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WyzAnt Lands $21.5M From Accel To Take Its Tutoring Marketplace Global And Mobile
Building an online marketplace for local services is a tricky proposition, especially at scale. It takes time to recruit a stable of service providers, to offer deep coverage within local markets and maintain the quality of service (and the trust of customers) as the marketplace expands into new cities. For local service providers, though, moving online can be a boon for business, reducing costs and providing access to a new pool of customers.
Amazon’s New AppStream Service Lets Mobile Developers Stream Their Games And Apps From The Cloud To Any Device
Amazon announced a new service for mobile developers at its re:Invent developer conference in Las Vegas.
LinkedIn Hits 38% Of Unique Visits From Mobile, Up From 8% In Q1 2011
Box Gets A Little More Palatable With Some Added Encryption From CipherCloud
Box appears on the verge of becoming a publicly traded company. It may not happen until next year but the file storage and collaboration company has as much momentum as any enterprise startup looking to trade on the public exchanges. But the company still needs to prove to the markets that its technology is secure. That’s why the integration with companies like CipherCloud will get a lot of attention this week from Box at its annual conference, BoxWorks.
Ad-Free Social Platform App.net Raises Another $2.5M From Andreessen Horowitz
App.net, the social platform created in response to the ad-driven consumer social networks (specifically Twitter), just announced that it has raised $ 2.5 million in new funding.
Facebook (Finally) Acquires Atlas Advertising Suite From Microsoft
As long expected, Facebook today said that it has agreed to acquire Seattle-based Atlas Advertising from Microsoft for an undisclosed amount, in a move that demonstrates how serious the social media giant is getting about digital advertising.
Hacker Posts Hilarious, Offensive Messages From Seven MLB Teams’ Facebook Pages
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Google Display Network Exclusion Tactics: Don’t Drink from the Fire Hose
One of the reasons advertisers shy away from the Google Display Network (GDN) is a perceived lack of ad distribution control.
GoalHawk Helps You Get Fit And Learn To Code, With A Little Help From Your Friends
If you’re having trouble achieving your goals, what you need might be a little social pressure. That’s the idea behind GoalHawk, a new startup in the current Teens in Tech incubator.
Right now, GoalHawk is focused on fitness and programming. Granted, there are already plenty of social tools in these areas — that’s particularly true with fitness, but even on the programming side, Codecademy has social features. However, GoalHawk isn’t focused on any particular subject or industry, and is instead trying to build a broader platform for tracking your goals. The social dynamic is also more active — instead of just passively sharing their achievements, users actually get nagged by their friends if they don’t meet their goals.
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