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LawnStarter Raises $6M To Become Your “Lawn Care Concierge”
Lawn care startup LawnStarter is announcing that it has raised $6 million in Series A funding. The company describes itself as “your personal lawn care concierge” — the idea, said co-founder Steven Corcoran, is to express LawnStarter’s “focus on customer experience.” Similar to the way that startups like Handy and Homejoy (soon to be one and the same?)… Read More
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Boost.vc Diversifies With A Push Into VR
Startup accelerator Boost.vc is diversifying its next cohort of startups, shifting its line-up of accepted startups from focusing solely on Bitcoin to include those working on virtual and augmented reality. Tim Kendall, Pinterest’s GM Of Monetization, Talks Buyable Pins
Following Pinterest’s unveiling of Buyable Pins — a way for merchants to sell things that users can buy directly within Pinterest — I had an opportunity to sit down with the company’s general manager of monetization Tim Kendall to talk a little bit more about it. The first thing he made clear was that, for now, brands will not be able to promote Buyable Pins. Read More
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Pinterest Cuts Out Affiliate Link Bloggers With In-App Buyable Pins
Pinterest grew tall on the backs of bloggers, some who were incentivized to rabidly fill the discovery network with content because they got a little affiliate fee when their Pins led to purchases. But in February, Pinterest suddenly began removing all affiliate links people posted, claiming they led to spam and irrelevant Pinning. Read More
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Pinterest Unveils Buyable Pins, A Way To Purchase Things Directly Within Pinterest
Pinterest unveiled what it’s calling “buyable pins” at an event at its headquarters in San Francisco today. Here’s how it works: Rich Pins — pins which have much more information than a normal link, such as the ingredients for a recipe — will get a new button that allows users to purchase things directly from partners that it’s working for. Users will… Read More
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Spark Is An Email Client That Shows You What’s Important, Lets You Delete What Isn’t
Email clients are like noses: everyone’s got one and they’re absolutely essential to your survival. There’s Mailbox and Outlook and Gmail and all the rest and now there’s Spark. Created by the folks who brought you Readdle, Spark splits your emails up into three sections – important notes, “pins” or starred emails, and all the rest. It is also Apple… Read More
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Kamcord Launches On Android With A Streamlined Video Capture Experience
Mobile gameplay streaming service Kamcord has launched on Android, letting users share clips of their time playing games on their phone with voiceover. Pamper, An On-Demand Manicure And Pedicure Service, Wants To Reinvent The Troubled Nail Salon Industry
Amid controversy around nail salons following several reports of poor and hazardous working conditions, a startup called Pamper is hoping the moment is right to change how the business works. Pamper is an on-demand manicure service that serves the southern San Francisco Bay Area. The basic manicure starts at $36, and customers can add extra services for an additional fee. Pamper has four… Read More
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Pinterest Reveals Mock-Up For Its First “Buy Button”
See a yummy recipe, instantly order all the ingredients. Find a cool product, instantly add it to your Amazon Wish List. That’s the plan for “Action buttons” on Pinterest’s new developer platform. Today at MIT’s Emtech Digital conference, Pinterest’s head of partnerships, Tim Kendall, showed detailed mock-ups of how developers could eventually pass the… Read More
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Leaked Contract Shows SoundCloud’s Plans For Ad-Free Subscriptions And Paying Labels
SoundCloud is desperately trying to go legal and pay royalties before labels pull their music from the streaming service. A contract for legal licensing with independent music publishers shows just how much that could cost the Berlin-based startup. Though this copy of the contract is unsigned, the National Music Publishers’ Association and SoundCloud last month announced they had struck… Read More
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