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$4M Richer, StyleSeat Launches "To You," Lets You Book Stylists To Your Home
Feb 11, 7:47PM
StyleSeat, a scheduling platform for hair stylists and other beauty professionals, is launching its "To You" feature in San Francisco today. To You is the product I told StyleSeat founder, and close friend, Melody McCloskey that I wanted her to build for me; A way to book same-day or later stylist appointments to wherever.Nike Pulled The Plug On Its FuelBand Android Companion App In Favor Of iOS And The Web
Feb 11, 7:38PM
Of all activity tracking devices that have been churned out in the past year and half, Nike's FuelBand has been strapped to my person the longest. Sadly, the wrist-worn gadget has never been able to sync wirelessly with an Android device the way it could with an iDevice, and it looks like that's going to be the case indefinitely — according to a Nike tweet spotted by Droid-Life, the company is no longer working on an Android version of its Bluetooth-syncing FuelBand app.Google Nexus 4 Wireless Charging Orb Now On Sale For $59.99 From Google Play, Ships In Less Than One Week
Feb 11, 6:57PM
Google's Nexus 4 wireless charger has been a creature only of legend up until today, even though the phone itself shipped months ago, late in 2012. Now, though, American buyers can get their orb orders in, for $59.99 for the Qi-based inductive charger for Google's latest Android reference smartphone.The Lumapad Is A Programmable, High-Intensity Spotlight For Photographers And Hobbyists
Feb 11, 6:25PM
Finding good lighting is hard and controlling it is harder. That's why the Lumapad programmable lamp is so interesting. It's a light source that can hit up to 8,000 lumens. You can either control from the unit itself or program it using USB or Wi-Fi. Why would you want to control this lamp remotely? Because it's such a bright light source, you can use this for DJ events, lighting video and still photo shoots, as well as running lights for on-stage events. In short, you can replace an entire light board with a few of these and a laptop.Boy Tries To Win Back Ex-Girlfriend On Valentine's Day By Building Her An App
Feb 11, 5:39PM
In July 2012, Jonathan Dharmaraj and his girlfriend of almost a year broke up. After spending every second together — working in the same hospital and living two minutes from each other — they both went off to different schools. Jonathan’s work at the University of Illinois at Chicago took him more than 30 miles from his sweetheart, who left for nursing school, and the pair decided that the distance and the timing just weren’t working. It’s been almost six months, and they’ve continued to talk, have remained close, and even find time to visit each other a few times each month. “I realized that we could have made it work,” said Jonathan. “I regretted that we broke up.” With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, Jonathan began plotting how he could get his girlfriend back. Instead of buying flowers or writing a love letter, he decided to write her an app. “I used to call her Shipoopi,” said Jonathan. “I know Shipoopi comes from The Music Man, but she and I made it an inside joke after watching Family Guy together. I named the app Shipoopi so that she knows it’s for her.” The app itself isn’t all that revolutionary. It’s an Android app, only available for Android 4.2 at the moment, that essentially lets you choose which apps appear on your lockscreen, letting you bypass the step of going from lockscreen to homescreen to app. Shipoopi lets you go straight from the lockscreen to the app of your choosing. He said that his ex, who we shall call Shipoopi because he’d prefer we kept her anonymous, lives and breathes by her smartphone and that this extra level of efficiency is perfect for her. But more importantly, Shipoopi shows her that Jonathan cares enough about her to do something truly creative for her. He plans on meeting up with her on Friday, the day after Valentine’s Day, to show her the app and ask her to be his girlfriend again. Jonathan isn’t a developer, and he doesn’t work for a startup. He’s a student who taught himself to code in HTML and JavaScript and then moved on to mobile apps. He’s not looking to make money, either — the app is free and has no clear revenue stream. He just wants his girlfriend back, and he use the skills he’s acquired to do this in a unique, adorable way. SoCouples Apps, Please Stop Mating And Start Consolidating
Feb 11, 5:24PM
