Personalized News Service TrapIt Growing as Competition Increases
Personalized content discovery engine TrapIt is now delivering almost four million articles to users every day, and has passed four million unique visitors since…
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Springpad Launches Redesign of Smart Notebooks Platform
Springpad is launching a redesign of its cloud-based notebooks application today, along with revamped iPad, iPhone and Android applications. The Boston-based company has amassed over…
Photo App EyeEm Almost Doubles Engagement Post-Instagram Acquisition
On Monday Facebook dropped a bomb by announcing its $1 billion acquisition of social photo sharing site Instagram. At the time, we suggested it…
Braintree At $4B in Annual Ecommerce Payments
Online payments gateway Braintree, founded in 2007, is about to hit a significant milestone: the company told BetaKit that it’s at $4 billion in processed ecommerce…
SkillPages Crosses 1 Million UK Members, Approaches 4 Million Globally
Social skills directory SkillPages just announced that they’ve passed one million members in the UK, and expect to cross the four million user mark…
Remind101's Messaging Tool for Teachers Growing Quickly
Education tech startups are popping up in classrooms across the country, trying to enable students and teachers to learn using tablets and web/mobile applications….
Chute’s Platform Pivot Attracting Strong Developer Interest
Chute, the Y Combinator-backed startup that began life as a photo-sharing app before transitioning to a backend platform that any developer can incorporate into…
Discovr Aims to Become Your Go-To Discovery Brand
Content discovery is a new hotspot for web-based services and mobile apps. There’s no shortage of app recommendation tools, restaurant search apps, taste-based music…
Swipely Launches Main St. Marketing Manager for Smarter Loyalty Programs
Loyalty programs designed to be easy for the average merchant to pick up and use are becoming an increasingly popular feature offering these days,…
Kickstarter Funding Grows By 70% In Just 3 Months
The last time Kickstarter trumpeted its numbers was when it revealed stats through the end of 2011, by which time it had received more…
Fingerprint Expands Its iOS Children’s Network With Whole Wide World
Fingerprint Digital, a creator of children’s iOS software which debuted its first five apps back in December of 2011, is back with its latest…
Uber Continues International Growth
On-demand car service Uber launches in Toronto today, the ninth city for the Silicon Valley uber-startup that has over $40 million in funding. Today’s…
Rasello and Seconds Tapping Into SMS for Businesses
Smartphone growth is trending upward worldwide, but there’s still a huge percentage of the population using feature phones, and another group of users for…