August 13, 2014
Spiral Hopes To Nail Location-Based Communities
A new app called Spiral could change the way we connect with the people and places around us. The idea is pretty straightforward: users see a newsfeed of…
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August 13, 2014
Yep, Activision Is Bringing Back Sierra (And Kings Quest!)
Just a quick update for everyone who geeked out with us last week at the idea of Activision bringing back the legendary gaming brand that is Sierra: it’s…
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Dash’s Smart Driving App Arrives On iPhone
The Dash smart driving assistant that made its debut earlier this year on Android has launched on iPhone answering one of the most frequently heard requests from its…
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WeedMaps Partners With Uber So You Don’t 420BlazeIt And Drive
Dude, where’s my car? Back in the garage because you took an Uber rather than driving high. At least that’s the idea behind leading “Yelp for marijuana” service…
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AuditFile Raises $3M To Offer Task Management For Accountants
To expand, the company is increasing the size of its sales force and building out its app so that it can be used for internal corporate audits, in…
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YC-Backed VizeraLabs Projects New Materials Onto Any Surface
At stores with Y Combinator-backed VizeraLabs’s projector installed, you can see what every fabric looks like on a display model instantly. The company wants to replace the books…
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Greenhouse Raises $7.5M To Engineer How Startups Recruit…Engineers
Uber, Pinterest, Snapchat, and BuzzFeed all share a not-so-secret weapon in the talent wars: Greenhouse. The recruitment optimization SAAS turns hiring into a science, and guides them through…
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The Virtual Assistant Could Be The Next Interpreter Of Enterprise Data, Starting With Google Now
You can ask Siri, Google Now and Cortana about movies, weather and sports, but you can’t yet ask them about your company’s budget for the fiscal year, or…
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Wibbitz Update Brings A Natural Voice To Its Video News Summaries
Version 3.0 of Wibbitz’s mobile app launches today, and after a few days of use I can say that the company is doing a good job of steadily…
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Swarm Lands On Windows Phone
As Foursquare powers through its summer of change, the company is today launching Swarm on the Windows Phone platform. Swarm is the breakaway app from Foursquare that now…
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