Someone please make them stop. I know it's nearly Valentine's Day but couples apps: enough already. There aren't enough lovelorn long-distance teenagers in existence to sustain the rampant reproduction of these private sharing apps.Check For appFigures Brings App Metrics And Sales Data To The iPhone
Feb 11, 5:24PM
App development firm Lemon Labs just released a new iOS application aimed at mobile developers in need of tracking their app downloads and other metrics while on the go. The tool, which uses the appFigures API, offers an alternative to services like App Annie, Distimo or even appFigures‘ own website – none of which today offer their own native mobile experiences. AppFigures, for those unfamiliar, is a popular service for taking data from iTunes Connect, Google Play and other app stores, and putting it into a more usable format for developers. Lemon Lab’s new app, “Check for appFigures,” solves the problem of having to browse the appFigures desktop-sied website using an iPhone, by bringing key statistics to a downloadable iOS application. The app offers a clear and simple overview of importnat metrics like app downloads, updates, and sales. It also allows developers to quickly see these figures for various date ranges, including “all time,” “last 24 hours,” and 1, 3, 6, 9 or 12 months. The app includes not just the numbers, but charts, too. Lemon Labs co-founder and CEO Tomas Dirvonskas, who runs the Lithuania-based firm, tells us that the app was built out of personal need. “We ourselves use appFigures, and got tired of looking at the full site via iPhone when tracking downloads of the apps,” he says. “So as appFigures have open APIs, we just built a tool for ourselves and put a small price tag on it.” The app makes all these stats available for a one-time fee of $3.99, Dirvonskas says, which is for lifetime access to these numbers. NY-based AppFigures.com, meanwhile, offers developers tiered pricing for based on how many apps developers track. AppFigures’ co-founder Ariel Michaeli also vouches for the app via blog post, calling the Check app “as beautiful as it is simple,” and noting how easy it is to swipe between the various screens. Although the app itself is iOS-only, it’s capable of aggregating data from the Apple App Store, Google Play and Amazon, which is an advantage over the platform-specific iTunes Connect app, for instance. Developers will need an account with AppFigures to use this app, obviously. Those who do can then download the app here on iTunes.Google Posts Videos From Its Latest TED-Like "Solve For X" Event, Opens Up User Submissions
Feb 11, 5:10PM
Google hosted the second edition of its exclusive TED-like "Solve for X" gathering last week and today, the company posted some of the videos from the event. Just like last year, the point of Solve for X 2013 was to hear about moonshot ideas - the kind of proposals that, as Google puts it, "address a huge problem, suggest a radical solution that could work, and use some form of breakthrough technology to make it happen."This Open-Source, Robotic Tentacle Will Haunt Your Dreams
Feb 11, 4:49PM
In the underground world of robotic tentacle makers, there are two rules: 1) don't talk about underground tentacle-making and 2) don't talk about underground tentacle-making. Both of those rules have been shattered by Matthew Borgatti, a robotics designer who has created a life-like, 3D-printed tentacle that flails around quite disturbingly using Arduino boards and a set of mini air compressors.Ingram's Investment Arm Leads $1M Funding For E-Book Gifting And Marketing Startup Livrada
Feb 11, 4:47PM
Livrada, a company developing new types of e-book gift cards, has raised a seed round of funding. Combined with earlier support from friends and family, the company has now raised a total of $1 million. The startup's first products were gift cards for specific e-book titles, sold in Target and other stores. So if you want to buy something for a bookworm friend who's embraced e-reading, you can essentially give them a specific book, not just a generic gift card to Amazon or the iBookstore.Minecraft: Pi Edition Brings Mojang's World Building Game To The Raspberry Pi For Free
Feb 11, 4:37PM
Today on the Mojang blog, the developer announced general availability of Minecraft: Pi Edition, a version of Minecraft designed specifically to run on the open source Raspberry Pi computer. The version is completely free and was originally announced late last year as an effort to get kids more interested in the kind of exploratory programming the Pi can offer.New Ad Shows That The Microsoft Surface Pro Is A Lean, Mean Break-Dropping Dubstep Machine
Feb 11, 4:32PM
