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Tractive raises $35M as it expands GPS pet tracking to the US

Another sizable raise for a pet (cats and dogs) tracking company this morning. Austria-based Tractive has announced a $35 million Series A, led by Guidepost Growth Equity. The round is the company’s

Caffeine inks exclusive agreement with Drake preps Ultimate Rap League for launch

Two years after getting a $100 million commitment from 21st Century Fox to build a mobile-based live streaming platform that could compete with Twitch, the startup Caffeine has scored another coup by

The next service marketplace wave: Vertical market-networks

The last few decades have produced many successful marketplaces. But why haven't we seen many successful B2B service marketplaces?

Cat vs best and worst robot vacuum cleaners 

If you’ve flirted with the idea of buying a robot vacuum you may also have stepped back from the brink in unfolding horror at the alphabetic soup of branded discs popping into view. Consumer cho

Particle brings an LTE cellular model to market for networked devices working off of 2G and 3G

Particle, a developer of networking hardware and software for connected devices, has released an LTE-enabled module for product developers. The new device specifically targets folks whose devices were

Petnet raises $10M to help people treat their pets with more personalized care

How much food should you feed your dog? Pet owners everywhere have asked this question at one time or another – and probably multiple times during the course of their dog or cat’s life. That&#

Vincent The Cat Gets 3D-Printed Legs

Vincent the cat was born without rear tibias, a deformation that could have spelt death for the wee kitten if some folks hadn't found him at a campsite. Instead of giving up on Vincent, Dr. Mary Sarah

If Apple Made A Cat Toy, It Would Be This One

Amazing design isn't just for us humans. What about the cats who want a toy to play with like the new pretty iPhone? Nobody is really trying to make a cat's playtime as enjoyable as possible. WHERE

Track Your Cat’s Eating Habits With Some Cardboard And A Spare Android Phone

My favorite thing about Disrupt is that you never know what you're going to find in the Startup Alley. I walked through the Taiwan Pavilion and found a company called CatFi. They make a product called

Watch A Cat Unlock The iPhone 5s Using Touch ID And The Fingerprint Sensor

As you can see in the video above, Apple's new fingerprint sensor in the iPhone 5s isn't restricted to human users. Using a ready-to-hand pet cat, I tested the hypothesis that you could register the i

Google Makes Animated Gifs A Permanent Part Of Image Search, Find Falling Cats Easier

There are few people on the Internet who don’t enjoy a great animated gif. For some, having conversations only using these animated images is a way of life. But finding these images is a whole o

Here’s All You Need To Know About The iPhone 5: More Cat

All right folks, maybe you've already pre-ordered your iPhone 5. Maybe you're still on the fence about whether to make the upgrade. I know there are a lot of techy things that have changed which make

You Shall Not Pass: Cat Prevents Owner From Using His iPad

Reader Gary sent us pictures of his cat blocking his iPad, reminding us all that beasts like this cat know that we are throwing our lives away on technology and our inexorable march to a life chained

Nikukyu Mouse: Thanko's cat paw computer mouse

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/thanko_neko_mouse-620x387.jpg" /> Long time no hear from Tokyo-based crap gadget maker <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/thanko/">T

DIY cat litter: Why, oh, why?

I’m totally down with saving the environment but is making your own cat litter really going to reduce your carbon footprint? Full instructions after the jump. 1. Shred newspaper in a paper shred