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February 21, 2015
Postmates, the on-demand delivery service that operates in nearly 60 markets, has raised $35 million in Series C exclusively from existing investor Spark Capital, according to sources familiar…
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Messaging is the center of mobile. Snapchat is raising at around a $20 billion valuation. And no one cares who owns apps. On February 19th, 2014, we didn’t…
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Samsung will acquire LoopPay, the companies announced today, and TechCrunch spoke with LoopPay CEO Will Graylin, Samsung Innovation Center EVP David Eun and Dr. Injong Rhee, EVP and…
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Not all e-commerce involves home delivery. Mobile shopping app Curbside, which lets users shop from their phones then pick up their purchases at a local retailer without getting…
Read articleFebruary 16, 2015
Startup Ditto aims to help customers customers to find the right pair of eyeglasses. With that in mind, it recently launched a new “Netflix for designer eyewear” program…
Read articleFebruary 13, 2015
Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at the White House summit on cybersecurity and personal privacy today, where he announced that Apple Pay will be available starting in September…
Read articleFebruary 12, 2015
Japanese company Metaps has pulled in a $36 million Series C round of financing from existing and new investors in Japan. While its initial focus was on app…
Read articleFebruary 11, 2015
America isn’t the land of opportunity unless you can get a job after college to earn a visa. That makes picking a city in which to attend a…
Read articleFebruary 11, 2015
What if you could instantly book any haircut, massage, dentist, or salon you found on Yelp without picking up the phone? Then you’d be using MyTime. This startup…
Read articleFebruary 6, 2015
In 2013, Google expanded its Hangouts video conferencing service into a commerce platform called Helpouts, where people buy and sell services like cooking or technical advice via live video. Now…
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