October 14, 2014
Gruveo Brings Anonymous Video Calls To The iPhone And iPad
Gruveo, a service that launched last year to allow for fast, anonymous video calling via the web, is now coming to mobile, starting with today’s debut of an…
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October 13, 2014
Former Millennial Media Exec Marcus Startzel Is The New CEO At Ad Attribution Startup MediaGlu
Marcus Startzel has held some big roles at big companies — he was most recently the chief revenue officer at Millennial Media, a mobile advertising company that went…
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For Two New Apps Called “Push” And “Drop,” The Push Notification Is The App
Two new applications, Drop and Push, want to save you from having to download multiple news apps or browse dozens of websites just to keep up with the…
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Lyve’s New App Lets You Access All Your Photos And Videos From Any Device You Own
Accessing your entire photo and video collection from any device can still be a challenge today, especially if you have your media spread out across a variety of…
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Skylable Secures Investment From Sunstone For Open Source Storage
In the rarified world of ‘private data clouds’ a handful of companies dominate. On the open source side, Red Hat acquired Ceph for $175m and Gluster for $136m.…
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Snapchat and Spiegel’s Interesting Call on the Hong Kong Demonstrations
I don’t mean to pile onto Snapchat in the middle of the #Snappening. But I thought there was something interesting that went missed in CEO Evan Spiegel’s multi-generational chat…
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Glimpse Pivots To Privacy-Focused Group Messaging For Teens
Security-focused ephemeral messaging app Glimpse is going through some major restructuring, with one co-founder departing as the startup shifts gears from general-purpose photo and video messaging to focus…
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This Is Withings’ Vision For The Future Of The Home
Slowly but surely, Withings has been building up its product portfolio to provide a truly holistic approach to gadgets and digital services. Recently, the French company brought over…
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Moonfrye Debuts Its Latest App, A Party Planning Mobile Shop Called P.S. XO
Moonfrye, the family oriented startup best known as the company co-founded by former child star Soleil Moon Frye (aka TV’s “Punky Brewster”) has officially launched its second product, P.S.…
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Microsoft CEO Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot On Gender Pay Gap
Today at the 2014 Grace Hopper Celebration, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella hit the skids after Maria Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd — an institution known for its prominence…
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