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AdColony Says There Is No Deal With Opera
Mobile video ad company AdColony published a blog post this afternoon denying a TechCrunch report that it had either been acquired or was close to being acquired by Opera Software. Read More -
Facebook Messenger Adds Tap-And-Hold Video Sharing, Another Snapchat Feature
Why tell with text when you can show with video? Facebook Messenger is diving deeper into visual communication with a new option to instantly record and send short videos, similar to Snapchat. The feature comes to iOS today and is rolling out to Android. Messenger added pre-recorded video sharing and a split-screen selfie camera in April, but now you can tap and hold the camera button to fire… Read More -
Outsource Your Bitcoin Mining To HashPlex, Which Just Raised A Seed Round
Are too many Bitcoin mining rigs making your office or home unspeakably hot or noisy? You can just outsource it to someone else. Or at least that’s the premise behind HashPlex, a cryptocurrency-miner hosting company that just raised $400,000 from investors including SecondMarket co-founder Barry Silbert’s Bitcoin Opportunity Corp. and Facebook engineer Jason Prado. Read More -
The Vessyl Is A Smart Cup That Knows Your Body
Have you ever tried to lose weight, taking every precaution to cut down on red meat and cheese and bread and really get healthy, and yet still don’t lose a pound? Oftentimes, liquids are the culprit. They’re the most ignored source of calories, mostly because it’s hard to measure out the exact caloric value of every beverage you consume throughout the day. That’s where… Read More -
Surprise! Deadline Extended For The Startup Battlefield In SF And Europe
Well crazy kids, you’re in luck. Startup Battlefield applications are extended! Due to popular demand, we’ve decided to give you a little more time to get those submissions in. Read More -
Besomebody Inc. Raises $1M To Build A Passion-Focused Community And Experience Marketplace
With Besomebody Inc., founder and CEO Kash Shaikh is hoping to turn to turn his “#besomebody” social media efforts and blog into a real company. Today the startup is announcing that it has raised $1 million from the E.W. Scripps Company. Shaikh said he first started tweeting with the #besomebody hashtag in 2009, with the blog launching in 2011. He now describes it as “a… Read More -
Social News Aggregator Nuzzel Raises $1.7M From Lowercase, Homebrew, And Others
Nuzzel, the social news startup led by Friendster founder Jonathan Abrams, says that it has raised $1.7 million in new funding. The news follows the launch of the Nuzzel iPhone app a month ago. Abrams told me via email that the company had only spent about half of its original seed funding (which also totaled $1.7 million), but there was “additional investment interest from some… Read More -
HackerRank Raises A $9.2M Series B From Khosla And Battery Ventures For Its Technical Recruiting Platform
HackerRank, the technical recruitment platform and code-challenge community, today announced that it has raised a $9.2 million Series B funding round led by Khosla Ventures and Battery Ventures. Other participants in this round include Motorola Mobility VP Peeyush Ranjan, former Facebook senior director of engineering Greg Badros and Facebook director of product management Dan Rubinstein. Read More -
Pixelberry Studios Tackles Teenagers’ Body-Image Issues With A New Mobile Game
According to recent studies, 80 percent of teenage girls and 20 percent of boys in the U.S. have struggled with negative body image. So Pixelberry Studios and the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) teamed up to create a mobile game that educates teens about developing a health attitude toward their bodies and avoiding eating disorders. Read More -
Le Camping Now Takes 3% Equity As Accelerator Competition Heats Up In France
Startup accelerator Le Camping is finally shifting its model — everyone has been waiting for this change. It will now take 3 percent in startup equity starting next season. I sat down with Le Camping manager Elise Nebout to discuss the move. Le Camping started three years ago and it was one of the first French startup accelerators in France. Five batches representing 62 startups went… Read More
Thursday, June 12, 2014
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