A startup that allows songwriters to compete for custom music licensing contracts is launching today. The Nashville, Tenn., company, MusikPitch, promises to match songwriters with people or companies looking for custom music via “contests.” A “contest holder” wanting to license …
Criteo, a company that helps online businesses retarget customers who’ve left their site without making a purchase, relocated its headquarters from Paris, France to Palo Alto, Calif. four months ago and has just launched a new offering, PPC Retargeting Solution.…
Jeremy Stoppelman, co-founder and CEO of business-recommendation site Yelp, has joined the board of advisors for event-management site Eventbrite. He has also invested an unspecified amount in the company, according to a press release from Eventbrite. Stoppelman will serve as …
Movie-recommendation startup The Movie Tracker launched recently, adding to a crowded recommendation and social media space that includes TasteKid, The Auteurs, Trusted Opinion, Jinni, Flixster, and of course Netflix, among others. The site is still working out some of its …
The value of Twitter when it comes to breaking news and eyewitness reports has been discussed as length (evidenced by CNN’s race to get the most followers, and the buzz surrounding the site’s role in the Iran protests last year), …
Online legal tool platform Legal River launched Attorney River today to connect attorneys to other attorneys. Attorneys can use the service to post requests for other attorneys. Once a lawyer posts a request, for example for outsourcing work or looking …
I have tons of loyalty cards in my wallet and am always forgetting about them or leaving them at home and collecting yet another punch card when I return to the same retailer. While this is annoying for me, it’s …
Have you ever thought how cool it would be if your treadmill could take you on a virtual jog through nature so you could watch something more scenic than the gym wall while you run? Well, your day is coming.…
Particle, the company that claims to “make massively small products that shorten the distance between the internet and awesome,” is launching its Robo.to Android application today. It can be downloaded here: http://robo.to/welcome/android. Robo.to lets users share 4-second video status updates …
Event management site Eventbrite launched a new service today for non-profits. Eventbrite for Causes is open to all US-based non-profits with 501(c)(3) status. It will charge non-profits 2% of the event ticket price plus 99 cents per ticket sold (the …
Citrify launched a free, browser-based photo editor earlier this week, that lets you pretty up your headshot by removing blemishes, erasing wrinkles and whitening teeth. It also lets you add effects to pictures — for example, you can Obamify your …
Online photo service Pixable is launching a new Photo Mosaics feature today, which lets users select an image and then use a number of their other photos, in a smaller size, to turn the selected image into a mosaic. This …
A young UK-based startup called Favilous has joined the crowded social bookmarking space. It hopes to differentiate itself from the legions of existing bookmarking services by building a community behind the bookmarks, so users can share descriptions of sites and …
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Furniture site Fashion4Home, which launched in Germany in November of last year, is launching in the US today. The site will offer US shoppers 80 models of contemporary furniture across 12 categories, including exclusive designs, at 30-50% lower than …
ReelSurfer, which lets you search and extract relevant clips from long-form video, has just closed a deal with EduStream, the San Bernardino Community College District’s video portal, to make lectures and other video materials fully searchable by students and faculty.…
Today, Legal River and General Counsel, P.C. released a Terms of Service Generator and a Privacy Policy Generator for startups and small businesses.
Legal River’s tools are meant to keep costs low for entrepreneurs as they set up a business; …
Myfab, which sells furniture on-demand online, will be launching a US version of its site on February 1. The site already exists in France, where it was first launched in April 2008, Germany, Belgium, and Luxembourg. The US site will …
Former Ticketmaster President and CEO Sean Moriarty has joined EventBrite’s Board of Directors as a “key strategic advisor.” Moriarty was with Ticketmaster for 12 years, serving in several roles, including COO and Executive Vice President of Product and Technology. Before …
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Israeli startup Jinni, which calls itself a “Pandora for movies” in reference to popular music-recommendation service Pandora, has raised $1.6M from DFJ Tamir Fishman in a first round of institutional funding. Where Pandora uses subject experts for its music …
Gadget-recommendation service Measy launched a smartphone tool this week to help users find the perfect smartphone based on their needs. The engine asks users their ideal price as well as the importance of several factors including carrier, functionality (business, texting, …
