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RealtyHop Helps Investors Find Underappreciated Rental Properties
The real estate market is bouncing back from the recession, which means house flipping shows are back on HGTV and investors are having a harder time finding underpriced properties. RealtyHop, which was developed by the team behind the Y Combinator-backed RentHop, wants to make it easier for investors to find these kinds of properties. For now, the service only focuses on New York, though. Read More
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Spotify Unveils New Features For Runners, Including Songs That Change Based On Your Tempo
Spotify’s press event today wasn’t just about adding video and other content types. The company also revealed that it’s adding new features to improve the experience for anyone who listens to Spotify during their runs. To do that, Chief Product Officer Gustav Söderström said Spotify will now use the sensors on your phone to detect the pace of you run. Then, when you hit… Read More
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Mobile Optimization Startup Taplytics Has Raised $2.4M In Seed Funding
Y Combinator-incubated Taplytics is announcing that it has raised $2.4 million in seed funding.
The startup launched last year as an A/B testing service for mobile apps, and since then it’s added features around mobile analytics and push notifications. CEO Aaron Glazer said the additions are turning Taplytics into “a full-blown mobile optimization solution.” Read More
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Kiva Co-Founder Flannery Dives Back Into Lending In Emerging Markets With New Startup Branch
A decade ago, Matt Flannery changed the world of lending in developing countries when he co-founded Kiva, a peer-to-peer lending model that allowed consumers to support women and micro-entrepreneurs in emerging markets with loans in increments as small as $25. Now, he’s looking more broadly at commercial lending space in Sub-Saharan Africa and how data science can be applied to make… Read More
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Betaworks-Backed Scale Model Launches To Help Advertisers Target Twitter Communities
Scale Model, the first company to launch out of betawork’s newest batch of hacker-in-residence projects, is trying to offer advertisers on Twitter a much more targeted experience than they’ve ever had. The service identifies communities on Twitter (based on interests) and listens to those communities to understand what kind of content they’re sharing and ultimately target… Read More
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Makers: Pitch At Make It In Brooklyn In June, Gain Fortune And Glory
Everyone knows that Brooklyn is where it’s at (because I happen to live there) but did you know it’s also home to some amazing makers? We want to feature some of these fearless creators at Make It In Brooklyn event on June 25 and we want you to pitch. Five finalists in the Tech and Maker category will be chosen – think of Tech as apps and services and Maker as hardware… Read More
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Little Labs Raises $3 Million From NEA And Others For Its “Smartwatch-First” App Studio
With the introduction of the Apple Watch, many believe that smartwatches as a new computing platform now has the potential to explode. One company betting on that trend is Little Labs, an L.A.-based app studio founded by mobile industry veterans that’s focused exclusively on building experiences for the “post-phone” era. The studio today has a small handful of apps for… Read More
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Pinterest Unveils Its First Video-Like Ad And New Ad Pricing Models
Advertisers are going to have a lot more to work with on Pinterest starting today. The company is rolling out several new tools and pricing options for advertisers today. Perhaps the biggest of them is Pinterest’s take on a new video-like Promoted Pin — but, not in the way you might expect. It’s an animated Promoted Pin that the company is calling a Cinematic Pin, and it… Read More
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The Case For Finding Your ‘Lime Equation’ And Keeping It Secret
Sixteen years ago, I thought that owning a bar and running a tech startup simultaneously would be a great match for my ADD. Ultimately, what made the late nights and shenanigans worthwhile was discovering the “Lime Equation,” a formula that revealed which employees were stealing from the bar. Today, I would argue that every CEO needs a secret Lime Equation that he or she can use… Read More
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Spotify Inks Deal With Starbucks Tasking Customers With Picking In-Store Music
Spotify and Starbucks just announced a clever deal to promote Spotify Premium while giving Starbuck customers and employees the opportunity to influence the music played at their local Starbucks. This is the latest in a line of high-profile deals Spotify bagged that puts its brand in front of an important consumer demographic. Read More
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