Personal Capital Launches Finance Management iPad App
Financial services firm Personal Capital, which announces a $25 million Series A round in August of last year and debuted its…
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WordPress.com VIP Launches Featured Partner Program
Today Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com VIP, is announcing the launch of its Featured Partner Program, which…
Tap.Me Raises $3.2M For In-Game Ad Platform
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
At an event today in Austin during the SXSW Interactive festival, music streaming service Rdio introduced a brand new overhaul…
Roximity Brings Location-Based Deals to Drivers
Consumers are used to getting and redeeming deals on their mobile phones, but startup Roximity is looking to bring deals to…
Twitter Acquires Simplified Blogging Platform Posterous
Posterous co-founder and CEO Sachin Agarwal announced today on the official Posterous blog that the company has been acquired…
Visual.ly Debuts Free DIY Infographic Creation Tool
Love or hate infographics, there’s no denying that they do a good job of catching the attention of readers and driving…
Getting Past the Velvet Rope With Jump Rope
Jump Rope is trying to give people a new way to get priority access to nightclubs and bars with their new front-of-the-line…
Solve Media Debuts Pre-Roll Tool to Boost Online Video Ad Engagement
This week, advertising company Solve Media unveiled its latest product, which it calls “Pre-Roll Insurance.” The…
Loopt Acquired as Green Dot Prepares for Mobile Payment Battle
Today, Green Dot announced that it had acquired location-based recommendation app Loopt for $43.4 million. Loopt’s Mountain…
WatchDox Raises $9M to Help Businesses Securely Manage the BYOD Trend
The bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend in the enterprise has some definite advantages for companies, in that it can save money…
CardSpring’s Payment Cards Apps API Debuts at SXSW
U.S. online coupon site RetailMeNot.com is partnering with CardSpring this year at SXSW to roll out the latter company’s…
NewsiT Wants to Gamify Crowdsourced News
Today, NewsiT, a startup that connects individuals via a website to crowdsource the news-making process, announced that…
Weddingful Raises Funding as Startups Question Daily Wedding Deals
The Groupon model has been applied to many niche industries: yoga, moms, and travel to name a few. But while Pinterest has…
Despite Delays, Raspberry Pi Poised to Disrupt Industries
Raspberry Pi Foundation director Eben Upton wasn’t expecting the kind of demand that his $25 (or $35, if you want networking)…