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Amazon Kindle Review: Touch Comes To The Entry-Level Reader
Amazon has updated it entire tablet and e-reader line, and the new, basic, iconically-named Kindle runs just $79 to start, and ships with touchscreen controls and twice the storage of the previous generation, plus a faster processor for quicker page … Continue reading
Issuu Brings Its “YouTube For Magazines” To The iPhone And iPad
Several years ago, digital reading platform issuu gave up on the iTunes App Store after several rejections stemming from its then too-competitive nature with Apple’s planned Newsstand service. Now, it’s back. The company has released its first iOS app that … Continue reading
Investors Stay Silent After Wonga Fiasco
TechCrunch asked Wonga’s investors to comment on whether they thought the payday loan company had acted responsibly — given the scale of the failures identified by the FCA, and the evident inadequacy of its technology platform. Read More
Amazon Launches WriteOn To Compete Against Crowd-Writing Sites Like Wattpad
Amazon has launched a crowd-editing and -writing service called WriteOn into private beta. In an announcement on the Kindle Author Forums, the company said that the site would act as a “community where readers and writers come together around the … Continue reading
Are Bots Hijacking Your Marketing Budget?
Ad fraud is a well-known “secret” in the online marketing world, and it’s been around ever since ads have existed on the Internet. Experts estimate that for every $1 a company spends on online advertising, almost half is lost to … Continue reading
Glow Gets $17 Million In Series B Funding From Formation 8, Founders Fund And Andreesen Horowitz
The app that helps women track their fertility cycles, Glow gained another $17 million from investors today in a Series B round of funding. That makes $23 million in Glow’s total funding. This latest round was led by Formation 8, … Continue reading
Spanish After-Market Ticket Exchange Ticketbis Scores Another €5.2M In Funding After Targeting Asia
Spanish startup Ticketbis, which operates an exchange for buying and selling after-market tickets to events in Europe, Latin America, and most recently Asia, has raised an additional €5.2 million in funding led by European VC Active Venture Partners, along with … Continue reading
15Five Picks Up Another $2.2M To Improve How Work Teams Talk To Each Other
15Five, a startup that has built a platform to encourage employees and managers to give feedback to each other, is today announcing a new round of funding: it has raised $2.2 million in a “Seed 2″ round. As with its first … Continue reading
With A New “Experience Studio”, Echo Aims To Bring Its Social Media Curation To A Broader Audience
Echo is a startup that’s been helping big companies and their agencies create widgets that highlight social media conversations. Now, with the launch of a new product called the Echo Experience Studio, co-founder and Chief Product Officer Chris Saad said … Continue reading
Hired Sets Its Sights On Los Angeles Tech Talent Boom
Tech job marketplace Hired is officially announcing its rollout in LA today. The company had announced it was in New York City earlier this year and now says it wants to capitalize on what it sees as the third biggest startup … Continue reading
