Kiip Poaches Zynga Exec to Grow Beyond Games
Manny Anekal, former Global Director of Brand Advertising at Zynga, is leaving the social gaming giant to step into a COO role…
Darrell Etherington
February 21, 2012
Anthm Launches Social Jukebox App
Anthm, a new iPhone app released this past weekend, combines a number of winning elements from the digital music space into…
February 21, 2012
Hudson River Crash Inspires Breaking News Image Marketplace Spread
New startup Spread is aiming to make it easier for amateur photographers to monetize their hobby by providing them a simple,…
February 21, 2012
As HR Shifts From Headache to Hot Spot, Startups Take the Lead
Startups that provide services to supplement or augment internal human resources departments at big corporations are experiencing…
February 20, 2012
Convore Shutting Down as Founder Focuses on New Startup
Updated with comment from Convore co-founder Leah Culver. Group communication is a crowded space, as we wrote about when we…
February 20, 2012
Groupon Acquisitions All About Getting Past the One-Night Stand
Groupon announced its acquisition of NYC-based Hyperpublic over the weekend, a startup focused on layering data on top of maps…
February 20, 2012
Sponsorfied Launching Marketplace for Brand Sponsorships
In the 2011 documentary The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock creates a film funded fully through product…
February 18, 2012
Trying to Replicate 37signals’ Success
The online collaboration space never lacks for new entrants, but it’s also a place with relatively few bright stars.…
February 17, 2012
Kid-Friendly Web Businesses Raking in Funding and Profits
This week has been an exciting one for kid-focused web startups. U.K.-based Moshi Monsters, the online social game where kids…
February 17, 2012
The Rise of Ebook Platforms
Digital publishing is a hotbed of startup activity, though that activity is somewhat threatened by recent moves Apple has made…
February 16, 2012
Messaging Startups React To Apple’s iMessage Announcement
The mobile messaging market has been crowded for a long time, with some of the tech industry’s true leviathans weighing…
February 16, 2012
The New Breed of Loyalty and Rewards Startups
Shoppers go into stores for deals, but what gets them to stay and come back, day after day? That’s the question asked…
February 16, 2012
Energy Points Offers Common Ground For Talking About Enterprise Sustainability
Cambridge-based startup Energy Points launched this week, when the company also announced a $3 million investment from Plan…
February 15, 2012
OZON’s Acquisition of Sapato Shows That Good Startup Ideas Translate Well
Russia’s largest online retail site OZON announced today that it bought Sapato, a startup launched 18 months ago that…
February 15, 2012
The Future is Clear: Impending Aims to Bring You Tomorrow’s Apps, Today
Impending co-founder Phill Ryu is no stranger to launching apps and starting businesses. He’s one of the creators of MacHeist,…