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CrunchGear  57 minutes ago:

Giphy Gif Search Engine Rolls Out Private Artist Profiles To Help Organize, Monetize The Gif Community -

Gifs, man! They're trending harder than Jennifer Lawrence right now, but that doesn't mean that finding them is the easiest thing in the world.
CrunchGear  about an hour ago:

Artkive Turns Your Kids' Artwork (And More) Into Printed Books -

Artkive, an app designed to eliminate the overwhelming guilt you get tossing your children’s brilliant artwork into the garbage, now has another purpose, too: you can order printed out books of their creations.
CrunchGear  about an hour ago:

Truecaller Opens Paid API To Select Developers To Monetise Its Global Phone Directory -

Truecaller, the Sweden-based creater of a crowdsourced phone directory app and online white pages service, has opened its API to a select group of "handpicked" developers.
CrunchGear  about an hour ago:

Sensors Are Everywhere, And A New Project Wants To Bring Them To The Classroom For Cheap -

One interesting element of Google I/O this year were the sensors laid out everywhere around Moscone tracking environmental data throughout the event.
CrunchGear  3 hours ago:

EdgeCast Launches A New Content Delivery Network Just For E-Commerce Companies -

Los Angeles-based content delivery startup EdgeCast launched a new product called EdgeCast Transact, provides a dedicated CDN built just for e-commerce companies, with all the features that e-commerce companies need.
CrunchGear  3 hours ago:

Google Adds Conversational Search In Latest Chrome Build, We Go Voice On -

Google has updated Chrome in build 27 to include conversational voice search, a feature it demoed on stage at Google I/O this year that allows you to search by voice, but also transcribes your queries in real time and lets you use natural language, asking Google straightforward questions and getting straightforward answers, both read back to you by dictation and in actual Google search results.
CrunchGear  3 hours ago:

What Is It About Porn? An Interview With The Founders Of TheWorstDrug, A NSFW GIF Site -

Porn is the new Tumblr. It seems that everyone with a CS degree and a little free time is trying to cash in (or at least dabble) in the world of online sexuality, a happenstance that I'd chalk up to the ubiquity of boobies online and the potential for perceived riches.
CrunchGear  3 hours ago:

Practice Fusion Continues To Reach Beyond Digital Health Records, Adds Free Expense Tracking To New Booking Engine -

Practice Fusion has made a name for itself over the past few years by tapping into enormous demand for digital health information -- particularly health records.
CrunchGear  4 hours ago:

Hands-On With The Scanadu Scout, The Health Gadget That's Crowdfunding Its Way To FDA Approval -

The last time we met with the folks from Scanadu, we had a very limited look its much buzzed-about line of gadgets that aim to bring vital sign monitoring beyond the realm of the hospital and available to anyone with a smartphone.
CrunchGear  5 hours ago:

Urturn Raises $13.4M Series A, Led By Balderton, For Its Social Expressions Platform That Lets Teens Create Memes & Movements -

Urturn, the social expressions platform that soft-launched as stealthily as possible last year by intentionally hiding under a really boring name, is getting ready to turn the volume up to 11 to start seriously recruiting teens and trend-setters to its meme-stuffed, fashion-friendly, music-loving platform.