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July 21, 2012

Startups Asking “Why Buy When You Can Rent, Share and Borrow?”

Renting, not buying, is increasingly becoming the choice way for consumers to experience new things, try out new tools, get…

July 4, 2012

It was called “foursquare for the future” by some, including its own creators, but Forecast wasn’t destined…

July 3, 2012

European local business recommendation and discovery tool Qype today officially launched Qype Turkey, its latest localized…

June 22, 2012

Chicago-based startup MentorMob has just launched MentorMob U, a white-label version of its platform open to educational institutions…

June 20, 2012

London-based startup Lutebox is launching a public beta today, on the heels of a $500,000 seed round and a significant pivot…

May 17, 2012

This week Health in Reach announced that it would be merging with its largest competitor, PriceDoc. Both services offer an…

May 1, 2012

Seattle-based SEOmoz is announcing an $18 million Series B round of financing today, led by Brad Feld’s Foundry Group,…

March 27, 2012

San Jose-based enterprise fraud protection company ThreatMetrix is announcing an $18 million Series D funding round today,…

March 22, 2012

You’ve got the skills, but are you using them to your best possible advantage? That’s what the recent crop of skill…

March 21, 2012

Animated GIFs have enjoyed a renaissance on the internet lately, and one particularly stunning outcrop of that trend is the…

March 19, 2012

France-based Mobiles Republic, a startup focused on delivering news media applications for mobile devices and other connected…

March 15, 2012

Today, eBay subsidiary and online payments industry leader PayPal introduced PayPal Here, a dongle and software combination…

March 15, 2012

Social networks aimed at kids aren’t a new concept. ScuttlePad and Togetherville, for example, have been attempting…

March 12, 2012

Posterous co-founder and CEO Sachin Agarwal announced today on the official Posterous blog that the company has been acquired…