Now On Your iPhone, Rea...

YC alum  ReadyForZero , an online financial service that’s trying to get people out of debt faster, is today expanding to mobile with the launch of its first mobile app. For now, the experience is designed mainly to give you at-a-glance insight into your current debt situation....

Fellody And Tastebuds A...

This post is written by our regular contributor Natasha Starkell , the CEO of GoalEurope , the outsourcing advisory firm and a publication about outsourcing, innovation and startups in Central and Eastern Europe. Twitter @NatashaStarkell . Gplus.to/natashastarkell .† There are some of...

Facebook Helps Third-Pa...

The fundamental misunderstanding of Facebook’s mobile prospects is that it’s  trying to compete with iOS and Android  for in-app payment revenue via HTML5. It’s not. What Facebook really wants is the content produced by apps on every platform, which it can monetize...

Foursquare Launches $10...

Foursquare is enhancing its feature set for businesses today, with the introduction of a new verification service for merchants. The company says that for a one-time, $10 fee, owners and managers will now be able to instantly verify their business in order to start using...

Kickstarter: These Nerd...

While the use case for these glasses can quickly become quite dubious, the YouGen.tv glasses by Vergence Lab are pretty cool. Not only do they instantly change from sunglasses to clear Buddy-Holly-style specs they also record your life as it happens. Created by Jon Rodriguez and Erick...

Hack Your Housing: Chec...

So this is pretty fun. A University of California at Berkeley freshman named Derek Low uploaded a video to YouTube today of what he’s calling the “BRAD”, or the Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm. Apparently, Low set out three months ago to make “the most...

A Rare Sale: Despite 30...

At this time of year, we usually find ourselves reporting on Google breaking out the brooms for a little spring cleaning. Last week, Google again proved seasonally reliable, as Frederic reported on its shuttering of Google Patent Search Homepage, One Pass, Google Related, and a number of...

The Rise Of Instagram: ...

The industry just can’t stop analyzing the Instagram success story , and this month, it’s app store analytics firm Distimo’s turn to take a crack at it. The company, which typically releases reports revealing notable mobile app and app marketplace trends, has turned its...

Shared Task List Maker ...

Asana has been slowly sleeping across TechCrunch lately, and the low-key but ambitious company revealed last week that it has been doing the same elsewhere  – Twitter, Foursquare, LinkedIn, and Airbnb are some of the other workplaces it’s been showing up. And today, the...

Spain Gets Its Own Netf...

Spain is getting its own version of Netflix, thanks to a company called Youzee , which exits its private beta period today. Like Netflix, Youzee offers streaming movies and TV on-demand, but it also features titles for rent, too. The company has agreements with a number of distributors,...