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An Analysis Of Zirtual’s Reality And The Perils Of Debt
Debt is a harsh mistress, especially for a startup tech company. Cliick Wants App Users To Click Over Clickbait
Meet Cliick: another dating app wannabe, but one that’s taking a bit of a leftfield approach to the perennial problem of matching singles. Instead of proffering profiles for users to swipe through and judge, a la Tinder (and its myriad imitators) Cliick is using news stories as the swipeable connective tissue — linking users to each other when they like or discuss similar stories. Read More
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Demonsaw Uses “Social Cryptography” To Share Files And Data Anonymously
While Demonsaw sounds like it would be an amazing metal band, it’s actually a sharing system built by a senior programmer at Rockstar Games. The creator, Eijah, was part of the core team for Grand Theft Auto V and Max Payne 3 and is also a dedicated privacy activist. Demonsaw is his solution to the age-old problem of sharing information anonymously.
“Privacy is very important to me. Read More
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The 50 Startups That Launched At Y Combinator Summer 2015 Demo Day 1
Hardware took the spotlight at today’s Y Combinator Demo Day, reflecting a major shift of the accelerator beyond the cliche mobile app startup. Out of the 50 companies from the Summer 2015 batch that demoed on the record today, 20 featured hardware. What was formally the Demo Day lunchroom has become an expo hall for all manners of robots and gadgets. Tomorrow, another 50 or so startups… Read More
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StreetCode Academy Bridges The Gap Between East Palo Alto And Silicon Valley
East Palo Alto sits in between Facebook and Google’s Silicon Valley campuses. But despite their close proximity, they’re typically considered to be two different worlds.
Formerly known as the murder capital of the country, East Palo Alto has double the unemployment rate of its neighbor to the west. And one-third of its residents don’t have more than a high school… Read More
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Anova Acquires Hardware Marketing Startup Get Fresh For $9.2M
Okay, this one’s a little surprising: Anova, maker of an automated sous vide cooker, has acquired startup Get Fresh, with Get Fresh CEO Stephen Svajian becoming CEO of Anova.
I wrote about Get Fresh back in 2013 when it was trying to help hardware makers promote their products by connecting them with reviewers. Looking back, Svajian told me that Get Fresh’s approach might have… Read More
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Kik Raises $50M From Tencent To Become The “WeChat Of The West”
Kik, the Canadian company behind the messaging app of the same name has announced $50M worth of funding from one of its partners, China’s Tencent (also the biggest internet company in China). This funding puts Kik’s total at $120.5M. The deal brings the company valuation into unicorn territory (the much-ballyhooed $1 billion mark.) Here’s what Kik’s CEO, Ted Livingston,… Read More
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Wake Launches Its Effortless Designer Feedback Tool Publicly
Sometimes a designer can get sucked so deeply into a project that they don’t even really know whether it looks good or not anymore. Feedback is an essential, yet strangely complicated, part of the design process. Wake, which is launching publicly today, aims to allow designers a more effective way to share their works-in-progress and get feedback from their teams. The product,… Read More
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Yell Endlessly Into Your Phone, And Now Nuance Will Transcribe It
Sick of typing up meeting notes or interviews? Speech recognition master Nuance’s new Dragon Anywhere transcription app can turn what you say into text with no limit on recording time. This is no toy. It will cost $15 per month when it comes out this fall. But it could reduce headaches and wristpain inherent in manual transcription. The new Nuance Dragon iOS and Android apps also let… Read More
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Fotokite Phi Is A $349 Drone On A Leash That Needs No Pilot, Just A GoPro
Drones are the future of photo journalism, but the problem is you usually need a dedicated pilot. Unless you have a Fotokite. It’s a quadcopter on a retractible dog leash. Strap a GoPro to it, and it automatically records whatever you’re doing at the end of its tether while automatically hovering between 1 ft and 26 ft away. Today, the first consumer Fotokite model called Phi… Read More
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