Editor’s note: Ross Rubin is principal analyst at Reticle Research and blogs at Techspressive. Each column will look at crowdfunded products that have either met or missed their funding goals. Follow him on Twitter @rossrubin. Back in January, Backed or Whacked looked at three crowdfunding projects that were aimed at getting novel takes on bicycles off the ground, or at...
We are working with UK Trade Investment to showcase the United Kingdom’s thriving start-up and investment scene through a series of posts and video interviews at SXSW. Check out all of the coverage here. As always, VentureBeat is adamant about maintaining editorial objectivity. Swarmly founder Marco De Nichilo has built an app that lets...
If you’re a sucker for cute dogs (i.e., if you have a pulse), you absolutely need to click your way over to Pack. First, if you have a dog, it lets you make a gorgeous landing page for said dog. Example: My dog’s page. It’s got the full-bleed images and cute typography of a...
Subway, the sandwich franchise, has not had a lot of luck with its point of sale computers. Shortly after two Romanian hackers were indicted for hacking into the systems, a the District Court of Massachusetts indicted another two hackers for stealing up to $40,000 from the company. Shahin Abdollahi and Jeffrey Thomas Wilkinson allegedly went...
Email More AP So much of your day-to-day experience with your smartphone is shaped by the apps you use. If you let your apps grow stale, it’s easy to get bored with your device. From boosting our productivity and making our messages smarter to serving up the haterade, these apps have changed how we...
It was amusing to watch die-hard Apple zealots react to Samsung’s product launch the other night. Now that Apple’s excellent iPhone has been equaled and even surpassed by phones from other manufacturers, Apple fans have been reduced to muttering about subjective assessments like “taste” and “style” to defend the object of their devotion. Samsung‘s...
Reuters/Rick Wilking Facebook often ranks at or near the top of any “best companies to work for” list. Although founder Mark Zuckerberg is often described as awkward, employees love working for him. There’s a learning curve, but once people understand how to work with Zuckerberg, they become loyalists. Which explains why the 28-year-old came...
Hushed, the service by AffinityClick, has released an iOS app that now allows anyone to create disposable phone numbers — almost like having an unlimited amount of Google Voice numbers. The release comes after the company first unveiled the app for Android devices last January. Today, users can obtain as many portable phone numbers...
Feedly is riding high, announcing that it has picked up 500,000 new users in a mere 48 hours. This follows Google’s recent move to shutter its Reader service has helped to boost the RSS service Google’s decision to kill off its Reader product led to a storm of complaints. Despite RSS being an aged...
Unhappy Uber black towncar drivers are planning on disrupting St. Patrick’s Day weekend service in San Francisco by refusing to respond to calls for rides. In an email TNW received from an unofficial spokesperson, from March 16-17, participating towncar drivers say they will not accept any Uber work. However, while there are some drivers...