Pebble Smart Watch Raises Over $3m On Kickstarter After Asking For Only $100k
A ‘smart watch’ that connects to an iPhone or Android to display information that appears on your phone seems somewhat of a no-brainer, but until now few convincing efforts have appeared. Now, a team has developed the “Pebble” project to do just that, and they have clearly untapped a latent need for such a watch amongst smartphone users. After asking for $100,000 on Kickstarter to create a few thousand devices they’ve raised well over $3 … Read entire article »
Google Policy Changes To Disallow Web Of Trust Ratings On Sponsored Links
April 16th, 2012
Helsinki-based Web Of Trust noted on their blog yesterday that Google has changed its policy to disallow … Read more »
Groupon Acquihires Ditto
April 16th, 2012
Ditto has just announced that it has been acquired by Groupon. While being registered into the US, … Read more »
Scoopshot Adds Video Support To Its News Photo Service
April 16th, 2012
It what seems like a natural move for today’s increasingly digital media, Helsinki-based Scoopshot has launched video … Read more »
Pebble Smart Watch Raises Over $3m On Kickstarter After Asking For Only $100k
April 17th, 2012
A ‘smart watch’ that connects to an iPhone or Android to display information that appears on your phone seems somewhat of a no-brainer, but until now few convincing efforts have appeared. Now, a team has developed the “Pebble” project to do just that, and they have clearly untapped a latent need for such a watch amongst smartphone users. After asking … Read entire article »
Gogobot Opens For Business In Europe (Smart Move: 44% Of Its Customers Are Here Already, Says CEO Travis Katz)
April 17th, 2012
Social travel site Gogobot is doing a little traveling of its own. Today, it’s announcing the opening of its first European headquarters, in London. The move, says Travis Katz, the CEO and founder of the company, is being done to capitalize on the fact that the site already has nearly as many users in Europe as it does in the rest … Read entire article »
Gogobot Opens For Business In Europe (Smart Move: 44% Of Its Customers Are Here Already, Says CEO Travis Katz)
April 17th, 2012
Social travel site Gogobot is doing a little traveling of its own. Today, it’s announcing the opening of its first European headquarters, in London. The move, says Travis Katz, the CEO and founder of the company, is being done to capitalize on the fact that the site already has nearly as many users in Europe as it does in the rest … Read entire article »
Blur Group Raises $2M To Disrupt How Marketers Pick Creatives For Campaigns
April 17th, 2012
A B2B company that is trying to change the way that marketers procure services for ad campaigns says that it has just closed one of Europe’s largest-ever angel financing rounds. blur Group, which runs a platform calls the Creative Services Exchange, says that it has raised $2 million. Bypassing the VC route, the company instead opted for a group of about … Read entire article »
Blur Group Raises $2M To Disrupt How Marketers Pick Creatives For Campaigns
April 17th, 2012
A B2B company that is trying to change the way that marketers procure services for ad campaigns says that it has just closed one of Europe’s largest-ever angel financing rounds. blur Group, which runs a platform calls the Creative Services Exchange, says that it has raised $2 million. Bypassing the VC route, the company instead opted for a group of about … Read entire article »
Europe Is Screaming Higher Right Now After Spanish Auction And Big Survey Out Of Germany
April 17th, 2012
Europe started the day in rally mode, and things are getting better. There were two events in the last hour: A Spanish bond auction went fine. The German ZEW business sentiment survey came in better than expected. Add it up: More market gains. In Italy, the FTSE MIB is up nearly 2%. The 10-year yield in Italy is back down to 5.5% Spain’s IBEX is up 1.44%. Please … Read entire article »
“I was just kidding”
April 17th, 2012
The haute couture designer who brings out a few designs that look like they came from a truck stop. The fancy chef who sends out a chocolate-dipped Oreo as part of dessert. The book designer who uses Comic Sans as the type on the cover of a prize-winning novel… In each case, they can get away with it because we know they’re capable … Read entire article »
GET READY: This Is How Much It Could Cost To Bail out Spain
April 17th, 2012
Investors have been up in arms lately about Spain’s burgeoning economic crisis. The country’s financial system has struggled under the weight of the a troubled real estate sector. While the government has backed efforts to consolidate Spain’s many banks, it has yet to lead a universal bank bailout that would siphon taxpayer money into a financial sector backstop. Even if the government … Read entire article »
Some Unusual Stuff Happened In The Market Yesterday That You Should Know About
April 17th, 2012
Before the bell gets ringing today, you should check out this quick summary of yesterday’s strange market activity from Dan Greenhaus at BTIG: High fliers beware! As we noted in last evening’s Bedtime with BTIG, several important well owned names have not been acting well and while Dow finished in positive territory and the S&P 500 modestly negative, there were meaningful … Read entire article »