Outils logiciels CAO 3D. Location-Sharing App Glympse Adds Groups, Calendar Integration To Eliminate All Those “I’m Running Late” Messages. Glympse, the location-sharing app which first debuted back in 2009, is still hanging in there.
The app arrived at a time when its competitors were the original, location-based social networks such as Loopt and Brightkite, now long gone. But Glympse survived – and today, it’s getting a revamp. The company, which has slowly grown its install base to 3 million users, is updating its mobile apps on Android, iPhone and iPad with several new features, including support for groups, calendar integration, and more. Although the app looks a lot different now than it did back in May 2009, the core functionality has evolved very little over the years.
PATHJOY. Leap Motion Overwhelmed By Developer Response. It seems like we can expect amazing things from the Leap when it launches next year.
Leap Motion reports that it has been flooded with requests for developer units, and an impressive assortment of unique and innovative applications for the motion-sensing device. A few months ago Leap Motion revealed the Leap--a device that lets you interact with a computer using motion and hand gestures. It is similar in function to the Microsoft Kinect, but the precision claimed by Leap Motion makes the Kinect seem like trying to tie your shoes while wearing oven mitts. Leap Motion has received more than 26,000 requests from developers interested in working with the Leap. Leap Motion reports that in the first seven days following the unveiling of the device, it received developer requests at a rate of just under 100 per hour—resulting in 15,000 developer applications in the first week alone. The proposed apps span a wide range of innovative purposes.
Visa Europe, Not Square’s Investor Visa Inc, Puts Brakes On iZettle As mPowa Expands To Android. A bit of a setback today for mobile payments and specifically iZettle — the startup modelled as a kind of “European Square” for merchants to take card payments on their phones.
The company today had to shut off accepting Visa cards in three of the markets where it has been running pilots — Denmark, Finland and Norway — over what appears to be a problem with how it authenticated users on its platform, using an electronic signature instead of a PIN. iZettle says it’s ‘confused’ by Visa blockade — European technology news. Tinkercad - An easy-to use, free 3D modeling tool.
Beyond Meat. Even the most devout vegans and vegetarians have to admit that today’s meat substitutes are no substitute for the real thing.
Leap Motion. Welcome to Treehouse, Start Learning Today. ÜberConference. Beyond Meat™ Season 3. CouchSurfing raises $15M to build a human travel network. Long before the recent crop of collaborative consumption startups found fame, there was CouchSurfing, originally a non-profit that helped connect travelers to hosts.
The feel-good story, however, was threatened last year when it incorporated with a B Corp certification and raised $7.6 million, prompting user fears that CouchSurfing was selling out. But the service has only continued to grow in popularity, adding two million more members in the last year to get to 5 million members. And now, it’s looking to build upon that momentum with a new $15 million Series B investment, led by General Catalyst Partners with help from Menlo Ventures and existing investors Benchmark Capital and Omidyar Network. 4moms Raises $20M To Bring Robotic Baby Products Worldwide. It’s safe to say that, aside from some more basic changes, childcare equipment like strollers and playpens haven’t seen much innovation over the years.
Advancements in safety have largely been a priority of companies making these products, but has anyone ever stopped to think about what a few high tech additions could do for the stroller market? You might find this an absurd proposition, but one Pittsburgh startup has just raised $20 million to help them keep doing just that. 4moms, the company behind an array of high tech baby products, has just finished a round of fundraising led by Bain Capital Ventures to bring their unique brand of futuristic childcare gadgets worldwide. The startup was founded in 2005 by CEO Robert Daley and CTO Henry Thorne, and since then its products have reached more than 500 retailers throughout the US. According to today’s announcement, the $20 million will go to ramping up product development and expanding the 4moms brand into new markets across the globe.
Vacation & Short Term Rentals from HomeAway & FlipKey. Work For Us Turns Facebook Fan Pages Into A Recruiting Tool. Facebook is great for keeping up with friends.
And of course brands are using it as marketing tool by creating Fan pages. 16-Year-Old Programmer Raises Seed Round From Billionaire Li Ka Shing To ‘Summarize The Web’ Hot Background Location App Highlight Gets Funding As It Plans SXSW Update. A new generation of location apps is here, just in time for the world’s best event for using them: the South By Southwest music, film and tech extravaganza starting next week in Austin, Texas.
Intel Capital Augments Layar's Reality With A $14 Million Capital Infusion. Augmented reality startup Layar has raised roughly $14 million (€10 million) in its second round of funding, which was led by Intel Capital and joined by previous backers Sunstone Capital and Prime Ventures.
This brings the total of capital raised by the Dutch company to a healthy $17.4 million. Layar says the new funding will be used primarily to enhance its open mobile AR platform and the promotion thereof to third-party developers and brands in an effort to increase the amount of available augmented reality content ‘Layar layers’. The company will continue developing its mobile application, dubbed the Layar Reality Browser, which is currently available for iPhone, Android and Bada handsets. The question remains: is augmented reality a fad or poised to go mainstream? The jury is still out on that, but Intel Capital and Layar’s initial backers are clearly betting on the latter to happen in the near future, and on the Dutch startup to help make it a reality. Startup Leadership Program.
[Social Commerce] Les 5 startups à suivre de près. Les médias sociaux ont changé la façon dont nous faisons nos courses en ligne, et les statistiques le confirment.
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Chirpify. [US] Lancement de Zgarage, accélérateur dédié aux startups européennes. Nestadio Capital annonce le lancement de Zgarage, un accélérateur permettant aux startups européennes de développer plus rapidement leurs produits et services aux Etats-Unis pour conquérir ensuite les marchés mondiaux. Ce programme, d’une durée de 6 à 9 mois, a pour vocation de soutenir le développement des startups et des porteurs de projets dans le domaine du web et du logiciel. Il offrira a chacune d’entre-elles un accompagnement juridique, commercial, technique et logistique, puis s’occupera de les mettre en relation avec des partenaires ou investisseurs américains. Nestadio Capital proposera par ailleurs aux lauréats de cette formation un investissement allant jusqu’à 100 000 $ pour couvrir la totalité du financement du programme. Zgarage est également partenaire du programme BizSpark Plus de Microsoft, qui est lui, destiné à soutenir et à accélérer le développement des startups en phase d’amorçage dans les domaines du logiciel et du web.
Airtime. Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning Hint At The Future Of Airtime [TCTV] As of today’s launch Airtime is a one-on-one video chat network, but what about tomorrow? Co-founders Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning tell us “it’d be pretty cool” if Airtime became an app platform. The former Napster founders wouldn’t rule out the possibility of photo-sharing on Airtime either. Introducing 'Airtime': Facebook launches new app (and Zuckerberg surprises users by popping up on the video chat service)
By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 23:39 GMT, 5 June 2012 | Updated: 23:43 GMT, 5 June 2012.