Visual Revenue's Predictive News Platform Acquired by Recommendation Tool Outbrain
With online publishers not only looking for new ways to monetize, but ways to increase the time readers spend on their sites…
300K Downloads Strong, Haiku Deck Debuts New Version of iPad Presentation App
Seattle-based Haiku Deck launched last summer to provide iPad users with a cleanly designed PowerPoint or Keynote alternative,…
With 200 Customers on Board, Bloomfire Adds $8M for Knowledge Sharing Platform
Austin, TX-based Bloomfire is tackling knowledge sharing and content management for the enterprise, letting employees search…
ScreenHero Launches Windows Version of Collaborative Screensharing App
When it comes to enterprise collaboration tools, products like Dropbox, Basecamp, and Google Apps have changed the way companies…
Pickie Partners With One Kings Lane, Brings Brand Catalogues to iPad Shopping App
Personalized shopping platform Pickie wants to help people get recommendations on everything from new clothes to gadgets, letting…
Uber Competitor Winston Pivots to Build White Labeled Apps for Taxi Companies
Uber is arguably the best-known name in the on-demand car app space, and while it started with a focus on black cars, it has…
Sonar Nabs Funding From Bing Fund: Can It Overcome Ambient Discovery Hurdles?
At last year’s SXSW conference in Austin ambient networking apps were all the rage. The concept is simple: the apps…
PayPal Competitor WePay Launches iOS App to Take Invoicing & Payments Mobile
Startup WePay launched as a group payments solution that allowed people to purchase an item together online, and has since…
Loverly Debuts Redesign, Partners With 1,300 Brands for Wedding Shopping Engine
Earlier today TechCrunch reported that Wanelo raised funding at a $100 million valuation for its Pinterest-like platform that…
Splitsecnd Launches Plug-In OnStar Alternative to Give Any Driver Crash Assistance
Whether or not they have it installed, most drivers are familiar with OnStar’s service, which provides assistance with…
Polar Adds $1.2M for Social Voting App, Sees Almost 6M Votes in 3 Months
Today Polar announced that it has raised $1.2 million in seed funding for its free iPhone app, a social voting app that lets…
Attachments.me Adds Social Sharing, Analytics to Track Who Downloads Your Files
Lately BetaKit has covered several services aimed at organizing a user’s cloud accounts, from Kitedesk to Openera. For…
Bina Launches to Take a Big Data Approach to Genome Sequencing & Analysis
Big data has been a big trend over the past year, with startups like Platfora and Cloudera helping companies process and make…
With a New iPhone App & $1.4M in Funding, Celly Wants to Be the Ning for Mobile
Portland, OR-based Celly is trying to do for mobile social networks what Ning did for online social networks, letting anyone…
Sports Team Management Tool Bluefields Adds $1M, Looks to Leagues & Clubs
Last week BetaKit covered TeamSnap, a sports team management platform, when it raised $2.75 million. Today competitor Bluefields…