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Bumble Introduces VIBee, A Verification Feature Independent Of Your Social Status
Bumble is on somewhat of a hot streak. The dating app, which has women initiate all of the conversations, originally launched nine months ago. After reaching 1,000,000 unique conversations in early June, the app now reports that just two months later, over 5,000,000 conversations have been started by women. As the platform continues to be inundated with new sign-ups, the company has… Read More
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Zeetings Adds Interactivity And Analytics To Your Presentations
Tired of making (or watching) the same old PowerPoint presentations? An Australian startup called Zeetings gives you new tools to interact with your audience and track their engagement.
“Despite the fact that we’ve got completely new capabilities in our hands in terms of technology, presentations haven’t really changed,” said Zeetings co-founder and CEO Robert Kawalsky. Read More
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Second Measure Launches, Offering Powerful Live Data Analysis Of Public/Private Companies
A testament to the strength of Second Measure (YC S15) and their data analysis product is the fact that, after backing the company, Y Combinator was so impressed that they became paid users of the product themselves and are now using it to help inform their own future investments.
Second Measure delivers such effective analysis by inspecting billions of credit card transactions (more than 1… Read More
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Teleport Expands Its Life, Housing Search Engine to New York City
As Silicon Valley buckles under the pressure of housing the technology industry it created, an Andreessen Horowitz-backed company called Teleport has been quietly building a set of tools to distribute tech and knowledge-workers throughout the rest of the world. Snapchat Adds Data-Saving Mode To Win Users On A Budget
Snapchat is courting teenagers around the world who want to save their data plans with a new travel mode. When enabled, Snaps, Stories and Discovery content will only load if users tap them, rather than loading automatically when they open the app. Scoot’s New Cargo Line Of Scooters Can Carry Taller People And More Stuff
Scoot, the Zipcar for scooters, recently updated its line of vehicles to carry bigger people and more cargo. The new Scoot Cargo vehicle can carry up to 390 pounds, including both rider and whatever else you want to load it with. CEO Michael Keating founded the startup in 2011 to cut down on the many transportation problems in San Francisco. Scoots are all-electric and can go for up to 20 miles… Read More
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NomadCast Is A Powerful Live Streaming App With Embeddable Player
Meet NomadCast, a recent addition to the live streaming app space. While Meerkat, Periscope and YouNow have been focused on the social aspect of live streaming, NomadCast varies in many ways. NomadCast isn’t a social app, it’s an iOS live streaming app first and foremost. Read More
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Rubicon Global Wants To Help Collect The Healthcare Industry’s Trash
Rubicon Global, a company helping businesses save money on trash and recycling, is expanding into the healthcare industry.
Rubicon connects businesses with local garbage haulers through an online bidding process and and helps them find opportunities to save money, for example by doing more recycling. Read More
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This Is My Jam Shuts Down Without Screwing Users
“We’re deleting everything in a week because we got acquired/ran out of money”. This is a familiar scene when a startup shuts down. It’s why I’ve wondered if users deserve a “Data Portability Bill Of Rights”. Startups could sign it, pledging a way for users to access or export what they poured in if the company goes under. Those that signed it would get… Read More
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How Gulf Countries Can Ignite Their Startup Revolution
There is hardly a day that passes without a new major initiative, announcement or bold proclamation by the Gulf economies of United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia to promote tech startups in the region. Be it incubators, investment funds or free zones, you name it and they have it. Read More
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