Lucid Imagination Raise...
Lucid Imagination , the startup that commercially distributes the open source Apache Lucene and Apache Solr search technology, has raised $10 million in Series B funding from Shasta Ventures with Granite Ventures and Walden International participating in the round. This brings the...SV Angel Partner Brian ...
SV Angel , the angel fund founded by super-angel Ron Conway , is losing one of its general partners to a portfolio company. Brian Pokorny is now the CEO of fast-growing Silicon Valley-based Dailybooth . Dailybooth, the runner up in the “best social app” and winner of the...MyNines Launches As The...
Online private sales is a growing business model that is rapidly becoming a staple of online shopping. Ideeli, Gilt Groupe, Vente-Privee, HauteLook and others are quickly gaining millions of users each and attracting significant amounts of venture funding. But the one issue I find with...
Akoha Launches iPhone A...
You may remember Akoha, a startup which launched at the 2008 TechCrunch50 conference which uses “mission cards” that friends pass to each other along with a mission ( i.e. give someone a book or buy someone a meal.) The idea is that users will socialize their missions, using your...
Mobile App Directory Ap...
Fresh off the acquisition of AppVee, social mobile app directory Appolicious is releasing a few new features including a Facebook App, an Appo.me URL Shortener for links to apps, and a Twicker ad model, which allows users to view tweets and offers from sponsors on the site. Appolicious,...
With 100 Million Commen...
I’m from a relatively small city in Ohio called Pepper Pike. If I want to find out news about it, the easiest thing for me to do is Google “ Pepper Pike News .” The number one result is quite useful: Topix Continued here: With 100 Million Comments, Topix Has...
Skimlinks Launches Disc...
U.K. startup Skimlinks is hoping to revolutionize the affiliate model by turning normal product links into affiliate links. Go here to see the original: Skimlinks Launches Discovery Tool For Publishers To Find Affiliate...
Kooaba Debuts Image Rec...
Image recognition technology startup Kooaba yesterday released an API that definitely deserves some developer attention . The Swiss company aims to unlock its library of over 10 million images, ranging from album covers to books and movie posters, and provide access to all that precious...
Microsoft Launches Its ...
In December 2008, Microsoft surprised a lot of people by releasing an iPhone app — Seadragon Mobile. A month later, they ensured the move wasn’t taken as a joke or gimmick by launching another app , Tag, into Apple’s App Store. Now, they have a few, including an app for...