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