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Firespotter Labs, Makers Of UberConference, Raise $15 Million From Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures
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Although it was only a month ago that Firespotter Labs CEO Craig Walker was telling us how his company (the folks behind UberConference, Nosh, NoshList and Jotly) wasn’t in urgent need of funding, today they’re announcing the close of a good-sized round – a $15 million Series B. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and...
Firespotter Labs, Makers Of UberConference, Raise $15 Million From Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures
Urbanspoon Debuts Rezbook “Right Now,” Lets Diners See Real-Time Availability For Reservations & Waitlists
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Urbanspoon is continuing to heat up the competition between it and competitor OpenTable with the launch of a new feature for Rezbook, its iPad-based reservation and tablet management system for restaurant owners. Today, the company is introducing Rezbook “Right Now” which lets diners view immediate table availability at the restaurants found...
Urbanspoon Debuts Rezbook “Right Now,” Lets Diners See Real-Time Availability For Reservations & Waitlists
New From The Makers Of Nosh: NoshList, A Free Waitlisting App For Restaurants
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Firespotter Labs, makers of the food photo-sharing app Nosh (and more recently, the hilarious spoof app Jotly), is launching its latest creation today called NoshList, a new waitlisting application for restaurants. The app, designed for the iPad, ties into to the company’s consumer-facing Nosh mobile app, which allows users to...
Republic Wireless reopens for waitlisted customers with the Motorola Defy XT at $249
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Republic Wireless is re-opening its Beta for new customers and switching to a phone that's slightly more modern than the old Optimus S it had been using: the Motorola Defy XT535. As the company explained last April, it's allowing new customers in off its waitlist in "waves," and once...
TC Disrupt Winner UberConference Sees Major Update: Adds Instant Conferences, Chat & Evernote Sync
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Only a few weeks following its TechCrunch Disrupt NYC win, UberConference, the service which aims to fix crappy conference calls, is out with its first major update. Today, the company is introducing three new features for its beta users, including Evernote integration, group chat, and something it’s calling “instant conferences.”...
NoshList: Free waitlist app for restaurants
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Go for a walk, NoshList will text you when your table is ready. For free. [Read more]...
A New Way For Luxury Brands To 'Discreetly' Connect With The Young And Wealthy
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There's no question that successful brands are embracing social commerce. But Merchant Exchange, a New York-based startup that launched two weeks ago, wants to tone down the "social" aspect of social commerce for a specific group of consumers. The site, a small but quickly growing luxury rewards network, targets a...
Startup News: CityMaps Expands Eastward; Hack’n Jill Reminds Us Girls Are Hackers, Too
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(flickr.com/VancityAllie) More maps CityMaps added Boston to its growing list of locales this week. The company also unveiled Featured Maps, which provides users with a layer of recommendations (think NYC and Co’s Best Pizza in NYC and New York’s Best Karaoke) visible on top of the standard map app. CityMaps...
Someone Made A Groupon Just For Rich Kids
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that those least in need of a leg up are most likely to receive it. Into that aphorism rolls Merchant Exchange, a new "luxury rewards network" based in New York targeting a subset cofounder Michael Tolkin likes to call "wealthy millenials." By Mr....
Nike to make huge splash at SXSW by opening up its FuelBand API at Managers Hack
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If you would have told me at the beginning of the week that the company who was making the biggest splashes in tech would be Nike, I would have told you that you’re nuts. However, that’s exactly what has happened this week. Yesterday, Path announced that it would be opening...
Taxis, black cars, hybrids, SUVs…Uber announces ‘freedom to choose’ for US and Canadian riders
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Uber officially launched its private driver-for-hire service in London last week, and as we reported yesterday from this Wednesday, Uber-ers in San Francisco and New York will have the option of selecting one of its current range of black town cars OR a hybrid car. Whilst ice-cream trucks are also...
The Warby Parker Of Gadgets? YBUY Gets $1M From Schmidt’s Tomorrow Ventures To Open Its 50k-Strong Waitlist For Test-Driving iPads, Jawbones And More
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The retail world of consumer electronics is a tough game, with a lot of the traditional bricks-and-mortar trade continually pushing online to compete against the likes of Amazon and eBay for consumers that prefer to get a wider selection for cheaper prices to seeing the products in action before purchasing....
The Warby Parker Of Gadgets? YBUY Gets $1M From Schmidt’s Tomorrow Ventures To Open Its 50k-Strong Waitlist For Test-Driving iPads, Jawbones And More
YBuy Gets $1M to Apply to Try-Before-You-Buy Gadget Service
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YBuy, a subscription gadget service (see Tricia Duryee’s profile of the company), has raised $1 million in Series A funding led by Eric Schmidt’s TomorrowVentures. The start-up, which charges $24.95 per month, says it has 50,000 customers on its waitlist....
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