Mapstr is an interesting app, a sort of bookmarking service, but for places. It’s a great way to bookmark your favorite restaurants, bars and shops. When I first reviewed the app, it was still a beta. Mapstr is now back with version 1.0 and a bunch of interesting features that make it more useful. Read More
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When Microsoft announced its wrenching $7.6 billion write-down last week, it was easy to presume that the company was giving up on mobile. At the very least, the financial avalanche sent a strong signal that Windows phone in its current guise has failed in a major way. Read More
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While on-demand startups have made it easy to get your food delivered or clothes washed, there has yet to be a company that lets you skip the monthly 45-minute wait in the pharmacy line. Just launched in NYC, Zipdrug is a on-demand prescription drug delivery service that will bring you your meds with the tap of a button. The first time users boot up the app they are prompted to enter… Read More
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Reserve, a startup that helps with restaurant reservations and payments, is adding what it says has been the most-requested feature from both diners and restaurants. The app emerged from startup studio Expa. If you’re trying to get a reservation, you specify time window and party size, and the app provides you with a list of curated partners. If it can’t get a reservation at the… Read More
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For a company like Misfit, which got its start as the maker of an attractive health and fitness monitoring device that women would actually like to wear, it may no longer be enough to be just another Fitbit competitor. That’s why the company has been more recently expanding its product lineup to include a range of connected devices, including also a sleep monitoring system and… Read More
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It’s a mix of Instagram and YouTube…maybe a bit of an old-school RockYou component. No matter how you look at it, Flipagram has seen enormous growth and is a mobile juggernaut.
Today, the company has formally announced that it has raised a $70 million B round of funding led by Sequoia and including Kleiner Perkins and Index Ventures. Read More
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Today after the market closed, Intel Corporation (INTC) released its second quarter earnings report. The company reported revenue of $13.2 billion and earnings per-share of $0.55. The company’s revenue dropped five percent compared to the year-ago quarter, and its net income dropped by three percent over the same period. However, EPS was flat at 55 cents compared to the… Read More
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Her, the queer dating app for women, has today announced that it will be available nationwide.
Workspot, an aptly-named virtual desktop startup, is planning to improve its tech and expand its enterprise sales team after raising $5 million in new funding led by Helion Ventures, with participation from Translink Capital and Qualcomm Ventures. 
Finnish smartphone OS startup Jolla has inked the first licensing deal for its Android alternative Sailfish OS, some three years after starting out on a grand plan to save the in-house OS Nokia was abandoning in favor of Microsoft’s mobile platform.