News360 Updates Android App, Looks to Take Tech Beyond News to Other Verticals
News360, a social news reader that BetaKit last covered when it launched its publisher program as a potential monetization…
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With 5M Monthly Users, biNu Adds Cloud Storage Service for Feature Phones
Today biNu, a startup that gives smartphone-like functionality to feature phones, announced the launch of its new cloud storage…
Fit Brains Adds 1.5M App Downloads in 2 Months, Looks to Beat Lumosity in Mobile
Vancouver-based Fit Brains, an online brain fitness platform, has had more than 1.5 million downloads of its iOS apps in a…
Curalate Adds Instagram Integration to Expand Image Analytics Tool Beyond Pinterest
Curalate, the Philadelphia-based startup BetaKit covered when it launched its new Pinterest contest and promotion tools, announced…
How Technology is Driving the New Age of the Quantified Self
Businesses have long had access to data that gets mined, analyzed, and transformed into information that is used to optimize…
Glyph Debuts Updated App, New Web App to Give Consumers ‘Peace of Wallet’
Detroit-based Glyph, a platform that helps users create a personalized credit card portfolio and manage their rewards and credit…
Taking on Lift, Everest's Goal-Setting & Tracking App Passes 100K Goals
There are several apps trying to help users motivate themselves and keep track of their goals, most notably Lift, which is…
Kno Launches Advance to Help Publishers Convert Print Textbooks to Ebooks
Today Santa Clara, CA-based Kno announced the launch of Advance, a DIY platform for textbook publishers that allows them to…
Exec Launches iPhone App for Cleaning Service, Expands Errands Platform to Seattle
Today San Francisco-based Exec, the startup that lets anyone hire an executive assistant or house cleaner, announced the launch…
To Encourage Mobile Payments, Select LevelUp Merchants Ban Credit Cards in Stores
When it comes to mobile payments, the space is still fragmented and consumers have yet to catch on en masse to the idea of…
fruux Adds Team Collaboration Features, Wants to Be the ‘iCloud for Teams’
BetaKit last covered German startup fruux when it added shared calendars for its cloud-syncing platform, which originally gave…
Telly Launches My Telly to Drill Down on Social Video Discovery, Moves Further Away from Twitvid Past
Telly, a San Francisco-based social video discovery platform, announced today the launch of My Telly, a service which surfaces…
‘Kindle Meets GoodReads’ E-reading Startup Readmill Launches iPhone App
Today Berlin-based Readmill, a digital reading platform, announced the launch of its iPhone app to complement its existing…
Chute Launches Mobile Reporting Platform to Help Journalists Upload Visual Content
With the proliferation of user generated content, including visual content like images, brands, publishers, and developers…
How Second Screen Apps Are Looking to Make the Super Bowl More Interactive
Roughly 111.3 million people tuned in to watch the New York Giants defeat the New England Patriots in the 2012 Super Bowl,…