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By Darrell Etherington April 10, 2012

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,…

By Darrell Etherington April 10, 2012

Tunezy Gets Funding for Fan-Sourced Record Label

Toronto-based stealth music startup Tunezy announced today that it has received funding from Intertainment Media, a publicly-listed…

By Erin Bury April 10, 2012

BloomBoard Launches Feedback Tool for Educators

The key to great students is great teachers, and a new Palo Alto-based company is trying to make it easier for administrators…

By Darrell Etherington April 10, 2012

Payments Companies Making Mobile Wallets a Reality

Connected smartphones and other devices can take the place of any number of other items, including calculators, watches, maps…

By Darrell Etherington April 10, 2012

Digital Baby Book Tool Moment Garden Adds Mobile Apps

Moment Garden, an online tool for keeping track of your baby’s development, is introducing a universal iOS application…

By Darrell Etherington April 9, 2012

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…

By Darrell Etherington April 9, 2012

Facebook Acquires Instagram for $1B: One Step Closer to Owning All Your Memories

Facebook interrupted a relatively slow Easter Monday news day by dropping a huge bomb: it has acquired social photo sharing…

By Erin Bury April 9, 2012

Commonsku Launches Enterprise Tool for Promotional Products Companies

Every conference, company party and trade show has one thing in common: swag. Promotional products are an over $18 billion…

By Erin Bury April 6, 2012

NFC-Enabled Devices and Brand Adoption on the Rise

With wireless connectivity technologies like GPS and Bluetooth becoming standard for connected devices, Near Field Communication…

By Darrell Etherington April 6, 2012

Spuul Brings Bollywood Movies to the Masses

Spuul, a new video streaming site and Singapore-based startup, has officially launched. The site specializes in Indian film,…

By Darrell Etherington April 5, 2012

Shazam Partners with American Idol to Increase Second Screen Integration

Shazam announced today that its mobile media tagging and identification app would be integrated into the remaining broadcasts…

By Darrell Etherington April 5, 2012

Spil Games Partners With Digital Chocolate to Grow Social Gaming Platform

Amsterdam-based social gaming platform Spil Games thinks Facebook alone doesn’t provide enough to satiate expansion-hungry…

By Darrell Etherington April 5, 2012

Revel Partners With LevelUp and Geek Squad to Add to iPad POS

iPads and iPhone payment systems seem well-positioned to replace the old, outdated and often clunky software and hardware currently…

By Darrell Etherington April 4, 2012

Dolphin Sonar Brings Voice-Powered Browsing to iOS

MoboTap, the startup behind the wildly popular Dolphin web browser for Android, is today releasing the iOS version of its recent…

By Erin Bury April 4, 2012

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…

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Tunezy Gets Funding for Fan-Sourced Record Label

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NFC-Enabled Devices and Brand Adoption on the Rise

Spuul Brings Bollywood Movies to the Masses

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