Thubmtack.com , a site that helps people find local service providers (from house cleaners to DJs to math tutors, to use the three examples on the company homepage), unveiled a big redesign earlier this week. Co-founder Sander Daniels says the original version of Thumbtack tried to make finding a service provider easier by avoiding the standard search interface — people posted what job they were looking for, then Thumbtack connected those posters with a professionals who were qualified to do the work.

They have raised $11.45 million in both Angel and Series B funding since launch, acquired a company called Sensobi, and have been themselves acquired by none other than Skype (which was acquired by Microsoft). There may not be a wilder tale of a Disrupt success (though plenty of startups would beg to differ), which is why we’ve chosen GroupMe to kick off a series I’m doing on “Disrupt Startups: Where They Are Now.” We sat down earlier today to chat with co-founders Jared Hecht and Steve Martocci to find out their perspective on Disrupt as a launchpad

For Google Maps, winter is coming.

Editor’s note : Tim Chang is a managing director at Mayfield Fund .

As the capabilities of modern browsers expand and developing standards like Google’s WebRTC initiative for real-time communications slowly find their way into most popular browsers, we’ll likely see more video collaboration software that’s currently still client-based move to the browser as well. TenHands , which is launching its private beta today (you can request an invite here ) wants to be the first out of the gate in this market and sees itself as a direct competitor to Cisco’s WebEx , Microsoft Lync and other incumbents in this space. The service offers free video conference calls, screensharing, as well as built-in support for sharing documents from your desktop and Box.net .

The people behind college flirting network Likealittle have launched a new app in the App Store, Circle , an app that attempts to be more granular and thoughtful about the burgeoning ambient location space, which includes startups like Highlight, Banjo, Meetup and recent Facebook acquisition Glancee. While Likealittle will continue to run its course, the company will be shifting most of its focus to Circle . Before Highlight launched at SXSW, I wrote that it needed to allow you to drill down into who could see you on the app, who could message you, and who you could see — Because some people were cool with people being alerted to their whereabouts, but wanted control levels, like being able to limit the functionality to only their friends.

You know how many Android developers complain about fragmentation? Yeah, this is what fragmentation looks like. Animoca , a Hong Kong mobile app developer that has seen more than 70 million downloads, says it does quality assurance testing with about 400 Android devices.

Facebook has completed the first week of its roadshow appearances ahead of an initial public offering that could value the company at up to $96 billion when it lists its shares on the Nasdaq next week. Many analysts are bullish about the stock, with Sterne Agee initiating coverage at “buy” and Wedbush Securities assigning Facebook an “outperform” rating, according to the Wall Street Journal . The social network  set its price range  at $28 to $35 a share

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A new app has just taken the App Store by storm — a colorful, rainbowful storm. It’s called Color Text Messages+ and the idea is relatively simple, but clearly appealing judging by the app’s popularity