For the first time in the three years of its existence, NY-based Blue Apron is releasing a mobile app for iOS. The new app gives Blue Apron members the ability to make changes to their recipe selections and deliveries, and share their finished meals. But most importantly, the app will give users a full-blown cooking companion, complete with video tutorials, tips and tricks, and suggested… Read More
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There are many in Silicon Valley who’d like to find better ways to integrate female operators and investors into the tech scene but who think it will simply take time – time for more women to enter engineering programs, time for more women to join tech startups, and time for more women to form their own venture firms, as some have begun to do. Read More
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It was just a year ago today, that Apple and IBM shocked the world when they announced a partnership. Apple, the consummate consumer company was teaming up with IBM, the quintessential buttoned-down corporation with an enterprise pedigree. It seemed to be the oddest of odd couples, but one year in and 32 apps later, the partnership seems to be flourishing and giving both companies… Read More
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Music startup 8tracks is releasing a new web version of its service in limited beta today. The completely redesigned homepage is all about personalized recommendations to find the perfect playlist in just one click. It couldn’t be easier, and it should reduce a lot of friction when using the site. Read More
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Behind the repetitive and apologetic acknowledgment that there is a lot more “work to do” on diversity at companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter is the idea that there isn’t a sufficiently large enough “pipeline” of minority candidates that are qualified to take these jobs.
A YC company called Jopwell is taking aim straight at the “pipeline” question. Read More
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If you’ve had to write a research paper in the last 10 years, chances are the free online bibliography tool you used is operated by Imagine Easy. The edtech company has flown under the radar for the past 14 years since it was started by two high school students, Neal Taparia and Darshan Somashekar. It’s gradually grown to over 100 million annual users and over $12 million in… Read More
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At first, TVShow Time was just a calendar to keep track of your favorite TV shows. Now, TVShow Time is one of the best community of TV addicts on the Internet. The French startup is well aware of that, and just launched a major 5.0 update to its mobile app to showcase the best content created by its community. “We want our users to open the TVShow Time app after watching an episode and… Read More
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OpenSignal has added an Android version of its crowdsourced Wifi Mapper, following the launch of the iOS app back in May. The iOS app has garnered some 155,000 downloads in the two months since it went up on the App Store, according to CEO Brendan Gill, who says the team is expecting a “big reception” on Android — with “thousands” signed up to be pinged about… Read More
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Zubie, a company that sells a device allowing drivers to tap into their car’s onboard computer and then sync vehicle diagnostic data to their smartphone, is today expanding its footprint with the introduction of an open API that will now allow developers to build on top of this platform. Called “ZinC” – or, “Zubie for the Internet of Cars” – the… Read More
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London-based Entrepreneur First (EF) has come a long way since founders Matt Clifford and Alice Bentinck came up with their idea for something entirely different in the startup acceleration space.