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CrunchGear  20 hours ago:

Google Launches New AdSense Scorecard To Help Publishers Better Understand Their Sites' Performance -

Google launched a new scorecard in AdSense today that allows site owners to see how their properties are performing relative to other AdSense publishers.
CrunchGear  20 hours ago:

Vdio, The TV & Movie Streaming Service From Rdio, Launches To Public -

Vdio, the video streaming service which launched into public beta this April as a complement to Rdio's subscription music service, is today becoming available to all.
CrunchGear  20 hours ago:

Hike, India's Mobile Messaging Upstart, Expands Language Support & Adds Offline Messaging, Stickers & More To Fuel Growth -

There's no room at the digital inn for more mobile messaging apps, but that's not stopping them crowding in.
CrunchGear  20 hours ago:

Customer Outreach Startup Intercom Raises $6M Round Led By The Social+Capital Partnership -

Intercom, a startup promising to help online businesses to communicate with their customers in a more personalized way, has raised a $6 million Series A.
CrunchGear  21 hours ago:

Feedly Cloud Goes Live To Replace Google Reader's Backend, Power New Web Version Of Feedly's App -

In ten days, Google's RSS feed-reading service Google Reader will shut down for good. In its wake, developers working on products in the RSS ecosystem have been stepping up to deliver apps, tools and other services to fill the void.
CrunchGear  21 hours ago:

The Open Source RepRap Simpson 3D Printer Design Reduces Friction, Uses Less “Vitamins” -

This is the Grounded Experimental Delta 3D printer aka the Simpson, a project built by computer science teacher Nicholas Seward that does away with the excess frames, pulleys, and hardware associated with earlier models.
CrunchGear  21 hours ago:

Rockmelt Brings Its Social Browser To Android With An Overhauled Interface -

Back when Rockmelt killed off its social-centric desktop browser to focus on mobile, they promised that an Android version was on the way.
CrunchGear  22 hours ago:

Entelo, The Big Data Recruitment Platform Used By Box, Yelp And Square, Lands $3.5M From Battery And Menlo -

In today's tech industry, if you ask a startup founder to describe the biggest hurdles that stand between them and total world domination (or at least market penetration), it won't be long before they begin grumbling about recruiting and the challenging process of hiring top-tier technical talent.
CrunchGear  22 hours ago:

Apple TV Finally Gets HBO GO And WatchESPN, iTunes Shoppers Now Buying 800K TV Shows Per Day -

Apple has added two major new content sources to Apple TV today, via HBO GO and WatchESPN integration.
CrunchGear  23 hours ago:

Turner's Media Camp Announces The Next Five Startups To Go Through Its Media-Centric Incubator -

Last Summer, Turner announced that it was creating a startup incubator focused just on young companies that were creating products for media businesses.
CrunchGear  23 hours ago:

Pindrop Raises $11M From Andreessen Horowitz, Citi Ventures And Others To Detect And Block Phone Fraud -

Pindrop Security, a startup that aims to prevent and protect against phone-based fraud, has raised $11 million in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Citi Ventures, Webb Investment Network, Redpoint and Felicis Ventures participating.
CrunchGear  23 hours ago:

A Board Room Fall Out? MobiCart's Founder And CEO Resigns From M-Commerce Startup -

It's a given that startup life will often consist of putting out fires, but as a founder you least expect one to be started in the board room.
CrunchGear  24 hours ago:

SnapKeys' Invisible Keyboard Exits Beta & Lands In A Mobile Messaging App To Try To Drive Qwerty Aside -

There is no shortage of startups attacking the virtual keyboard space, as you'd expect with so much scope to improve the experience of touchscreen typing.
CrunchGear  less than a day ago:

BT Looks To Insider Gavin Patterson As Current CEO Ian Livingston Appointed UK Trade Minister -

A changing of the guard at UK carrier BT: the company has announced that it will be appointing Gavin Patterson as its new CEO effective September, to replace Ian Livingston, who is taking up a role in the UK government as the Minister of State for Trade and Investment.
CrunchGear  less than a day ago:

ThousandEyes Raises $5.5M From Sequoia, Launches With Service That Pinpoints Problems For How Apps Are Delivered -

ThousandEyes has raised $5..5 million from Sequoia Capital and angel investors for a service that pinpoints application issues between the enterprise and cloud services.
CrunchGear  less than a day ago:

Tred Launches Its On-Demand Test Drive Service In Seattle -

Tred, which hopes to provide a service that’s like “Uber for car test drives,” is finally launching its service to the public.
CrunchGear  less than a day ago:

ScribbleLive Raises $8M To Continue Its Real-Time Media Content Push -

ScribbleLive, from Toronto-based Scribble Media, was once nearly synonymous with the term "live blogging," but you'd be hard-pressed to find reference to that term on its site now.
CrunchGear  less than a day ago:

TripAdvisor Continues Acquisition Spree, Buys GateGuru Mobile App For Real-Time Travel Info -

Travel portal TripAdvisor continues to push ahead with its mobile and social acquisitions: today the company announced that it has acquired GateGuru, a mobile app that provides real-time information on airports, weather, and flights.
CrunchGear  less than a day ago:

ERN Raises Further $1.6M To Use Big Data To Help Banks And Merchants Push Loyalty-Based Offers -

BIG DATA costs big bucks. Perhaps then, it should be no surprise to see ERN, the London-based startup that's planning to use Big Data to enable banks and merchants to create loyalty-based offers for cardholders, has announced that it’s raised more funding before actually managing to launch.
CrunchGear  less than a day ago:

Netflix Will Launch In The Netherlands Later This Year As Its International Expansion Slows -

Netflix has announced that it will begin operating in The Netherlands later this year, further expanding its European footprint.