Archive | July 10th, 2012

OpenFeint’s Jason Citron Raises $1.1M To Go After Core Gamers With New Startup Phoenix Guild

Posted on 10 July 2012

Just a year after selling his mobile-social gaming network OpenFeint to GREE for $104 million , Jason Citron is at it again. He’s starting a new company called Phoenix Guild and has pocketed $1.1 million from YouWeb, Accel Partners, and General Catalyst Partners. The goal is to be the “Blizzard of the post-PC era.” After months of playing video games and traveling, he decided to have another go at it.

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Songza Brings Its Core Feature, Concierge, To Android

Posted on 10 July 2012

Songza has long been one of my favorite music apps , and as an iPhone user, I’ve had access to all the latest and greatest features within it. But as I’ve mentioned the app to various friends and such, I’ve learned that Android has been missing out. But no more

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Playcraft Labs Launches HTML5 Dev Tools, Aiming At Games And Beyond

Posted on 10 July 2012

HTML5 game engine Playcraft Labs officially launched today. The engine had been in a soft, beta launch since May. Founder and CEO Martin Wells , who started his first game company when he was 16, describes Playcraft as a toolbox for game designers, especially ones who want to accelerate how fast they develop a game.

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Hardware Startups: Join Us At TechCrunch Disrupt In San Francisco

Posted on 10 July 2012

Disrupt has long been the birthplace of software startups – but that’s changing.

Tags: , , , , , , ,

#TCDurham: See You Tonight At Bay 7 (Updated Location)

Posted on 10 July 2012

We are headed towards Durham right now in the TCMobile but we have some very urgent news: the event will be held down the street from Tyler’s at the American Tobacco Event Space called Bay 7 . Bay 7 is two doors down from Tyler’s. You can RSVP here and we would love to chat with you tonight

Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Google+ For iPad Now Available With Hangouts, Events On Google+ For iPhone Flipped On

Posted on 10 July 2012

Announced at I/O last month, Google’s Google+ iPad app has just gone live in the Apple App Store . Keep in mind that the iOS version is out before the Android version and with it comes a dynamic stream of Google+ content based on popularity

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Dropbox Revamps Pro Storage Plans, Doubles The Amount Of Space At No Extra Cost

Posted on 10 July 2012

Considering the sheer amount of data people produce every day, there’s really no such thing as having too much storage space. Users of cloud storage service Dropbox seem to agree, which is why the company revealed that it would be significantly bumping up the amount of storage space available to its paying users at no extra cost.

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Google Adds 20 Museums To Indoor Google Maps, Says More On The Way

Posted on 10 July 2012

Following the debut of indoor maps in Google Maps back in November, Google announced today that it’s adding the indoor maps for twenty U.S.

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Oracle buys Involver less than 2 months after Vitrue acquisition

Posted on 10 July 2012

Marketing hardware and software corporation  Oracle  today  announced  an agreement to acquire social marketing platform company Involver for an unknown sum. The acquisition shows Oracle’s bullishness on social media marketing and sales. At the end of May , the company announced it would buy social management platform Vitrue. With Involver, Oracle gains a strong technology-focused team and platform, but it still lacks a social advertising component

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Time Publisher Kimberly Kelleher Joins Blog Network Say Media As President, Troy Young Departs

Posted on 10 July 2012

Say Media  (the blog and advertising network that owns ReadWriteWeb, XOJane, Dogster, and others) is announcing some big executive changes today. President Troy Young is stepping down from a full-time role, and he’s being replaced by Kim Kelleher, who was previously worldwide publisher for Time.

Tags: , , , , , , , ,