple products and is commissioned by French blog NWE based on recently leaked sketches, which may or may not be authentic.… Read More
With $2 Million In New Seed Funding, Classtivity Rebrands As ClassPass To Add Variety To Your Workout
Mar 31, 2:00PM
ClassPass, an NY-based company focused on bringing value to athletes and local gyms, has today announced a $2 million seed round from an assortment of angel investors, including Fritz Lanman, SV Angel, Hank Vigil, Blake Krikorian, Gordy Crawford, Owen Van Natta, Vivi Nevo & Keith Nowak, Kal Vepuri, and Dave Tisch. ClassPass originally launched out of TechStars NY as Classtivity, looking to… Read More
Voxer's Push-To-Talk Messenger Debuts A Redesigned, Speedier Version 3.0
Mar 31, 1:54PM
Voxer, makers of a push-to-talk mobile messaging service, is rolling out a significant upgrade today of its iOS application (version 3.0) with the introduction of a redesigned user interface, speed and battery life improvements, plus new features, including read receipts and unlimited data storage. The company, for background, has long stood out among competing mobile messengers because of its… Read More
With New AudioEngine, Findaway World Plans To Power Audiobook Stores On Mobile And The Web
Mar 31, 1:30PM
Findaway World was founded back in 2006 with the aim of selling MP3 players preloaded with audiobooks. (One of its more noteworthy customers: The US Army.) Today, the company is kicking off a new digital strategy in earnest with the launch of its AudioEngine. Findaway World isn't trying to compete directly with an audiobook store like Audible, said co-founder and CEO Mitch Kroll. Instead,… Read More
PasswordBox Partnership Lets The Nymi ECG Wristband Log You In Anywhere On Mobile
Mar 31, 1:26PM
The Nymi armband from Toronto-startup Bionym is edging closer to reality, and a new partnership announced today helps make it more clear how it’ll be useful to everyday consumers. Bionym is teaming up with PasswordBox to make it possible to authenticate your mobile logins using your heart rate automatically, for super fast access to sites, devices and services. PasswordBox is a login locker,… Read More
Square Debuts New Software Partner Platform, Integrates With Xero For Seamless Merchant Accounting
Mar 31, 1:00PM
After announcing a partnership with Intuit QuickBooks last Fall, Square is debuting a new integration with rival accounting software Xero. Similar to the announcement with QuickBooks, this API deal allows for the mobile payment service to feed data from transactions into their financial books on Xero. Read More
Healthcare.gov Crashes On The Last Day To Enroll Before The Deadline
Mar 31, 12:35PM
Healthcare.gov is down for maintenance at the most inopportune time. Users are reporting not being able to access the U.S. government's healthcare marketplace on the last day before the deadline. Technical problems due to scheduled maintenance is to blame. Read More
Moto G Has Turned Motorola's U.K. Fortunes Around, Study Finds
Mar 31, 11:56AM
Turns out the 'G' in Moto G stands for 'Go!'. Motorola's well-reviewed sub-$200 Android handset has given Motorola an unexpected boost in the U.K. -- a market where the brand had gone into near-total stasis. Read More
ClearStory Raises $21M From DAG Ventures, KPCB, A16Z To Bring Data Intelligence To The Masses
Mar 31, 11:30AM
ClearStory Data, a company that wants to bring data intelligence to the masses, has raised $21 million in Series B funding led by DAG Ventures with Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers participating. The round brings ClearStory Data's total funding to $31.5 million. Read More
Handshake Raises $8 Million To Grow Its Wholesale Sales Ordering App
Mar 31, 11:30AM
App developer Handshake has raised $8 million in new funding to grow its business selling a mobile wholesale sales ordering and fulfillment application. New investor Emergence Capital Partners led the Series A round, with participation from Handshake’s seed investors SoftTech VC, MHS Capital, and High Peaks Venture Partners. Other investors include BOLDstart Ventures and Point Nine… Read More
Netagio, A 'Cold Storage' Bitcoin Vault, Adds The Ability To Trade BTC For Gold Bars (Or Vice Versa)
Mar 31, 9:56AM
Keeping bitcoin safe isn't easy. If the wild currency fluctuations don't get you, then it'll be the exchanges going pop in the night and taking a chunk of BTC with them, or the myriad digital wallets whose security systems failed to fend off the hacker hoards lured by all that traceless digital coin... So why not convert your bitcoin into gold bars? Read More
Language Learning Platform Fluentify Takes In $410K Angel Investment
Mar 31, 8:33AM
Fluentify, a London-based videoconferencing language learning platform founded last year, has closed a $410,000 angel investment, led by Stefano Marsaglia, former chairman of Barclays global financial institutions group and current co-head of Mediobanca investment bank. The new funding brings the startup’s total raised to date to $500,000. The webcam-based language learning marketplace,… Read More
Content Marketplace ScreenHits Closes $1.2M Angel Funding
Mar 31, 8:02AM
UK-based ScreenHits, a marketplace for global content acquisition and ‘viewer feedback’, has closed a $1.2 million first round of funding. Investors include high net worth Angel investors, such as Rory Fleming, Lord Reay, and Flemming Lund among others, employing the SEIS and EIS funding schemes in the UK. The money will be used to focus on product, business development and audience… Read More
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