App-Only Horror Movie ‘Haunting Melissa’ — Made By the Producer of ‘The Ring’...
Neal Edelstein, a producer of creepy classics ‘The Ring’ and ‘Mulholland Drive,’ has made a first attempt at creating a new brand of horror: the ‘app-only’ film “Haunting Melissa.” According to...
View ArticleFiftyThree, Designer of ‘App of the Year’-Winning Paper, Raises $15 Million...
You may have never heard of an app called Paper—which allows users to intuitively design images on a tablet using digital “pencil and paper”—but in a business world full of competition as expansive and...
View ArticleWhich Celebrities on Vine Are Already Leaving for Video on Instagram?
Facebook unveiled a 15-second video sharing tool yesterday, Video on Instagram, and consumers responded with their thumbs — over 5 million videos were uploaded in the first 24 hours, according to...
View ArticleAshton Kutcher and Andreessen Horowitz Help Propeller Raise $1.25 Million for...
Propeller, which helps users create their own apps, has raised $1.25 million in a “party round” featuring Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, Ashton Kutcher, Keith Rabois, Jason Portnoy, Lee Linden,...
View ArticleYouVersion, A Bible App That Has Been Downloaded Over 100 Million Times,...
If this ‘n+1′ essay on San Francisco’s “sexual vanguard” is any indication, there’s a lot of heathen activity going on in the tech world. Lucky for you — assuming you don’t like to be, ya know, evil —...
View ArticleKnotch Raises $1.5 Million, Wants Men To Express More Emotion
Knotch, which describes itself as a “discovery platform for opinions and ideas,” has raised a $1.5 million seed funding round, according to TechCrunch, with participation from Lars Rasmussen...
View ArticleShould Men Really Care What Women Say About Them On Lulu?
Lulu, a dating app which allows females to review men as dating (and hook-up) partners, received a cheery write-up in the New York Times this week, with reporter Deborah Schoeneman referring to the app...
View ArticleSnapchat Raises $50 Million, CEO Evan Spiegel Keeps The World Guessing His...
Snapchat has raised $50 million in funding from private equity firm Coatue Management, according to TechCrunch, officially setting up the big question for CEO Evan Spiegel: whatcha gonna do all that...
View ArticleMbrace Just Raised A Seven-Figure Funding Round And Is Going For Tinder’s Throat
According to VentureBeat, Mbrace — a Berlin-based ‘social discovery app’ and competitor to Tinder — has raised a seven-figure funding round from Paua Ventures, IBB Beteiligungsgesellechaft (German for...
View ArticleThese Five Adtech Startups Presented At Turner Media Camp’s Demo Day
Original Article: “Turner Media Camp Demo Day Highlights Five New Startups,” from TechCrunch. Right as Rupert Murdoch raises his skull-and-bones flag and sets full-sails ahead on a Time Warner...
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