AppHero Makes App Recommendations Personal, Adds $1.8M in Funding
Toronto-based startup AppHero, which is taking on the sizeable task of making app discovery easier for everyday mobile device…
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MapMyFITNESS Adding $3M in New Funding As It Hits 10M Users
July 5, 2012
Austin, TX-based MapMyFITNESS announced that it’s arranging a new $3 million add-on round of debt financing via Square…
Forecast’s Closure: The Challenge of Check-Ins and Ambient Location Apps
July 4, 2012
It was called “foursquare for the future” by some, including its own creators, but Forecast wasn’t destined…
uSpeak Wants to Turn Theory Into Practice With Mobile Language Learning
July 4, 2012
Spanish startup uSpeak thinks that the time has come for something different in digital language learning. It’s not…
Schoology Hopes to Bring the App Store Model to Educational Software
July 4, 2012
Schools have evolved to using a wide variety of software every day, including plenty that operates only in a sandbox isolated…
TrendSpottr Launches Widgets to Surface Trending Social Media Content
July 3, 2012
TrendSpottr, the Toronto-based startup looking to predict the curve and help businesses, brands and publications get out in…
Qype Expands Into Turkey, Extends European Lead Over Yelp
July 3, 2012
European local business recommendation and discovery tool Qype today officially launched Qype Turkey, its latest localized…
Mixpanel Introduces People Analytics for Up-Close-And-Personal Data Delivery
July 2, 2012
Web and mobile analytics startup Mixpanel today introduced a new feature addition to its platform, making analytics personal…
Clever’s Simple But Ambitious Vision is Bringing Schools Together
July 2, 2012
School’s don’t talk to each other, at least in terms of the student data they collect, and that’s a big problem,…
MokiMobility Sees Android as the Future of Digital Signage and Kiosks
June 29, 2012
Utah-based mobile device management (MDM) startup MokiMobility made a timely introduction of its new Android customizable browser…
Udemy Reinvents Itself With a Focus on Q&A, Personalized Discovery
June 29, 2012
Online education startup Udemy today unveiled major changes to its web-based platform, including several new features and an…
Contently Launches Platform to Help Brands Power Online Publishing
June 28, 2012
Contently, a startup founded in 2011 that aims to help connect publishers and freelancers, today announced the opening of…
Sunglass Releases an API for Its Cloud-Based 3D Modelling Tool
June 28, 2012
Sunglass, the cloud-based 3D modelling collaboration platform which announced $1.7 million in funding this past March, is announcing…
HealthTap Debuts Paid Private Medical Consultations Via Mobile Device
June 28, 2012
Web-based health tech startup HealthTap today unveiled new versions of all of its mobile apps, introducing a number of additional…
DogVacay Raises More Money From Andreessen Horowitz to Continue Growth
June 28, 2012
The “Airbnb for dogs” startup DogVacay today announced a new add-on round of funding from Andreessen Horowitz,…