99designs & a trademark ain’t one, or, the surprising relaunch of Pro Tools

February 20, 2013 12:22 PM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

Editor's Pick Is Pro Tools music software or design software? Looks like 99designs and Avid are setting up for a face-off over exactly that question.

99designs acquires its Euro-clone, 12designer

August 6, 2012 9:01 PM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

99designs, the crowdsourced design marketplace "real" designers love to hate, has acquired 12designer, the Berlin-based crowdsourced design marketplace that had become 99designs' number-one rival in the European market.

Kaggle raises $11M to make data science competitive, and Silicon Valley bigwigs are impressed

November 3, 2011 12:04 AM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

“Spec work” is a term of derision in the creative industries, applied to work that’s done for free to win a prize or a contract. But for some, the model has worked so well that Kaggle is applying the model …