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Buddytruk Is A Sharing Service Like Lyft For Moving
With sharing services like Uber and Lyft becoming more and more popular, it’s no surprise to see these ideas branch out into different services such as moving. Read More -
Beacon Is Crowdfunding Journalism In Ferguson, Missouri
Now this is a startup crowdfunding campaign that I can get behind. Beacon, a Y Combinator-backed startup for crowdfunding journalism, has started a campaign for original news coverage of the protests and police response in Ferguson, Missouri. Read More -
YC-Backed Naytev Enhances Social Media Shares To Drive Website Traffic
Digital publishers are increasingly reliant on content shared with social networks like Facebook and Twitter to drive readers to their sites. Naytev hopes to optimize the way content is shared by A/B testing headlines and images that make their way to those networks. The Y Combinator startup helps digital publishers increase their traffic and engagement by improving the content that readers… Read More -
Bumped From Your Hotel? WalkSource Aims To Find You A Free Room Fast
You’re probably familiar with getting bumped from a flight. But have you ever been “walked” from a hotel? Like airlines, hotels book more reservations than they can accommodate to ensure they are always operating at maximum capacity. But sometimes they overbook and have to “walk” their customers — transfer them to another hotel. When Brett Leonard was… Read More -
With Prayas Analytics, Retailers Can Use In-Store Footage To Become More Efficient
Startup Prayas Analytics says it’s giving brick-and-mortar retailers a new way to reduce customer wait times and otherwise make their stores more efficient. The company was founded by Yash Kothari and Pranshu Maheshwari, who are both entering their final year as undergraduates at Wharton and the University of Pennsylvania. And they’ve gotten backing from First Round… Read More -
With $1.1M In Funding, Conversion Logic Announces Tools For Tracking Video Ads Across Devices
Two executives from marketing tech company Visual IQ are striking out on their own with a new startup, Conversion Logic, which promises to help advertisers track the effectiveness of their video campaigns across devices. As consumers engage with media and ads on smartphones, smart TVs, and more, ad attribution across those devices (say, when you see an ad on your phone but buy it on your… Read More -
Y Combinator And Mithril Invest In Helion, A Nuclear Fusion Startup
Building a nuclear fusion reactor that can generate more energy than is put in to make it work is one of the biggest challenges facing engineers today. Like quantum computing, decades of research have mostly resulted in proofs of concept, not hardware that can be rolled out commercially. Read More -
Camoji Lets You Create And Send Animated GIFs Via iMessage
An iOS application called Camoji, which lets you create your own animated selfies and other GIFs, will be your new favorite toy. Like a number of mobile messaging applications that have come out in recent weeks, Camoji is designed primarily to work with iMessage, as opposed to attempting to establish its own messaging platform that would compete with giants like WhatsApp or Facebook… Read More -
IAC Agrees To Work With Regulators On Cyberbullying Protections Following Ask.fm Deal
IAC-owned search company Ask.com has acquired the beleaguered anonymous Q&A social network, Ask.fm. The news was first reported by The New York Times this morning, and IAC and Ask.fm have also confirmed to TechCrunch. Alongside of the deal, IAC has inked an agreement with the attorneys general of New York and Maryland, who have outlined policies to try to curb cyberbullying on Ask.fm… Read More -
UK Edtech Startup Wambiz Wants To Solve Problem Of Student Drop Out
Turn on, tune in, drop out. Well, minus the dropping out. That’s — give or take a bit of poetic license — the premise of UK edtech startup Wambiz, which offers colleges and other education providers, tools for online communication that are more akin to the apps students already use. The aim being to increase engagement and, ultimately, reduce student churn. Read More
Thursday, August 14, 2014
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