Referly rewards consumers for making recommendations, helps businesses along the way

July 23, 2012 2:47 PM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

Referly launched its public beta today, which helps online businesses create referral programs to expand their markets.

With Referly, companies can create incentives for customers to do things like like recruiting new customers, opting for upgrades, and offering recommendations. Businesses …

idreambooks offers credible recommendations for book lovers

July 13, 2012 5:20 PM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

idreambooks.com launched this week in an effort to help people read less rubbish. The site aggregates literary reviews from publications like the NYTimes and Washington Post and recommends books that were given a positive rating by 70% of critics.

Plenty …

Social games maker Idle Games raises $10 million

October 13, 2011 9:29 AM Matthew Lynley
Matthew Lynley

[Update: it looks like $4.5 million of the funding on the document is part of Idle Games' last round, announced at TechCrunch Disrupt 2011. The second round of funding is worth $10 million]

Social gaming company Idle Games has raised …

What can we expect from Foursquare's new app?

December 16, 2010 1:40 PM Cody Barbierri

According to a recent Foursquare post on Twitter, the company just had the next version of its iPhone application approved by Apple. (The post thanked “SantaJobs,” apparently a reference to Apple cofounder and CEO Steve Jobs.)

Foursquare cofounders Dennis Crowley …