Jaxtr raises $10 million, doubles users in one month
Jaxtr, a service for dodging international calling fees using your phone, has raised $10 million in series A round led by August Capital.
It says it has doubled in size in the last month to a million users.
The Menlo Park, Calif. company (more detail from our past coverage here and here [update: first comment below]) allows you to make free phone calls over the web or your mobile and landline phones, including low local rates for… Continue Reading
LinkedIn’s service provider “recommendation” feature
LinkedIn, the social networking site for business professionals, has introduced a feature to let people find “recommended” service providers.
This move takes LinkedIn, the Sequoia Capital-backed Palo Alto start-up, beyond its insular focus on the business networking set, and brings it closer to a Yellow Pages model — making it much more interesting.
If you are searching for an attorney, for example, no point going to the phone book. You can click on the “services” tab at… Continue Reading