Dojo, an app that curates “cool” places to eat, drink and visit in London, has raised an £800,000 seed round to help it scale up. This will include the imminent roll out of version 2 of the app, powered by a completely new backend that will enable Dojo to plug into a new city “in a matters of weeks,” says co-founder Robin Shimmin.
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Dojo Raises £800K To Scale Up Its Curated Guide To London 0
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Investors Join Dating App The League With $2.1 Million Seed Round 1
January 22nd at 9:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsSwiping right on the 4,500 users in San Francisco who are now using the mobile dating app The League in their quest for true love, venture investors have put $2.1 million in seed money behind the company.With the money, The League joins the ranks of venture- or angel-backed startups like Coffee Meets Bagel, Bumble, Hinge, and the Holy Grail of hook-up and dating apps, Tinder, in answering…
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3 great services to help rid yourself of nerdy crap 0
January 15th at 8:44pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsScott Dadich, editor-in-chief of Wired, recently dispatched a chilling memo to his worker bees about keeping their San Francisco hive clean. Among other things, Dadich bemoaned the “dorm room” look of the office. “Itâs an embarrassment,” he opined in his…
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ClosetSpace Brings Fashion Inspiration And Recommendations To Your Smartphone 0
January 14th at 6:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsA new application called ClosetSpace from fashion analytics company Stylitics wants to put a digital closet in your pocket, while also feeding you daily inspirations, outfit suggestions, and more, as well as offering access to a personal stylist for just $25.00. The app, targeting mainly at women, is meant to serve as your centralized fashion hub that helps you with everything related to…
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Drone Mobile is the closest thing to treating your car like a robot 0
January 5th at 6:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsConnecting this module and app to your car gives you something like a four-door robot on wheels.
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Polaroid Partners With Blipfoto On A New Photo Journaling Service That Only Lets You Post Once A Day 1
January 2nd at 9:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsPolaroid’s attempt to re-establish its brand in the age of digital photos continues this morning with the announcement that it has partnered with Edinburgh-based photo journaling service Blipfoto, which is now relaunching and expanding into the U.S. The service, available on the web and in mobile apps for iOS and Android, offers users a place to document their lives by sharing only…
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8 apps to help you actually keep your 2015 New Year's resolutions 0
January 1st at 4:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsWhen it comes to keeping those pesky resolutions, your smartphone can actually be your best friend
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Blinq Tells You If Your Dating Matches Are In The Bar 1
December 13th at 8:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsShove over Tinder. Swiss startup Blinq has come up with a new twist on the dating app. The startup is incorporating beacon proximity technology into the mix so singles can do more meeting IRL and less swiping — thanks to select venues being kitted out with Blinq’s Estimote iBeacons.
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Amazon launches Surprise! an e-card app for sending Amazon gift cards 0
December 12th at 12:45am / Mashable / 0 opinionsAmazon just made it easier to send last-minute gifts -- provided that it's an Amazon gift card.
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Amazon Launches Surprise!, A Facebook-Powered App For Sending Personalized E-Cards 0
December 10th at 9:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsAmazon today has rolled out a new mobile application for iOS and Android users called Surprise! that allows you to send e-cards to friends and family to celebrate various occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, and, of course, the forthcoming December holidays including Christmas, Chanukah, and Kwanzaa, where gift-giving may come into play. With the new app, users can personalize cards…
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Wakie, The Social Alarm Clock That Lets You Wake Up Strangers, Finally Arrives On iOS 1
December 10th at 12:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsHey there, I’m just calling to wake you up,” I said a little awkwardly.“Thanks. Where are you from?” replied a female voice with a thick Irish accent.“The UK. You’re from Ireland, right?”“How could you tell?” she said wryly.“The flag at the top of the screen.”It took 9 months to be approved, but, Wakie …
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eBay updates iPad app with new look and features, offers special discounts on Apple accessories 2
December 10th at 1:51am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsOnline auction giant eBay on Tuesday announced a batch of exclusive iPad accessory deals to celebrate the rollout of its redesigned iPad app, which sports a completely new interface designed for a more engaging experience.
