August 5, 2015
Samsung Pay Heads To Samsung’s Smart TVs
Last March Samsung announced Samsung Pay — a mobile payment offering which it hopes will go head to head with Apple Pay. The service has still not rolled…
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August 3, 2015
Chewse’s Tracy Lawrence on Raising Your First Round As A Female Founder
Right before Tracy Lawrence went into fundraising mode for her catering startup Chewse last year, she cut off her hair. She didn’t know it at the time, but…
Read articleJuly 31, 2015
Yahoo Will Acquire Fashion Startup Polyvore
Yahoo just announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire style-focused community Polyvore. In a blog post about the deal, Yahoo’s senior vice president of publisher products…
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YC-Backed Locent Lets Businesses Sell Products Via Text Message
Launching out of the Summer 2015 Y Combinator batch, Locent is an e-commerce platform powered entirely by text messages. One of the biggest challenges for online retailers is…
Read articleJuly 30, 2015
Fashion Startup Everlane Arrives On Mobile With An App Catering To Its Biggest Fans
Everlane, the fashion shopping site focused on selling high-quality apparel at lower prices than traditional designer retail, has today made the move to mobile. The company has now…
Read articleJuly 29, 2015
Subway Teams Up With PayPal On Mobile Payments
Ordering your food or beverages by smartphone and then paying for it via an app is quickly becoming the new normal. Starbucks already allows for this across thousands of…
Read articleJuly 27, 2015
Opternative’s Online Eye Exam Gets You A Glasses Prescription From Home
The annoyance of going to the doctor keeps tons of people from finding out if they need glasses or updating their prescription. But it turns out you don’t…
Read articleJuly 24, 2015
Ibotta’s New Shopping List Finds Cash Back And Rebates As You Add Items
Mobile savings app Ibotta, which got its start by targeting millennial shoppers who no longer seek out and clip paper coupons, has been working to re-think the role…
Read articleJuly 21, 2015
Shopify’s iPad Point-of-Sale System Gets Its Own Apps
Shopify has been steadily improving its iPad-based point-of-sale solution since its launch a couple of years prior, in order to better compete with rivals like Revel, Square, ShopKeep,…
Read articleJuly 21, 2015
500px Raises Another $13M To Take On Getty And Flickr
As Facebook continues to add more advertising features to Instagram, another photo-sharing platform is expanding its commercial and global ambitions with a new round of funding. 500px —…
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