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Zeplin Raises $1.2M To Sync Designers And Developers With Less Hassle
When Pelin Kenez and her co-founders were at their previous company, they were constantly moving files between designers and developers. That ended up producing a hassle, with developers having to basically manually pull in elements from the design file.
That’s where Zeplin comes in. It uses software to better move files between designers and engineers, and it said it has raised $1.2… Read More
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Encrypted Messaging App SOMA Launches Group Voice And Video Calling
Secure messaging app SOMA announced the launch of group voice and video calling for up to four people.
Users can now use the app to video chat with up to four friends from phones running both iOS and Android. According to the company, it is the only app to offer encrypted group video calling for free. Read More
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Deliveroo Raises $100M Series D Led By DST And Greenoaks, Expands To Middle East And Asia
It was only in July that Deliveroo raised $70 million in Series C funding, but today the London-headquartered company has announced that it’s been dining at the VC table again. WordPress.com Goes Open Source And Gets A Desktop App
WordPress.com, the fully hosted version of WordPress, has a received one of its biggest updates ever today. Codenamed Calypso, Automattic rewrote WordPress.com from scratch — everything is new under the hood. Here are the big changes. Snapchat Now Offers Extended Editions Of Live Story Moments
Today Snapchat has launched a new tool within Live Stories called Story Explorer, which gives users the ability to look at all of the snaps of a single, special moment.
The idea is to let you see similar snaps from a single moment within a Live Story instead of seeing a string of different, unrelated moments tied to a larger theme. Think ‘Extended Cut’ vs ‘Editors’… Read More
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Blinkset Shows You All Of The Coolest Stuff As Quickly As Possible
In the land of the tiny attention spans the app that shows images as quickly as possible is king. That’s what Blinkset does: it flashes “what’s trending” past your face at “hyperspeed,” a prospect that should make even the most plugged among us wonder just where humanity is headed. Luckily Blinkset kind of makes sense. Because we can all process information… Read More
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Tablelist Gets You Into Hot Clubs With The Push Of A Button
We’ve all heard about FOMO (fear of missing out), but what about FOGO? That’s short for “fear of going out,” and it’s the problem that CEO Julian Jung said he’s trying to solve with Tablelist. Jung compared his startup to Uber — in the same way that getting car service before Uber could be “intimidating,” Jung said people can have… Read More
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Flash Sales Site SportPursuit Scores £9.5M Series C
SportPursuit, the flash sales site for ‘premium’ outdoor and sports gear, has raised £9.5 million in Series C funding. Investors this time around are Scottish Equity Partners (SEP), Grafton Capital, and existing backer Draper Esprit, bringing total funding for the London-based company to just shy of £16 million since launching in 2012. Read More
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Readbug Wants To Be Spotify For Indie Magazines
Readbug’s pitch to its target indie magazine publishers is the chance to increase their digital reach without having to do any extra work or spend any extra money themselves. And its pitch to hipsters is all-you-can eat access to their favorite aspirational reads for a Spotify style monthly fee. Read More
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Voter Is Tinder For Politics
As we approach election season the average person is probably confused by the plethora of candidates. Should you vote Trump? Hillary? Dr. Fantasmus the Libertarian Cyborg? Voter can probably tell you. This app is basically a swipe left/swipe right interface for political leanings. It asks you questions about policy and then recommends a candidate based on who you should vote for. Do you… Read More
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