Betaworks Acquires And ...
On one end of the spectrum, networks like Twitter and Facebook have acted as catalysts to organizing events like the Arab Spring or the riots of London. On the other end of that spectrum, networks like Yelp or Foursquare tee up user generated reviews, tips and public-facing profiles....About Last Night Wants ...
They say that all work and no play makes for some dull boys, and I think brothers Darren and Derek Dodge would definitely agree with that sentiment. The two of them have just launched a new iPhone app called About Last Night here on our Disrupt stage that aims to connect fans of the...Appcelerator Partners W...
Geoloqi , the Portland, Ore.-based location platform, today announced that it is partnering with the popular mobile app development platform Appcelerator . Thanks to this partnership, Geoloqi is now available to the 1.6 million iOS and Android developers who have signed up for...
Centzy Puts Prices Onli...
Only 25% of U.S. local businesses have websites and just 10% show their prices online, but Centzy launches today to let you sort local business searches by price, open hours, and eventually quality — reviews relative to price. That means you could find the nearest dry cleaner open...Forget Those Scraps Of ...
There was a time when I would watch shows like Extreme Couponing with a sense of morbid amusement — there was clearly plenty of money to be saved by clipping bits of dead plant matter out of a newspaper, but the process of keeping track of or remembering them when I go to the store has...CallApp Uses Social Dat...
One of my least favorite moments of the day comes when my iPhone rings and the number isn’t in my contact book. Is it an important call from an entrepreneur? A random PR person pitching me? Or just a telemarketer? I won’t know until I pick up. CallApp , a startup launching...Factual Releases Three ...
Open data platform Factual.com is beefing up its Global Places offering today with three new APIs that will provide mobile developers with access to a ton of new data which can help them build better location-aware apps. But the company notes that the APIs’ launch will be of...
BBC Worldwide Extends I...
BBC Worldwide , the commercial arm of the BBC, today announced an extension of its relationship with social, online TV site Viki . On the heels of a strategic investment it made last year — BBC Worldwide participated in a $20 million Series B round that also included SK Planet,...