A handsome man pulls out a Microsoft Surface Pro from his bag. He's wearing a well-cut suit (he's at work.) He's a hipster, but a serious one. While putting the Surface Pro on the table, two attractive women stop their conversation to look at this unknown and remarkable computer. Or is it a tablet? Either way, they're ready to dance.Apple Can Certainly Play Watchmaker, But Don't Expect Devices To Hit Your Wrist Any Time Soon
Feb 11, 4:09PM
Apple iWatch rumors have hit the mainstream thanks to reports from both The New York Times' Nick Bilton and The Wall Street Journal's Jessica Lessin, with sources describing "curved glass" "watch-like" prototypes, potentially with components in production testing at Apple supply-chain partner Foxconn. But before you label a jar "Apple iWatch Reserve Fund" and start pinching your pennies, consider the likelihood that this kind of tech is coming to store shelves soon, if at all.Aaron's Law Takes Shape
Feb 11, 4:06PM
Digital activist Aaron Swartz took his own life on January 11. Swartz was facing federal hacking charges after being arrested for downloading millions of articles from JSTOR from MIT's network in excess of his access. Since Swartz's suicide, activists, scholars, and legislators have been at work on reforms to the law under which he was prosecuted—the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.Obama To Hold Google+ Hangout After State Of The Union
Feb 11, 3:59PM
President Obama will conduct a Google+ Hangout after the State of the Union tomorrow night, continuing his recent tradition of answering online questions after the speech. Additionally, there will be a PowerPoint-augmented YouTube version of the speech, complete with charts and graphs. Finally, after the speech, thousands of citizens will join a "Citizen's Response" of rapid fire responses from White House staff and experts.Russia's Gruzobzor Raises $1M For Its B2B Platform For The Transportation Industry
Feb 11, 3:50PM
Gruzobzor, which roughly translates to "cargo overview" in Russian, has announced that it's raised $1 million from Runa Capital and the startup's founders. It offers a cloud-based service targeted at the transportation industry to enable carriers, shippers and freight forwarders to share electronic documents and communicate in real-time, therefore increasing efficiency when transporting goods B2B.Amazon & CBS Announce Deal To Bring Stephen King Series "Under The Dome" To Prime Instant Video, Four Days After Episodes Air
Feb 11, 3:38PM
Continuing its rapid-fire addition of new content deals, Amazon announced today that it has signed an agreement with CBS which will bring the forthcoming summer TV series "Under the Dome," based on a best-selling Stephen King novel, to Amazon's Prime Instant Video. This deal is unusual because it allows Amazon Prime members to stream all the series' episodes four days after their initial broadcast, instead of 24 hours afterwards, as was previously speculated.This Latest Google Now Ad Has Me Hating Siri
Feb 11, 3:08PM
Google's ad campaigns haven't always been the best. Remember that silly Google+ ad that tried to put a romantic spin on Circles, only to make it look like a whole lot of work? Well, the search firm has stepped up their game for the latest Nexus 4/Google Now ad, which shows users around the globe using the best new feature on Android.Galaxy On Fire Space Sim MMO For iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch Coming In Q3 2013
Feb 11, 3:06PM
Fishlabs, the German studio behind popular space trading and combat sim Galaxy On Fire games for iOS devices, today announced that it is currently developing a massively multiplayer online game called Galaxy On Fire – Alliances, with real-time strategy components, aiming for a release later this year. The spin-off project is designed to capitalize on the success of the original GOF and GOF 2 games, but starting with a free-to-play model and incorporating massive multiplayer elements like alliances, resource trading and P2P combat.The GoogleReaderpocalypse Is Upon Us – Google's Feed Reading Service Unusable Since Sunday
Feb 11, 2:53PM
Google Reader, the RSS feed-reading service Google has long since benignly abandoned, has gone completely mad, and Google has yet to acknowledge the problem even as it heads into its second day of unusability. Users are reporting inaccurate read and unread counts, the reappearance of thousands of old, unread items as new, and, in some cases, the return of feeds users had previously unsubscribed to.If at any time you'd like to stop receiving these messages, just send an email to feeds_feedburner_com_techcrunch+unsubscribe-hmdtechnology=gmail.com@mail.feed2email.net.
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