Facebook’s ‘Year In Review’ Feature Will Chronicle Your 2014, Good Or Bad
Facebook has again unleashed its Year In Review app, automatically compiling some of the most-liked photos from your feeds over 2014 and puts them into a neat little timeline. When you sign into Facebook, you’ll see an advertisement to check out your Year In Review, customize it, and share it with your friends. If you’re still having trouble finding it, you can simply sign into… Read More
Nubeliu Is Bringing The Private Cloud To Latin America
Private cloud enterprise solution Nubeliu has raised a seed round from Latin American powerhouse investors Kaszek Ventures in the “couple of millions,” according to a source close to the company. Storm Ventures and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) founder and CEO Marcos Galperin also participated in the round. Read More
Here Lets You Inform People You’ve Arrived With A Selfie
From the makers of meeting prep app Lowdown, Here lets you send a push notification or an automated email to let attendees know when you have arrived. Read More
Startup Brain Power Uses Google Glass To Develop Apps For Kids With Autism
Though many developers have begun to abandon Google Glass, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based startup called Brain Power believes that the hardware still has plenty of possibilities for children with autism. Brain Power develops Google Glass apps, as well as hardware add-ons, that help kids learn social and communication skills while at the same time providing feedback to caregivers. Brain… Read More
The “Snappening” Had No Impact On Snapchat Growth, Usage Or Engagement
No single bad PR incident can impact Snapchat’s growth or popularity, it seems. Earlier this year, the mobile social network made headlines when thousands of Snapchat accounts were hacked, causing around 200,000 private photos – many of a decidedly racy nature – to be leaked publicly to the web. Meanwhile, Snapchat’s tone-deaf response to the event – dubbed… Read More
Floppy Cloud Sneaks An NES And SNES Emulator Into The iTunes App Store
Emulators on iOS usually get shut down as soon as Apple’s App Store review team catches wind of their existence – usually thanks to news and blog coverage. (Sorry.) But guess who’s on holiday break right now? Yep. That’s why a new app called Floppy Cloud, which is secretly an NES and Super Nintendo emulator is still available for sale on the iTunes App Store as of… Read More
Appcues, Now Backed By $1.2M, Lets Anyone Personalize A Product Experience Without Writing Code
When done well, user onboarding – meaning the initial experience a customer has when adopting a new product or service for the first time – can increase the chances that a user sticks around to become a loyal, engaged customer for a company, ultimately impacting its bottom line. A startup focused on improving that experience for software-as-a-service (SaaS) businesses… Read More
Datanyze Acquires LeadLedger, A Sales Tool That Tracks Tech Product Market Share
Sales startup Datanyze is announcing its first acquisition — it’s buying a similar service, LeadLedger. On a broad level, Datanyze and LeadLedger basically promise customers the same thing — they’re trying to help salespeople find new leads, particularly by tracking which websites are using competitors’ products, as well as overall market share. Read More
Social Cloud Storage Platform Hive.im Raises $500,000 In Seed Funding
The cloud storage business is already crowded, with leading competitors including Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud, Box, and OneDrive. Hive.im, which just came out of beta, is one of the latest entrants in the space, but it hopes to stand out by turning cloud storage into a social experience. Read More
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