Socialbakers Adds $6M to Scale Social and Competitive Analytics Platform Globally
There are a growing number of companies looking to tackle the social media management and analytics arena, however Prague-based…
Humayun Khan
Humayun Khan is a Senior Writer and Analyst at BetaKit. A marketing graduate with honors, Humayun's work experience spans the fields of consumer behaviour with noted contributions in an academic paper published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology and market research consulting having coordinated projects for a major financial services client at Decode Inc. More recently he was involved in business strategy as a Business Analyst for an equipment rental outlet and prior in the National Marketing Department at Ernst & Young LLP. He is passionate about emerging and disrupting technology and its ability to transform and create entirely new industries.
Viggle Acquires GetGlue for $25M Plus 48.3M Shares, Second Screen Apps Have a Combined 4.5M Users
Nov 19, 2012
Today NYC-based Viggle, a service that rewards its users for their loyalty and engagement around television content, announced…
Modria Launches Dispute Resolution Tool to Scale Former eBay and PayPal Tech
Nov 19, 2012
What happens when a customer orders something online and realizes it’s the wrong size, didnât come at all, or doesnât…
With 5M Downloads, Contact Syncing App Sync.Me Adds $4M To Develop for Android
Nov 16, 2012
What if a contact list was more than mere names, phone numbers, and email addresses, and instead helped pull in social networking…
Wave Accounting Launches Wave Payroll in U.S. to Tackle SMB Payroll Headaches
Nov 16, 2012
Having launched the Canadian version in February, today Toronto-based cloud accounting company Wave Accounting announced…
With $2.3M in Funding, Spindle Updates iOS App to Tackle Local Discovery
Nov 16, 2012
Restaurants, retailers, museums, art galleries, and other local businesses spend a great deal of time writing posts on Facebook,…
OpenTable Founder Launches Glyder, a Mobile-First SMB Marketing App
Nov 15, 2012
Startup Glyder believes that small business owners donât always have time to go home after they close their restaurant,…
Backed By Bruno Mars, Chromatik Launches to Disrupt How People Practice Music
Nov 15, 2012
It doesnât hurt for a startup still in private beta to onboard a national television show like American Idol as one of its…
With 3M Users, Banjo Launches Version 3.0 to Take Ambient Social Discovery Global
Nov 15, 2012
BetaKit covered Redwood, CA-based Banjo earlier in the year when it reached the one million user mark in nine months, faster…
Kickfolio Launching to Give iOS Developers a Browser-Based TestFlight Alternative
Nov 14, 2012
Developers who want to test their iOS apps with potential users often run into roadblocks, with Appleâs restrictive rules…
QuickMobile Launches SnapApp to Help Enterprises Create Custom Multi-Event Apps
Nov 14, 2012
BetaKit recently covered Vancouver-based QuickMobile’s $3.3 million funding from BDC IT Venture Fund and Vancity to take…
Continuuity Adds $10M Series A to Help Developers Build Big Data Apps
Nov 14, 2012
Today Palo Alto, CA-based Continuuity, a big data application platform, announced the closing of a $10 million Series A funding…
Cream.hr Launches to Help Employers Test Applicants to Find Cream of the Crop
Nov 13, 2012
Is the hiring process outdated and broken? San Francisco- and Toronto-based Cream.hr would answer a resounding yes. The company…
With 1.4M Images Uploaded, Foap Adds $500K for Crowdsourced Stock Photo App
Nov 13, 2012
Foap, an app that lets users sell their iPhone photos, announced today that since it launched in June over 1.4 million images…
Airbnb for Dogs DogVacay Adds $6M to Take a Bite Out of Sharing Economy
Nov 13, 2012
The sharing economy trend continues with the “Airbnb for Dogs,” Santa Monica-based DogVacay, which helps dog owners…