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by Jordan Crook

Column
Russia’s Skolkovo Project Back On Track

yesterday by Monty Munford

The pace of change in Russia would appear slow at the moment. Recent and ongoing events in the Crimea and Ukraine suggest an inward-looking country that has no ear to global opinion and is set on acting like the angry Soviet bear that we know from the Cold War. Read More
Startups
Google May Buy Video Search Startup Baarzo

yesterday by Anthony Ha

Google has been in talks to acquire video search startup Baarzo, according to sources with knowledge of the company. However, those sources were less clear about whether the companies had reached a final agreement. (One suggested that the deal had closed, the other was noncommittal.) The companies both declined to comment, Google offering its standard note: “We don’t comment on… Read More
Apps
Dattch Lesbian Dating App Launches On Android, Expands Into New York

yesterday by Jordan Crook

Dattch is one of the first and only mobile dating services that caters exclusively to women, just in case there are folks out there who would prefer to book a date more than 20 minutes in advance. Today, Dattch goes live in New York after hitting the UK, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Florida. The app has also been released for Android in all available markets. And just in time for Pride… Read More
Startups
Satellogic Aims To Launch A Constellation Of Small Imaging Satellites Around Earth

Jun 20, 2014 by Anthony Ha

Satellogic is an Argentinian startup that says it just had its third successful satellite launch. The company was founded by CEO Emiliano Kargieman, who previously founded Core Security Technologies and came up with the vision for Satellogic while attending Singularity University in 2010. Describing existing satellite technology as “archaic,” Kargieman said he wants to launch a… Read More
Mobile
Analytics Startup Heap Brings Its “Capture Everything” Approach To iOS Apps

Jun 20, 2014 by Anthony Ha

Heap, a startup aiming to bring a more comprehensive and flexible approach to analytics, is moving into mobile. The Y Combinator-incubated company first announced its iOS integration about a year ago, but at the time it was an invite-only product in beta testing. More recently, the company has removed the beta label and opened the product to any developer. Read More
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Autopilot Launches CoPilot Sales Automation Tool

Jun 20, 2014 by Frederic Lardinois

Any startup worth its salt these days built a mailing list from before it even launched, but what do you do after that? How do you identify the best leads from all of those random people who signed up for your service? Fresh off its $10 million Series B funding round, marketing automation service Autopilot today announced the launch of its CoPilot email sales automation tool, which aims to make… Read More
Europe
TechStars London Demo Day 2014: Meet The 11 Startups (And Our Picks)

Jun 20, 2014 by Ingrid Lunden

Today in an old music-hall-turned-arthouse-movie-theatre in the East End of London, TechStars presented its London DemoDay, three months after the group was announced. The startups presenting ran the gamut from B2B to consumer, education to e-commerce and social networking. Only three of the companies presenting were from the UK, with the rest coming from Europe, U.S. and Asia. This is… Read More
Apps
Colbert Weighs In On Yo, Asking Y?

Jun 20, 2014 by Jordan Crook

Last night I had a dream. In it, everyone in the world used just one word: Yo. “Yo” for hello, “Yo” for yes and no, “Yo” for I’m hungry. “Yo” for everything. So imagine my surprise this morning when I wake up to see that Colbert has turned my nightmare into a reality. Read More
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Dynamic Yield, A Tricksy Content Server, Raises $12.25 Million From Marker LLC

Jun 20, 2014 by John Biggs

In an era of finely-tuned advertising efforts are on the rise and web organizations that don’t consist of underpaid college grads at Buzzfeed-esque puppy mills are waning, there is a movement afoot to create customized and A/B tested content at all times. That’s what Dynamic Yield hopes to do and they just raised another $12.25 million to do it. Read More
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UK Government Taps Startups To Help Get More Brits Fit And Healthy

Jun 20, 2014 by Natasha Lomas

The UK government is putting out a call for early stage startups with a focus on healthy eating, fitness and physical and mental well-being to enter a public health-focused competition that promises the winners support with marketing and business development, funded by Public Health England (PHE), a division of the UK Department of Health. Read More