[US] Are you constantly attached to your iPhone? Do you like to stay fit? Why not combine the two? That's the thought behind Fitnesskeeper an app for smart phones that allows runners, cyclists and other outdoorsy sporty types to track their process and training. The app is an extension of RunKeeper that does pretty much the same thing, only for runners. If RunKeeper's success is anything to go by, then things are looking good. The app was received well and has been downloaded over 900 000 times since it was launched in June 2008. Full story...
[France] Social location-based search service Tellmewhere or Dismoioù has released a new version of its iPhone app as part of its quest to conquer the local market.
[Germany] The Samwer brothers have done it again.
In December, Germany’s most prolific startup founders pumped millions from France and Sweden into their Internet companies.
There is a tweet being retweeted heavily within the German Twitter community right now which roughly translates as
"BEWARE Nazi-pigs on Twitter! @Heil_Hitler_88 Please block so that the account gets deleted.
[Germany/Poland] Team Europe Ventures, the Berlin-based VC firm focused on early stage Internet companies, has made a minority investment in Infakt.
Al Jazeera’s mobile Media unit has been quite busy lately. After making their iPhone apps free, the broadcaster has added live streaming to their mobile website.
[Germany] Berlin-based aka-aki, the location-based social network for mobiles, has hit something of a milestone.
Having now written two books about my failures in work, life and love, I think I’m qualified to say that the only difference between a memoirist and a prostitute is timing.
[Spain] Just last week, Uvinum a Spanish grown social wine recommendation portal took their first step into the English speaking market with the launch of the UK version.
[France] French startup Stupeflix, the XML-based online video platform, launches its new Stupeflix Play feature today which turns content from a website into a dynamic, broadcast quality video with just "a couple lines of code.
[Germany/Japan] Following Austrian and UK expansion, Germany's leading buying club Brands4friends has opened shop in Japan with the the launch of brands4friends.