WonderVoice Launches Voice-Powered Facebook App for Text-Free Updates
Recently we covered the rise of virtual personal assistants, apps that help users get advice on everything from the weather…
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Note Social Launches Receipt Storage Platform for Consumers and Merchants
Today New York City-based Note Social launched its platform in private beta to help consumers keep, store and organize receipts…
Shopkick Redesigns Rewards App to Bridge At-Home Browsing With In-Store Buys
Today Palo Alto, CA-based shopkick, a mobile rewards and loyalty app for brick-and-mortar retailers, announced a redesign…
Visually Launches Marketplace to Let Brands Commission Infographics
The infographic and data visualization market is booming, with companies tackling everything from visual reports for marketers…
Handybook Adds $2M to Connect Homeowners With Vetted Service Providers
Boston-based Handybook announced today that it has closed $2 million in seed funding for its online home services booking…
Placed Launches Opt-In Customer Panels to Help Marketers Track Offline Behavior
Today Seattle-based location-based analytics service Placed announced the launch of Placed Panels, a new free service that…
AppDirect Acquires jBilling to Help Companies Build Billing Into App Marketplaces
Today San Francisco-based AppDirect, a cloud service marketplace, announced its acquisition of Ottawa-based jBilling, an open…
Givengine
San Francisco-based Givengine recently launched its mobile app out of private beta, giving users the ability to share and give…
Circa Launches to Take a Mobile-First Approach to Creating and Consuming News
Today Circa launched its mobile news app to the public after being in stealth mode since December 2011. The free iOS app was…
Favery Launches Pinterest-Style Platform to Help Shoppers Poll Their Friends
Pinterest has helped millions of people create pinboards around design, food, and any other topic, and its visual layout has…
Google Ventures-Backed TopFloor Launches to Turn Video Viewers Into Customers
Santa Monica, CA-based TopFloor, a video-based platform which lets brands embed links to purchase items in media like videos…
Referly Adds $1.1M to Grow Referral-Driven Curated Shopping Platform
Today San Francisco-based Referly announced it has closed $1 million in seed funding for its referral-driven shopping platform,…
SWIX Rebrands to Source Metrics to Help Companies Measure Social ROI
This week Ottawa-based social analytics platform SWIX announced that is has rebranded to Source Metrics to help enterprise…
SaleMove Launching to Help Sell Cars, Jewelry, and Other Big Ticket Items Online
New York City-based SaleMove is looking to bring the idea of selling real-life complex or expensive purchases to the online…
Seevibes Launches Dashboard to Help Measure the Social Impact of TV Shows
Montreal-based Seevibes launched its new TV Dashboard tool this week to help network and media agencies analyze the social…