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Startup L. Jackson Speaks Out About Diversity, Cool Products, And All The People He’s Not
Anonymous Twitter persona Startup L. Jackson has captured a large following in the tech community due to his biting commentary on Silicon Valley culture and regular startup advice. We’ve made our guesses about who he is, but we’re still not sure. Kander Is Tinder For Truthful Verdicts
Meet just launched Kander — a social photo sharing app for iOS that uses a swipe right to like it or left to dislike mechanism to allow users to deliver snap judgements on their friends’ photos. Intelligent Enterprise Messaging App ChatGrape Scores $1.3M Led By Betaworks
In news that is sure to lift the spirits of Austria’s local but burgeoning startup ecosystem, ChatGrape, the enterprise and team messaging app that pitches itself as a more ‘intelligent’ Slack or HipChat, has scored $1.3 million in a new ‘bridge’ round of funding. Shapr Raises $3 Million For Its Business Networking Mobile App
A New York and Paris-based startup called Shapr has raised $3 million to build a better way to professionally network with others in your industry. However, unlike business networking giant LinkedIn, Shapr’s software is mobile-first, with apps for both iOS and Android devices that allow users to select a subset of their contacts who they really know and endorse, and then share those… Read More
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Inmarsat Courts Developers, Opens Its Satellite Broadband Platform To All
Inmarsat, the UK-based satellite company that provides voice and broadband services to users in the air and on land and sea, is today announcing that it will open its platform for all developers to access. The move is calculated to help the company expand its services beyond its traditional customer base — businesses and individuals in remote areas that terrestrial networks… Read More
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Online Realtor eMoov Bags £1.5M
Following last year’s IPO of property portal and search engine Zoopla, and plans by traditional brick ‘n’ mortar estate agents (or realtors) to fight back, the property ‘tech’ space in the UK remains a heated one. Tastebud Acquires SocialCrunch In All-Stock Deal To Further Its Mobile Push Into Physical Retail
Tastebud, a company that builds mobile loyalty applications for retailers, has acquired SocialCrunch. Both firms hail from Chicago. SocialCrunch was a graduate of TechStars in 2013, raising $785,000 in its lifetime. The deal was an all-stock transaction. SocialCrunch, for those unfamiliar, collected data on consumer sentiment through quizzes, allowing the firm to track trends. One report on… Read More
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For Startup Executives, Age Shouldn’t Matter
There needs to be a model that leverages each individual’s strengths: teaming the older visionaries who have incredible domain expertise with younger entrepreneurs who have the energy and ambition to run a company. My team and I call it “Co-Creation”. Quadcopter Cowboys Duel At The Drone Rodeo
I found unmanned aerial adventurers out in the Nevada desert. With the old west explored, at least horizontally, the new frontier is in the sky. And just like the gold rush, there’s a new crop of pioneers hoping to make a stake and maybe get rich in the burgeoning drone business. Of course, flying drones is still widely illegal. But these men and women are fighting those laws, and… Read More
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From dorm room to online publishing domination. Not quite. But the story of Car Throttle, founded almost 6 years ago by Adnan Ebrahim whilst studying at university, continues to gain momentum.