Hunch, the “decision engine” startup cofounded by Chris Dixon (pictured) and Flickr’s Caterina Fake, today announced it has refined its homepage and service to include users’ personalized recommendations front and center.
With this change to the website, Hunch appears to …
WeShop, an online consumer shopping network, today announced it has secured a first round of funding for $4.25 million. Though the company is currently in private-beta mode, it claims to have already signed-up some 100,000 members, according to the company’s …
LinkedIn today announced it’s acquiring recommendation technology company mSpoke for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition will help LinkedIn provide its members with more relevant insight from professionals, according to the company’s announcement.
mSpoke, a Pittsburgh-based company founded in 2002, has …
StatusNet, a microblogging service with similarities to Twitter but designed for businesses, today announced it secured a second round of funding for $1.4 million. The funding will be used to support and grow its sales team and continue targeting the …
Notonthehighstreet.com, a UK-based online shopping site featuring products from small businesses, today announced it has secured a third round of funding for $11.9M ($7.5M pounds). The company will use the funds to hire new employees and continue developing its technology, …
Google today announced on its Mobile Ads blog that it has launched location-aware display advertisements for mobile phones. Through Google’s “location extension” feature, advertisers can now include their location and phone numbers to appear in display ads on iPhone and …
Triangulate, maker of Facebook dating application Wings, announced today that the application has been selected to appear on the Facebook Application Dashboard (one of only ten). The company also officially announced that it has secured a seed round of $750,000, …
Sailthru, a behavioral marketing email service, announced today that it has secured a seed round of $1 million, first reported by Business Insider. Founder and Chief Executive Neil Capel has since confirmed the funding, which will be used to expand …
RPI, a company that prints custom photo products, today announced it secured a $5 million round of funding from Huntington Capital. The funding will be used to introduce new services like merchandising programs and brand owner opportunities according to the …
Gazelle, a company that buys and resells used consumer electronics, announced Wednesday that it has raised a third round of funding for $12 million. The new funding, bringing its total to about $22 million, will be used to grow the …
GetGlue, the social recommendation service from startup Adaptive Blue, shared some impressive growth stats today: Its users are logging an average of 150,000 check-ins and reviews per day over the last month, up from 100,000 a few months ago.
While …
Predilect, a company working to strengthen online security, today announced it has secured a first round of funding for $750,000 from serial entrepreneur and investor Jon Fisher as well as several other angels.
If the name Jon Fisher sounds familiar, …
iBooks, the Apple application for users to download and read books, today released several new features with version 1.1.1. These additions include the ability to tap images to view them in greater detail, embedded audio and video within books and …
BillFloat, a service that gives consumers more time to pay their bills, today secured a first round of funding for $4.5 million. The round was led by First Round Capital with notable seed investors Paypal and Venrock also participating.
The …
GetJar, an online mobile application store, last night announced the winners of The Gettie Awards, an annual mobile app competition, at VentureBeat’s annual MobileBeat conference in San Francisco.
Second to the Apple App Store, GetJar is the second largest application …
Locomatix is one of 20 promising startups included in the MobileBeat 2010 Startup Competition, and is in the running for one of two coveted Tesla Awards.
Locomatix, developer of a location-aware technology, today announced the launch of its new cloud …
MyTalk is one of 20 promising startups included in the MobileBeat 2010 Startup Competition, and is in the running for one of two coveted Tesla Awards.
At first glance MyTalk may just look like another location-based social mobile network. Though …
Emantras is one of 20 promising startups included in the MobileBeat 2010 Startup Competition, and is in the running for one of two coveted Tesla Awards.
Educators looking to reach their students outside of the classroom may have a new …
Motolingo is one of 20 promising startups included in the MobileBeat 2010 Startup Competition, and is in the running for one of two coveted Tesla Awards.
Ever wish you could be a smarter driver? Now a startup called Motolingo has …
eduPath is one of 20 promising startups included in the MobileBeat 2010 Startup Competition, and is in the running for one of two coveted Tesla Awards.
It seems like yesterday my parents made me take an SAT test preparation course, …
