Spotify and The Echo Nest Team Up to Offer Integrated APIs
Today music intelligence providers The Echo Nest announced a partnership with Spotify that provides an integrated API for Spotify…
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OMERS Ventures Invests $20M in HootSuite
March 29, 2012
Today Toronto-based OMERS Ventures announced that it would be investing $20 million in Vancouver-based HootSuite, by way…
Chute’s Platform Pivot Attracting Strong Developer Interest
March 28, 2012
Chute, the Y Combinator-backed startup that began life as a photo-sharing app before transitioning to a backend platform that…
Discovr Aims to Become Your Go-To Discovery Brand
March 28, 2012
Content discovery is a new hotspot for web-based services and mobile apps. There’s no shortage of app recommendation…
StartApp Raises $4M to Help It Deliver Paydays to Android Devs
March 27, 2012
Getting paid on Google Play (formerly the Android Market) isn’t quite as easy as getting paid on the iOS App Store. Downloaders…
Swipely Launches Main St. Marketing Manager for Smarter Loyalty Programs
March 27, 2012
Loyalty programs designed to be easy for the average merchant to pick up and use are becoming an increasingly popular feature…
ThreatMetrix Raises $18M for Cybercrime Prevention
March 27, 2012
San Jose-based enterprise fraud protection company ThreatMetrix is announcing an $18 million Series D funding round today,…
Swiff Targets Banks With Its Mobile Payments Solution
March 26, 2012
In the future, asked to pick a year when mobile payments really started to take off, chances are people will point back to…
Pinerly Shows Brands Are Crazy for Pinterest
March 26, 2012
Pinterest’s early success has caught the attention of many, including the tech press, everyday users, and legal experts.…
Kickstarter Funding Grows By 70% In Just 3 Months
March 26, 2012
The last time Kickstarter trumpeted its numbers was when it revealed stats through the end of 2011, by which time it had received…
Skill Marketplaces Make Anyone a Teacher
March 22, 2012
You’ve got the skills, but are you using them to your best possible advantage? That’s what the recent crop of skill…
Mixpanel Launches Flow to Humanize Web Traffic Analysis
March 22, 2012
Data analysis firm Mixpanel is unveiling a new product today as it introduces Flow, a simple free data visualizer that can…
Fingerprint Expands Its iOS Children’s Network With Whole Wide World
March 22, 2012
Fingerprint Digital, a creator of children’s iOS software which debuted its first five apps back in December of 2011,…
Flixel Debuts Its Instagram for Animated GIFs App
March 21, 2012
Animated GIFs have enjoyed a renaissance on the internet lately, and one particularly stunning outcrop of that trend is the…
Blurtt Wants to Help Users Create Meaningful Mobile Messages
March 21, 2012
Austin, Texas-based startup Blurtt is launching its iOS app today, and it aims to provide users with more tools for expressing…