Author Archives: Lauren Hockenson

On Deck Gives Platform to Connect Small Business to Capital

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On Deck Capital has completed another successful round of funding, drawing in $19 million and boosting the total to $38 million from investors. The start-up aims to reinvent small business capital with a crafted, online measure of how to track business health. READ MORE »

Mobile OS Breakdowns, State by State

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While Android is winning the overall market share of smartphone OS, a study by mobile ad network Jumptap breaks down state by state where Google’s mobile platform remains king. READ MORE »

Gogo Streams TV and Movies to American Airlines’ Flights

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Gogo, the in-flight connectivity subscription service that gives busy traveler’s web access during flights and was a Inc. Business Travel 50 winner for best wi-f, has debuted a streaming partnership with American Airlines. GogoVision will give passengers a selection of on-demand offerings without the need to purchase in-flight wi-fi. READ MORE »

Weebly Launches Designer Platform

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Weebly has developed a reputation for ease of use, with its simplified, drag-and-drop approach to site design. Now, web designers will be able to access the platform’s tools in a white-labeled version of the service. READ MORE »

EducateNcare Offers Tutoring to Developing Countries

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Online tutoring company EducateNcare is using knowledge for good: a portion of the cost of each tutoring session goes directly to the education of children in developing countries. READ MORE »

Study on the Low IQ of IE Users a Hoax

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A widely-circulated study on the IQ of certain browser users caused a hubbub last week, as it showed Internet Explorer users on average had a much lower IQ than users of competing browsers. However, further investigation concludes that the study, and the company behind it, are both fake. READ MORE »

FlixMaster Simplifies Interactive Video

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With the dawn of HTML5, videos that give the user the option to choose the next step have boomed on video services such as Youtube. Riding the wave of interactive choose-your-own-adventure video applications is Boulder, Colorado start-up Flixmaster. The company, one of the members of the TechStars Boulder incubator, offers a drag-and-drop interface that creates an interactive video without the financial burden. READ MORE »

Vinci Tablet Gets Babies Hands-On

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Now your child won’t have to snag your business-optimized tablet for fun and games: the Vinci, the first baby-specific tablet, has officially landed on pre-order at Amazon. READ MORE »

GameStop to Sell Digital Downloads

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With the launch of Deus Ex: Human Evolution, retailer GameStop is rolling out a program that sells digital versions of PC games in the store, in person. The company will print out a voucher to redeem online, which the customer can take home and use on his PC. READ MORE »

Newsbeat Pumps Up Publisher Analytics

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Real-time analytics aggregator Chartbeat is now joined by it’s publisher-oriented sister application, Newsbeat. Building upon Chartbeat’s real-time representation of traffic on any given website, Newsbeat breaks down analytics by article and allows news outlets to see which posts are doing well or about to go viral. READ MORE »