Kevin Rose Plots A Luxury Ecommerce Empire Starting With New App Watchville
“I did not like watches my entire life,” Digg co-founder Kevin Rose tells me. That’s an odd admission for a man who just launched Watchville, an app that aggregates news from top wristwatch blogs, and offers an atomic clock tool to help you set your timepiece and its moon phases. But Rose explains, “My father passed away and left me with one really nice watch. It was… Read More-
With theBomb, The Makers Of theChive Aim To Create A Viral Video Hub
Resignation Media, the startup behind the popular photo site theChive, is moving into the viral video business with the launch of a new property, theBomb. Even if you’re not a regular Chive visitor (or, to use the parlance of the site, a Chiver or a Chivette) you may be familiar with one of the site’s publicity stunts from wayyyyy back in 2010, the girl who quit her job with a… Read More -
Jukely Offers Unlimited Concerts For $25 A Month
A music startup out of New York could give StubHub and other ticketing sites a run for their (proverbial) money. It’s called Jukely and it’s offering users an unlimited subscription to concerts in their city for just $25 a month. “We asked how much people would pay — $100? No. $50? Still too high. Then we asked if they’d pay $25 and that seemed to spark their… Read More -
Former TechCrunch Co-Editor In Chief Eric Eldon Heads To Hyper-Local Journalism Site Hoodline
Eric Eldon, who stepped in a few years ago to lead and stabilize TechCrunch after the departure of its founder Michael Arrington and many key staffers, has quietly been been dipping his toes back into journalism. This time it’s not about tech startups. He’s going into local journalism with Hoodline, a startup that grew out of a hyper-local blog about the Haight-Ashbury… Read More -
Say Media Is Selling Off Its Content Sites, Including ReadWrite and xoJane
Say Media owns sites like xoJane, ReadWrite, and Fashionista — but the company doesn’t plan to own them for much longer. CEO Matt Sanchez told Digiday that the company will be selling off all of its owned properties so that it can focus on selling ads for other publishers, and on its content management system Tempest. The vision, he said, was to build “the modern media company… Read More -
Kanvas Debuts An iOS Keyboard That Lets You Send Decorated Photos, Stickers And GIFs…Or Even Just Text
Kanvas, a photo-editing app that lets users add text, stickers, drawings and music to images as well as stitch together photos, GIFs and videos, is now bringing its set of creative tools to a new application for iOS users: Kanvas Keyboard. As you may guess by its name, the new app is an iOS 8-compatible keyboard app that lets you quickly add text to your photos or colored backgrounds, draw… Read More -
Glose Is A New Ebook Reader That Turns Reading Into A Social Experience
Meet Glose, a brand new ebook reader for your phone, tablet and laptop. Glose is like the Kindle apps, but on steroids. Reading a book in Glose becomes a collective experience as you can discuss quotes with your friends and other Glose users, keep notes and more. You can also browse a feed of your friend’s annotations to get a taste of books you have yet to read. At heart, the team wants… Read More -
Dinein.co.uk Acquires MyDeliveryCab As Premium Restaurant Take-Out Space Heats Up In London
Dinein.co.uk has acquired local rival MyDeliveryCab — a move that sees it add a further 60+ premium restaurant partners in London, as well as expanding its fleet of drivers. It also follows hot on the heels of competitor Deliveroo raising a £2.7 million series A round led by Index Ventures back in June. Read More -
Calendar App Sunrise Showcases Where iOS 8 Widgets Shine
Sunrise has been one of my favorite mobile apps for years now. But the brand new 3.0 update for iOS, combined with iOS 8, makes it one of the best examples of a good iOS 8 widget for the Today view. In one swipe, I can now view my upcoming events and all-day events. As a reminder, Sunrise works with iCloud calendars, Google Calendar and Microsoft Exchange. There are also a few other… Read More -
Unshackled Is A New $3.5M Early Stage Fund That Looks A Lot Like An Accelerator
The idea of a startup studio, a hybrid between a VC fund and a coworking space and an accelerator, is becoming more and more popular. Today, yet another ‘startup studio’ is being announced by founders Nitin Pachisia and Manan Mehta, and they’re calling it the Unshackled Fund. The duo has put together $3.5 million in funding, as well as 50 of some of the most influential… Read More
