Find Deals on Facebook. See where your kids are. ZipList Raises $2 Million, Helps You Manage Shopping Lists, Search Recipes. ZipList, which lets you manage and share your grocery lists online and on the go, has raised a little over $2 million in funding, a SEC filing reveals. ZipList combines a robust recipe search engine with a free shopping list management service that allows users to easily create and manage grocery lists and efficiently share them with others.
Family members can add items to the list by email, IM, text message, on the Web, from a mobile web browser, or from an iPhone or Android application. Any changes to shopping lists get synchronized in real time, which guarantees users that they are always up-to-date, no matter how they’re accessed. Essentially, the tool wants to help you cut down the time you spend creating your grocery lists, planning meals, and actually doing the shopping at the store. ZipList was founded by CEO Geoff Allen, who previously founded digital media production solutions provider Anystream (formerly Grab Networks), which was acquired by Telestream last September. Badgeville. Geolocation + Food = 400,000 Users for Foodspotting. Everyone's Private Driver / UberCab. Uber. UberCab Cease & Desist Means One Thing: They’re Onto Something. Like most people in Silicon Valley, I’m very intrigued by this UberCab cease & desist situation.
My first reaction was “uh oh”. But that quickly switched to a feeling that this is probably the best thing that could ever happen to the young startup. That may sound crazy. But it’s not. And what’s going on here should mean something to people far beyond the Valley. First of all, while no one likes the threat of legal action, this cease & desist is a huge validation of what UberCab is trying to do. But that’s not the case. Ubercab operates much like a cab company but does not have a taxi license.Its cars don’t have insurance equivalent to taxis’ insurance.Ubercab may threaten taxi dispatchers’ way of earning a living.Limos in U.S. cities usually have to prebook an hour in advance, by law, while only licensed taxis can pick someone up right away but Ubercab picks people up right away (again without a taxi license). It other words: we’re scared shitless of this model.
That’s serious stuff. UberCab Ordered to Cease And Desist. Did Ubercab just crash and burn? Taxi and limo industry insiders in California today informed TechCrunch that the San Francisco Metro Transit Authority & the Public Utilities Commission of California have ordered the startup to cease and desist. UPDATE: Since the orders arrived on October 20th, Ubercab has remained in service under threat of penalties including up to $5,000 fee per instance of Ubercab’s operation, and potentially 90 days in jail per each day the company remains in operation past the orders. The company’s brand name and logo appear to be in metamorphosis; on its website and blog, Ubercab’s logo now reads simply “Uber,” and the company commented to its own Facebook community yesterday afternoon, “more uber than cab.”
Chief executive of Ubercab Ryan Graves told TechCrunch, “We are working with the agencies [involved] to figure out their exact concerns and make sure that we’re in compliance.” The incumbent taxi industry’s concerns about Ubercab include the following: Cinch - Create and share micro podcasts, images and text updates on CinchCast.com. Since merging with fellow virtual communications leader Cinchcast, Inc., BeaconLive now offers services and technology to support every type of distributed event – ranging from fully managed, moderator-assisted webcasting productions to do-it-yourself webinar hosting, and everything in between. Looking for a DIY virtual communications and content hub you can tailor to your organization’s specific needs? We've got you covered. Our self-managed solutions power conference calls, webcasts and webinars of every size! After all, you shouldn’t be forced to use a service provider’s operator just because your virtual events have over 100 attendees, right?
With BeaconLive’s newly expanded capabilities, you can use your operator, our operator or no operator! It's no secret that self-managed platforms are being used with high frequency for lead generation, in conjunction with marketing automation campaigns, training, and a number of other demand generation activities. No plug-ins necessary! Two location companies that are more important than Foursquare, I still love Foursquare. I check in nearly everywhere I go. I still also check in with Gowalla (my checkins) and Yelp (my Yelps) and a variety of other services. Why? Because these tools continue to evolve very quickly and the world of location-based services is getting more and more important every day. You know that if you read Techmeme or Techcrunch with any regularity. But I’ve found two companies that are more important than the already hyped Foursquare or Gowalla: Goby (Crunchbase details) and TheDealMap (Crunchbase details on parent company Center’d).
First, what do they do? Goby lets you find things around you, like hiking trails. TheDealMap lets you find deals around you, with easily 50x more deals and offers than any other service I’ve found. But don’t take my word for it, listen into the CEOs tell you about their products and come back for more after you watch these two: Goby Video: TheDealMap Video: But, now, here’s the magic. Next, let’s go to the Deal Map. What do you think? The Dealmap – The best local deals, coupons and discounts from t. Goby.com. Booyah - Play MyTown! Go Out With Gowalla. Loopt | Discover the world around you. Whrrl - Are You In? Check In to Join Societies. Mobile Spinach : Local Mobile Deals, Receive text message alerts. Hot Potato.