Pew Study: 18% Of U.S. ...
According to a new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project , the popularity of check-in apps continues to grow, though it still isn’t quite mainstream yet. Pew’s latest survey found that in February 2012, 18% of U.S. smartphone owners over 18 used geosocial...
Triposo’s Mobile Trav...
Back in September, Jon Tirsen and Douwe Osinga, two ex-Googlers, unveiled their new mobile travel guide, Triposo , setting out to do for travel content what Google and PageRank did for search. The startup developed a set of algorithms to crawl and parse the Web’s biggest travel...Why Location-Based Serv...
Editor’s Note: TechCrunch columnist Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto. You can follow him on Twitter @semil Location, location, location. Whether you’re a real estate agent, a traveler, or building mobile applications, location matters a...
This Is What Change Loo...
It’d be easy to forget, but startups do exist, and even prosper, outside of Silicon Valley. John and I believe firmly in this, and have thus decided to venture forth and find technology gems hidden away in cities with less prominent tech scenes. The first of these adventures takes...Dow Jones Says Q1 2012 ...
Thanks to big raises from venture firms like Andreessen Horowitz, U.S. venture capital fund-raising increased to $7 billion across 47 funds in the first quarter of 2012, which is a 5% increase in capital raised and a 34% increase in fund closings from the same period last year according...The ‘Dogbnb’ Wars E...
Finding a place for your pooch while you’re away should be getting easier. Rover , a Seattle-based startup that is trying to disrupt the kennel market, said it has raised $3.4 million in a round led by Madrona Venture Group. It’s one of several startups that are vying to be...
Shufflr Brings Its Soci...
A startup called Althea Systems wants to reinvent the way we find videos online. Its app Shufflr is already available on desktops , the Web, iPhone, and Android, and today it’s launching on the iPad. Shufflr co-founder Rajnish (he goes by a single name) isn’t shy about his...Show Us What You Got, V...
As you may well know, we’re having a series of three mini-meetups in DC, Norfolk, and Richmond next week . You’ve probably already RSVPed, but I’d like to spend Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday mornings visiting some cool companies in the area. I think I’m already...Mogreet Nabs $4.1M For ...
Mogreet , a Los Angeles-based mobile video marketing startup, is today announcing that it has raised $4.1 million in strategic capital. The round was led by Black Diamond Ventures , with participation from existing investors, including DFJ Frontier , Ascend Ventures , Bryant Park...