Gemvara, the online tool for customizing and buying jewelry, today decided to abandon its original go-to-market scheme of working with jewelry stores by cutting them out completely. The company previously allowed buyers to customize their jewelry in stores through web-connected …
Facebook confirmed yesterday that it has begun testing a new “subscribe” feature for users and pages. The feature lets users follow a user or page and receive notifications when a new update or piece of content, such as a picture …
Just weeks after Facebook announced its new location check-in feature dubbed Facebook Places, several companies have emerged claiming themselves as the first to leverage the features new set of user data. While each company is using the new service slightly differently, it’s not …
TweetPhoto, the company that allows its users to share and interact with photos across Twitter and Facebook, is announcing Tuesday that it has changed its name to Plixi. The company is also moving towards being its own social network, though …
Sprout Social, a social media management and monitoring tool for businesses, today announced its official unveiling and public availability to all businesses. The company announced in May that it won backing from Groupon founders Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell, through their recently launched …
Popular social network MySpace today announced it has decided to give its profiles a face lift with a more simplistic format. The change comes as a result of user feedback that cited troubles navigating profiles and finding content, said a …
Flowtown, a company that connects data from social media sites with a company’s email list, announced Wednesday that it raised a seed round of funding for $750,000. The funds will be used to hire more people, especially developers familiar with …
The chances that two college-only social networks would launch in the same week seems pretty low. The chances that both networks would also be backed by big name investors seems even lower. But, that’s exactly what’s happened. Along with Scoop, …
PocketGear, operator of a mobile application store, today announced it has raised a second round of funding for $15 million. The funds will be used to continue product development, increase its sales and marketing team and expand globally, according to …
With Facebook’s announcement of a check-in feature dubbed Facebook Places, we’re all wondering how it will affect location-based services like Foursquare. So I went ahead and asked founder and chief executive Dennis Crowley.
While Foursquare had a presence at the …
Shape Up The Nation, a social network used to help motivate people to live healthier, today announced it has secured a first round of funding for $5 million. Cue Ball Capital and Excel Venture Management both led the funding.
The …
WePay, a company that lets groups of people make online payments from a single account, has raised $7.5 million more in a second round of funding.
The funding will be used to expand marketing and development for a growing user …
Newly launched startup Damntheradio hopes to give brands on Facebook an easy to use promotions tool for their Facebook Pages, the promotional presence most companies use to connect with the social network’s 500 million users.
The company has created a …
G5, a developer of local marketing software, today announced it has secured a $15 million first round of funding. The company said the money will be used for software development and marketing to target customers such as multifamily housing, self …
1000Memories, a company that lets people create online memories for lost loved ones, announced a partnership today with WePay, a payment provider. The deal will give users a free account and the option of easily raising money for projects, foundations …
Ciespace, developer of three-dimensional digital modeling software, announced today it has secured a $4 million first round of funding. It plans to use the new money to continue software development and kickstart marketing and sales operations, according to the announcement.…
Phoenix Suns Steve Nash, a 14 year basketball pro, may be looking to get into the venture capital industry, according to Advertising Age. The basketball star plans on teaming up with Deutsch advertising agency executive Michael Duda.
The duo’s new …
Demand Media, an online content provider, has taken the first step towards an initial public offering. The company’s S-1 filing on Friday revealed details of the company’s business — semi-automated content production with an eye towards capturing users searching for …
Facebook’s 500 million-plus users are a noisy bunch. To cut through the chatter, search engine Wowd today announced it has launched a new tool dubbed the Social Discovery Client.
Wowd has been telling Web surfers what’s popular online by gauging …
Popular electronics company Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced that CEO Mark Hurd has resigned immediately, in agreement with the board of directors. The resignation comes after a board investigation against Hurd for alleged sexual harassment claims by a former contractor.
The resignation …
