Eventster Wants to Be Pandora for Events, Launches Local Discovery Apps
Startup Eventster, itself a pivot of San Jose-based social network Tackable, is launching today with a brand new iPad and iPhone…
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Thumb Overhauls Social Opinion App to Pick Up Where Oink Left Off
June 7, 2012
Mobile social opinion app Thumb (originally Opinionaded, until a 2011 rebrand) is today launching a version 3.0 upgrade for…
YouMail’s Mobile Telecommunications Apps Pass 75M User Mark
June 7, 2012
Telecommunication service provider and app-maker YouMail announced today that 75 million unique users have taken advantages…
drchrono Introduces Square Payments for Doctors
June 7, 2012
iPad electronic health record (EHR) platform provider drchrono today unveiled a couple of major new additions to its platform,…
Algoriddim Makes Any iPad a Real-Time Video Editing Suite With vjay
June 7, 2012
German multimedia company algoriddim today released its latest product, a video editing and remixing suite for the iPad called…
Unifed Raises $14M for One-Stop Social Ad Management
June 7, 2012
Companies are increasingly turning to social channels for advertising opportunities, as audiences plug in and spend the bulk…
Ebook Community Wattpad Raises $17.3M, Claims Higher Engagement Than Pinterest
June 6, 2012
Toronto-based Wattpad, an online community revolving around the creation and sharing of free ebooks,today announced a new Series…
Surf Air Raises Series A for “Netflix for Air Travel” Airline
June 6, 2012
This week Surf Air, the company looking to be the Netflix for first-class air travel, is officially announcing the successful…
MapMyFITNESS Gets $9M to Grow Connected Fitness Apps
June 5, 2012
Fitness tracking Austin-based software company MapMyFITNESS today announced an investment round of $9 million in Series B funding…
Layar Shifts From Future to Present Tense With Creator Launch
June 5, 2012
Dutch augmented reality (AR) startup Layar today unveiled its new Creator tool, which is designed to allow publishers of offline…
Revel Systems Targets Larger Retailers with Updated iPad POS Solution
June 5, 2012
iPad-based point-of-sale startup Revel Systems is introducing a major overhaul to its offering today, aimed at providing more…
innRoad Raises $5.8M to Usher in the Future of Online Hotel Management
June 4, 2012
Southampton, NY-based innRoad just announced a $5.8 million Series B round of funding, led by Blue Heron Capital and Rose…
Motif Investing Launches Tool for Buying Stocks Grouped by Idea
June 4, 2012
San Mateo, CA-based startup Motif Investing is launching today to the public, making its platform for ideas-based investing…
DataSift Partners With Cloudera, Looks to Expand Historics Product
June 1, 2012
This week, social data analytics company DataSift announced a partnership with Hadoop data management software provider Cloudera,…
Vyclone’s Collaborative Video Platform Set for North American Launch
June 1, 2012
Shooting mobile video tends to be a one of the few experiences that remains relatively secluded, cut off from the social web.…