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Scopely Raises $35M For Its Mobile Gaming Platform
Scopely, a Los Angeles startup that’s built a platform for distributing and monetizing mobile games, is announcing that it has raised $35 million in Series A funding. Co-founder and CEO Walter Driver alternately described his goal as creating “the HBO of mobile games” and “the HBO of touchscreen entertainment.” The company develops its own games and also… Read More -
E-Commerce Aggregator Thefashion.com Raises $1.7M For Further European Expansion
Co-founded by serial entrepreneur Kasper Vardrup — who also co-founded accelerator Startupbootcamp, amongst many other companies — Thefashion.com is another startup operating in the fashion discovery and shopping space. The site aggregates the wares of a multitude of fashion sites into a single online destination, enabling consumers to cross-shop from millions of fashion products. Read More -
Gogobot Gets $20 Million In Strategic Investment Led By HomeAway
To expand its business, Gogobot has raised $20 million in Series C financing led by HomeAway, and the vacation rental company’s CEO Brian Sharples will be joining Gogobot’s board of directors. Read More -
Dropoff Will Build Same-Day Delivery Right Into Your Business
The courier industry has been around since the middle ages, but it has changed very little. Dropoff is looking to change that in a marketplace that is quickly heating up around express, same-day, reliable deliveries. Dropoff offers a web and mobile dashboard that lets you book a courier anytime, review prices before you start, get reliable ETAs and then track the package as it’s moving. Read More -
VIDA Raises $1.3 Million For “Socially-Responsible” E-Commerce
An e-commerce company called VIDA, backed by Google Ventures, Universal Music Group and others, is today launching today its site that connects shoppers with “socially-responsible” apparel and accessories from artisans and designers around the world. The company is also disclosing its $1.3 million seed round investment, which additionally includes The Valley Fund, Nanon, Don… Read More -
Location Technology Startup SocialRadar Buys Gridskippr, Rolls Out SDK
SocialRadar, the location-based social app created by former Blackboard co-founder and CEO Michael Chasen and backed by $12.8 million, is announcing the acquisition of Baltimore-based Gridskippr, a targeted mobile advertising company founded last August. Terms of the all-stock deal were not revealed, but the two companies had already been working closely together over the past year to… Read More -
CareLulu Raises $1.7 Million For A Service That Helps Parents Find The Best Daycares
Ask any working parent with small children about one of their biggest challenges, and they’ll tell you it is (or has been) finding the right daycare. A new company called CareLuLu wants to help by offering an online marketplace that connects parents with local preschools and child care programs. The company has now raised $1.7 million in seed funding – capital that will be used… Read More -
Blue Apron Blows Past 1 Million Meals Sold Each Month, Looks To eCommerce
Blue Apron has just announced the launch of a new e-commerce store, which will go live next week, to round out the service’s grocery and recipe delivery service. The company has also announced that it has doubled sales since early May, with 1 million meals sold each month. “We think that the Blue Apron Market will be an important part of the business for us,” said CEO… Read More -
Square Eschews Free, Starts $29 Pre-Orders For Chip-Based Card Readers
Mobile payments company Square is today kicking off pre-orders for its new chip-based card readers, which were first announced earlier this year and intended to replace the current devices that read cards’ magnetic stripes. The mobile dongle version will sell for $29 and a table-top version will cost $39 — a departure for the company not just in terms of technology but also… Read More -
Europe’s Google Antitrust Decision Delayed — Again!
The long-running saga — four years and counting — that is the European Union’s investigation into Google over alleged antitrust violations has stalled again. Read More
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