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
Austin, TX-based MapMyFITNESS announced that it’s arranging a new $3 million add-on round of debt financing via Square…
YBUY raises $1M for "Try Before You Buy" Subscription Service
We recently wrote about the rise of the “try before you buy” business model, and how ecommerce companies are letting…
Forecast’s Closure: The Challenge of Check-Ins and Ambient Location Apps
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
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
Schools have evolved to using a wide variety of software every day, including plenty that operates only in a sandbox isolated…
MOVE Guides Grabs £400,000 to Help People Relocate Internationally
Today London-based MOVE Guides announced it has raised £400,000 in funding from several angel investors for its web and mobile…
TrendSpottr Launches Widgets to Surface Trending Social Media Content
TrendSpottr, the Toronto-based startup looking to predict the curve and help businesses, brands and publications get out in…
BenchPrep Adds $6M to Expand Elearning Platform to 500 Courses
Today Chicago-based elearning platform BenchPrep announced that it has raised $6 million in funding led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA),…
Mixpanel Introduces People Analytics for Up-Close-And-Personal Data Delivery
Web and mobile analytics startup Mixpanel today introduced a new feature addition to its platform, making analytics personal…
Lua Technologies Launches Communication App for Mobile Workforces
With the rise of cloud-based services and mobile devices, mobile workforces have become increasingly popular, as people realize…
Clever’s Simple But Ambitious Vision is Bringing Schools Together
School’s don’t talk to each other, at least in terms of the student data they collect, and that’s a big problem,…
Udemy Reinvents Itself With a Focus on Q&A, Personalized Discovery
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
Contently, a startup founded in 2011 that aims to help connect publishers and freelancers, today announced the opening of…
HealthTap Debuts Paid Private Medical Consultations Via Mobile Device
Web-based health tech startup HealthTap today unveiled new versions of all of its mobile apps, introducing a number of additional…