Wantful Raises $5.5M for Online Gifting Service
There are no shortage of startups trying to use online tools to make gift-giving easier for the buyer and the recipient. Karma…
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SecondMenu Launches Digital Menu Web App for Restaurants
Toronto-based SecondMenu launched this week in private beta to help restaurant owners turn their menu into a multi-device…
FutureAdvisor Launches Investment Tool for "The 99 Percent"
Seattle-based FutureAdvisor is launching in public beta today to be “Mint.com for investing,” and is announcing…
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…
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…
42Floors Launches Commercial Real Estate Search Tool
42Floors is launching today to help business owners find commercial real estate online. The YCombinator startup, founded in…
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…
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…
Forest Whitaker-Backed JuntoBox Films Challenges Crowdfunding Models
Actor Forest Whitaker debuted his new company JuntoBox Films at SXSW in Austin, which combines traditional film production,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…