GoButler, The Magic Clone Founded By Ex-Rocket Internet Execs, Launches Virtual Assistant In NYC
GoButler, the Berlin-headquartered ‘virtual assistant’ startup founded by ex-Rocket Internet execs, is launching in New York City, taking U.S. rival Magic, the company that it originally cloned, head on. Read MoreIndonesian Live-streaming Startup Zeemi.tv Grabs $1M From DeNA And 500 Startups
Indonesia has been dubbed the “social media capital of the world” thanks to the popularity of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram there. Now armed with $1 million in seed funding from DeNA and 500 Startups, Zeemi.tv is betting that its live-streaming video platform will prove just as popular in the country as other social networks. Launched last year by Thomas Damek, the co-founder… Read MoreTwitter Is Pushing Celebrities And Publishers To Stop Using Meerkat
Twitter is doing whatever it can to help its live video streaming acquisition Periscope beat independent competitor Meerkat. Multiple sources tell TechCrunch that Twitter has been contacting celebrities who use Meerkat, trying to convince them Meerkat is dying and that they should use Periscope instead. Sources also say Twitter has been in touch with media companies that use Meerkat, going… Read MoreInstacart Is Quietly Working With Third Parties To Outsource (Some Of) Its Deliveries
Instacart, the on-demand grocery delivery startup that is reportedly valued north of $2 billion, is growing fast in 15 markets throughout the country. As it seeks to meet that demand, the company has begun experimenting with outsourcing deliveries through third-party companies, according to people familiar with the company’s plans. Read MoreSnapchat Goes Hard At Coachella With New Dynamic Filters
Snapchat wants to usurp Instagram as they way to share Coachella Music Festival adventure. So today it revealed a new style of Geofilters that change throughout the day to tell friends what they’re looking at. Rather than just a generic “Coachella” illustration that can be overlaid on photos or videos all day, Snapchat has different ones for each Coachella band that are… Read MoreBuzzFeed Editor-In-Chief Ben Smith Says He “Blew It” By Removing Post Criticizing Dove
You might have heard about a BuzzFeed article criticizing a “condescending” Dove ad campaign (it asked women to walk through doors marked “beautiful” and “average”) — but in the past couple of days, you wouldn’t have been able to read it on BuzzFeed. Well, now it’s back. Read MoreBreaking Media, Publisher Of Above The Law And Fashionista, Raises $1.5M
Breaking Media has raised a new funding round of $1.5 million. That’s on the small side compared to some of the big rounds announced by online media companies last year, particularly BuzzFeed and Vice Media. Read MoreThe High Score Selfie
Well, it had to happen, if it didn’t already. Two-person indie game developer Nerd Agency has unleashed the ‘high score selfie’. The feature, which can be seen in the startup’s latest iOS game, Boom Bunny, lets you take a photo of yourself with your high score superimposed and — you guessed it — share it on social media. “We were seeing people…Read MoreToday Is The Last Day To Save $1000 On Disrupt NY Tickets
We’ve been warning you all week. We’ve given you ample time to get out ahead of this. But today is the day. And by ‘the day’ I mean the last day to register for Disrupt NY with the early bird pricing, which saves you about $1000. But I shouldn’t have to convince you — our speakers list should do the trick. We’ll be joined by tech bigwigs like… Read MoreFanBread Says It Can Help Online Celebs Make Money By Creating Their Own Websites
If you’re big on YouTube or Vine or whatever, a startup called FanBread aims to help you make money — specifically by building and monetizing a website of your very own. The company is only emerging from stealth mode today, but founder and CEO Karl House told me he’s done something similar before, when he served as head of sales and business development at YouTube network… Read MoreChris Dixon Is Coming To Disrupt NY To Talk About All The Weird Shit He’s Investing In
Today we’re pleased to announce that Chris Dixon, a venture capitalist at Andreessen Horowitz, will be joining us at Disrupt NY. This is great news, and let me tell you why. Usually venture capitalists are pretty boring. They generally wear khakis while on the hunt for whatever the next Uber-for-X or Airbnb-for-Y will be. They know what all the hot new messaging apps are, and have… Read More
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