May 21, 2015
Mode Media Raises Another $30M
Mode Media is announcing that it has raised $30 million in new funding. Previously known as Glam Media, the company ran the fashion site of the same name,…
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May 18, 2015
Spotify Inks Deal With Starbucks Tasking Customers With Picking In-Store Music
Spotify and Starbucks just announced a clever deal to promote Spotify Premium while giving Starbuck customers and employees the opportunity to influence the music played at their local…
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Our Four Favorite Companies At The 500 Startups Batch 12 Demo Day
Thirty companies pitched their products and business to investors in the press today, and they all had impressive stats for revenue, addressable markets, and growth. Still, some startups…
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In Big Media Push, Verizon Buys AOL For $4.4B [Memo From AOL CEO Tim Armstrong]
So this just happened. AOL, owner of TechCrunch, is getting acquired: U.S. carrier Verizon said in a statement that it is buying the company for $4.4 billion, or…
Read articleMay 9, 2015
“Who’s Viewed Your Posts?” LinkedIn Adds Analytics To Its Publishing Platform
LinkedIn, the social network for the working world, has been on a mission to add different services to its platform to expand the ways that people use it beyond looking…
Read articleMay 1, 2015
Meerkat Launches Its Android App To All
Live video streaming app Meerkat beat Twitter’s own Periscope to market on iOS, and now it’s available on Android for all, with no Periscope app for Google’s mobile…
Read articleApril 28, 2015
Mode Media Combines Its Websites Under A New Social News App
The digital media company formerly known as Glam is launching a new product today for finding curated stories in topics like entertainment, food and fashion. The website (namely,…
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SoundCloud Opens Its Podcasting Features To Everyone
SoundCloud has been beta testing its podcasting features with a private group since 2011, but today it’s finally letting everyone in. The SoundCloud podcasting features come in multiple…
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Valve’s Launch Of Paid Mods Faces Backlash From Community
PC gaming giant Valve is facing vocal backlash from its community a day after giving developers of game modifications the ability to charge for their work on the…
Read articleApril 17, 2015
Taplet Lets You Pull HD Photos From Any Video With A Single Tap
The iPhone has offered the ability to take photos at the same time as you record video, but capturing photos from video that has already been captured isn’t…
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