Textbook provider Boundless launched an iOS application and a premium offering today, continuing its efforts to making educational content more accessible for college students.
People will now be able to book and buy home services like plumbers, painters, appliance repairs, cleaning, directly through Yelp.
Online learning platform Udemy announced today that it now supports nine foreign languages and hit the milestone of one million students.
The Belgian company tracks and analyzes conversations happening across the Internet to help brands stay engaged with their audience.
A roundup of today’s funding news, overshadowed by billionaire Jeff Bezos’ purchase of the Washington Post.
Editor’s Pick Side is mobile application that prompts you with two-choice questions about you and your friends and recommends products and services based on your responses.
The NSA has been secretly giving information from intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants, and phone records to the DEA to help them launch criminal investigations of Americans. Law enforcement agents are instructed to cover up the source of their information.
Causora is a social giving platform that rewards donations with gift cards. It launched today and announced a round of angel funding.
Super incubator Rocket Internet entered the hotel business with the launch of Jovago, a hotel booking site based in Nigeria.
Last Fourth of July, barbecues generated more CO2 in a single day than many African nations produce in a year. One SolSource solar grill can offset the carbon footprint of 4 Americans.
Angel investors put money into approximately 60K startups a year, and angel-funded startups are significantly more likely to survive.
Online retailer of home goods Wayfair announced that it has acquired DwellStudio, a lifestyle brand that creates high-end furniture, bedding & bath products, rugs, home decor and accessories, and items for babies and kids.
After three years of development and backing from well-known VCs, Tutor Matching Service makes its marketplace available to students, tutors, and universities around the country.
A roundup of today’s funding news.
With more mobile phones than people, Latin America presents a significant and untapped opportunity for mobile commerce.
American women have $50 billion worth of unworn clothing in their closets. Online thrift store Threadflip released a major update today to help put those forsaken garments to use.
Hipmunk, a popular startup striving to make travel search easier, released a mobile app for booking last-minute hotel deals today.
Here is a roundup of today’s funding news.
Helpshift recently won the MobileBeat Innovation Showdown. Th company provides a mobile help desk that powers customer service for hundreds of mobile applications.
4INFO matches data from mobile devices with existing household data to create accurate user profiles and serve relevant ads.
