BrightNest Launches iPhone App To Take Curated DIY Handy & Decor Content Mobile
Denver, CO-based BrightNest, an online platform that provides personalized content to help users meet their home maintenance…
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Flash-Enabled EdTech Browser Rover Hits 1M Mark, Adds Paid Subscription Plans
Apple has sold over 4.5 million iPads to educational institutions in the U.S., and more than eight million to educational…
Exec Expands to NYC, Chicago, LA, & Boston to Be the Amazon of Local Services
There’s been a lot of activity in the peer-to-peer marketplace space, with startups increasingly wanting users to outsource…
Secret Shopping Platform Quri Launches QCards for Ongoing In-Store Intelligence
Today, San Francisco-based Quri, a secret shopper platform that pays consumers to perform “shifts” of work that range from…
Handybook Launches iPhone App, Lets Customers Book Vetted Servive Providers On The Go
BetaKit last covered Handybook, the online home services booking platform, when it raised $2 million in seed funding, recently…
Givit Updates Social Video App, Partners With PledgeMusic to Focus on Bands
In October 2012 Givit released a new iPhone app that put a new spin on mobile videos, letting users create highlight reels…
Kutoto is Canada’s Answer to TaskRabbit, Zaarly, Exec, & Other P2P Marketplaces
Peer-to-peer service marketplaces let people one side of the equation save time by outsourcing their tasks, while on the other…
300K Downloads Strong, Haiku Deck Debuts New Version of iPad Presentation App
Seattle-based Haiku Deck launched last summer to provide iPad users with a cleanly designed PowerPoint or Keynote alternative,…
Foap Launches Missions Feature to Let Brands Pay Users to Snap Marketing Photos
BetaKit last covered Swedish startup Foap when it secured $500,000 for its crowdsourced stock photo app that lets users…
Motif Investing Launches DIY Product to Let Anyone Build Their Own Portfolios
Today Motif Investing, a platform built around ideas-based stock investing which BetaKit covered when it launched in June…
PayPal Competitor WePay Launches iOS App to Take Invoicing & Payments Mobile
Startup WePay launched as a group payments solution that allowed people to purchase an item together online, and has since…
Loverly Debuts Redesign, Partners With 1,300 Brands for Wedding Shopping Engine
Earlier today TechCrunch reported that Wanelo raised funding at a $100 million valuation for its Pinterest-like platform that…
Viralheat Adds Developer Platform to Add Social Data & Sentiment Analysis to Apps
Viralheat, a social media marketing platform, announced today the launch of a developer platform to help make apps more social…
Guardly Launches Indoor Positioning Tech to Cut Emergency Response Times
Toronto-based Guardly provides mobile safety apps for institutions, letting students or staff members alert a network of…
Jumio Brings ID Scanning Technology to Mobile to Cut Down on Fraud
Today Palo Alto, CA-based Jumio, an online verification and mobile payments platform, announced the launch of Netverify Mobile,…