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eBay’s New iPad App Design Hints At Its E-Commerce Future 1
December 10th at 12:03am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionseBay is revamping for the consumer times we live in, starting with a newly released iPad app out in the App Store today.According to the e-commerce company, the mobile experience, particularly in the tablet market, is rapidly becoming the preferred way to shop globally. Over 30 percent of US shoppers and 50 percent of users globally are using phones and tablets to pick out ready to buy…
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Homescreen, Screeny and other awesome new apps you need to check out 3
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Canopy Brings A Curated Amazon Shopping Experience To The iPhone 0
November 26th at 6:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsA company called Canopy launched last year to bring a more curated and community-driven experience to shopping Amazon products, with an organized catalog of recommended items, and a number of tools for finding and saving favorites. Today, Canopy is bringing that same experience to mobile with the launch of the Canopy iOS application.Like its web-based counterpart, the iOS app offers a…
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A New App Called Milk Helps You Save On Groceries, Without Clipping Paper Coupons 1
November 21st at 7:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsThe creators of coupon-code finder Honey, which helps online shoppers save at checkout, have now launched a new app called Milk (mmm…milk and honey…) that lets you save at the grocery store. The app is now one of many aimed at helping consumers save on consumer packaged good purchases, even if they don’t have time for clipping coupons from a newspaper.Today, there a lot of…
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Savings.com’s New App Called PriceJump Finds You The Lowest Price, Online, On Amazon Or In-Store 0
November 20th at 7:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsAmazon has a reputation for having low prices, but that’s not always the case. Savings.com recently revealed via its price comparison tool that, half the time, Amazon had higher prices than its online competitors. Today, the company is furthering its price comparison efforts with the launch of an app that helps shoppers figure out where to buy for the lowest price across three…
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The NY Times Real Estate App Gets Its First Big Redesign 0
November 18th at 7:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsThe New York Times has released version 2.0 of its NY Times Real Estate app — one that the company says represents its first “major redesign” since it was launched back in 2007.For an iOS app, that’s an eternity. After all, Apple didn’t even open its iOS App Store until 2008. (The app originally launched on the mobile web.) So it’s probably not surprising…
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Online retailers who support Apple Pay in iOS apps will boost sales this holiday, study says 0
November 18th at 4:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsWhile most of the buzz surrounding Apple Pay is focused on its use in person at retail, the most popular application this holiday season may be in securely authorizing online purchases, a new study shows.
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Kevin Rose Plots A Luxury Ecommerce Empire Starting With New App Watchville 0
November 16th at 3:03am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsI did not like watches my entire life,” Digg co-founder Kevin Rose tells me. That’s an odd admission for a man who just launched Watchville, an app that aggregates news from top wristwatch blogs, and offers an atomic clock tool to help you set your timepiece and its moon phases.But Rose explains, “My father passed away and left me with one really nice watch. It was…
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Clover Lets You Order A Date Like You Would A Burrito 0
November 15th at 12:03am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsNew dating app Clover is a sort of OKCupid meets a Tinder swipe, but with the “algorithmic matching” included in other online dating sites like eHarmony. The twist? It aims to make it as easy to order a Friday night date as it is to summon your next burrito.“Our new on-demand service will find people that actually want to meet you and you’ll be able to find a date as…
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Gift card marketplace Raise launches Passbook-like iOS app 0
November 13th at 10:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsRaise.com, a website that allows consumers to buy and sell gift cards, has introduced a new Passbook-like app for Apple's iOS, allowing shoppers to access on-the-spot savings at over 750 stores.
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Inside the first augmented reality-powered beauty book 0
November 12th at 5:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsIt's like a coffee table book-slash-video experience ... with celebrities and nudity.
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Raise.com’s New App Lets You Buy Discounted Gift Cards To Instantly Save While Shopping 0
November 11th at 6:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsGift card marketplace Raise.com has just rolled out a new mobile application that lets you save at your favorite local stores by buying unused gift cards for less than their face value. In a matter of seconds, consumers can can find a discounted gift card, purchase it in the iPhone application, and then present a barcode for scanning at point-of-sale to reduce their total out-of-pocket…
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Philips Hue iOS 8 Notification Center widget for connected lightbulbs now available 0
November 6th at 8:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsUsers of the popular Philips Hue connected LED lightbulbs can now quickly control their lighting and enable "scenes" with the new easy-access Hue widget, now available for iOS 8.