December 15, 2017
Dog-walking app Wag may be raising a huge round of funding
It looks like Wag may get another huge injection of cash following a big financing round earlier this year, according to a report by Recode, and also based…
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December 14, 2017
Taylor Swift’s new app, The Swift Life, is out now
In the midst of an reputational makeover, Taylor Swift is debuting a brand new app called The Swift Life. The app is a dedicated social network for Swift’s…
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Squarespace reportedly raises about $200 million at a $1.7 billion valuation
Squarespace, the 14-year-old platform that makes it easy for essentially anyone to build their own website, is raising about $200 million from General Atlantic, valuing the company at…
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CamSoda rolls our WebRTC for truly portable cam activities
They say the adult industry usually leads the way with new technology and CamSoda [NSFW LINK], a NSFW cam site, is no exception. The site, which connects models…
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Instacart promotes Sarah Mastrorocco to new position of VP of Business Development
Instacart is going through some growing pains right now, with Amazon buying Whole Foods this summer and target picking up Alabama-based Shipt in the last week. But growing…
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Genalyte hires Facebook and Google exec Kevin Lo as company president
Khosla-backed one drop blood test startup Genalyte has hired former Facebook exec Kevin Lo as president of the company. Lo comes to Genalyte after leading “connectivity efforts” at…
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Xage emerges from stealth with a blockchain-based IoT security solution
Getting the myriad of devices involved in the industrial internet of things provisioned and communicating with one another in a secure way will be one of the great…
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Wizeline expands its outsourced IT services business into southeast Asia
Wizeline, a provider of outsourced programming services, is expanding its global footprint with agreements to partner with a slew of development shops across Southeast Asia. Founded in 2014,…
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The price is right! Pace raises £2.5M to automate hotel room pricing based on demand
Pace, a London startup that has developed tech that uses machine learning to let hotels set room prices dynamically based on demand, has raised £2.5 million in seed…
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Gfycat wants to fix your low-fidelity GIFs with machine learning
We all love to share GIFs — and there are plenty of ways to do that, through online portals or keyboards — but often times because there is…
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