Venmo Opens Mobile Payments Social Network to the Public
Social payments startup Venmo is opening its product to the public today, after over two years in a limited, invitation-only…
Darrell Etherington
March 20, 2012
Tripbirds Launches with Backing from Path, SoundCloud Founders
Stockholm-based social travel startup Tripbirds launches out of private beta today, entering an increasingly crowded online…
March 19, 2012
Mobiles Republic Raises $3M as News Audiences Grow
France-based Mobiles Republic, a startup focused on delivering news media applications for mobile devices and other connected…
March 16, 2012
Cloud Photos Aims to Be a Private Instagram
Instagram is one of the most popular iOS photo-sharing apps, with 27 million users and an Android app on the way soon. While…
March 16, 2012
Teknision’s Chameleon Aims to Be The Next Tablet OS
Amazon’s Kindle Fire appears to be a hit with consumers, according to recent numbers from research firm IDC, and at least…
March 15, 2012
It’s David vs. Goliath for Square and PayPal
Today, eBay subsidiary and online payments industry leader PayPal introduced PayPal Here, a dongle and software combination…
March 15, 2012
YouMail Lets Users Permanently Block Calls on Android
YouMail, an Irvine CA-based startup founded in 2007 that focuses on delivering value-add services to smartphone users, is debuting…
March 15, 2012
CircleMe Launches to Connect People Around Interests
Trying to do something new in the hotly contested social network space, which is dominated by giants like Facebook and Twitter…
March 15, 2012
Social Network for Kids PixyKids Grabs $3M in Funding
Social networks aimed at kids aren’t a new concept. ScuttlePad and Togetherville, for example, have been attempting…
March 14, 2012
Oink Closure Raises Questions About “Fail Fast” App Development
Today Milk Inc. announced its debut product Oink is shutting down, just five months after it was originally debuted by Milk…
March 14, 2012
AllClear ID’s Mobile App Guards Against ID Theft
What preventative steps can people take to guard against identity theft? That’s exactly the question AllClear ID is…
March 14, 2012
Personal Capital Launches Finance Management iPad App
Financial services firm Personal Capital, which announces a $25 million Series A round in August of last year and debuted its…
March 13, 2012
Tap.Me Raises $3.2M For In-Game Ad Platform
Chicago-based Tap.Me, a startup focusing on in-game advertising, announced a $3.2 million round of funding led by Hyde Park…
March 13, 2012
Rdio Redesign Puts Social Discovery Front and Center
At an event today in Austin during the SXSW Interactive festival, music streaming service Rdio introduced a brand new overhaul…
March 13, 2012
Rasello and Seconds Tapping Into SMS for Businesses
Smartphone growth is trending upward worldwide, but there’s still a huge percentage of the population using feature phones,…