Poke

‘Bowl food’ startup Poke House closes $24M Series B led by Eulero Capital to expand in Europe

The food tech industry is effectively now going into fast food. Sweetgreen in the U.S. is a “fast-casual” restaurant chain that serves healthy “bowl food”. It’s raised $478.6 million

Facebook is trying to make the Poke happen again

Facebook’s “Poke” feature has never really gone away, but now the social network is giving it a more prominent placement – and is even considering expanding the set of casual g

Peach Is A Slick New Messaging App From The Founder Of Vine

Chat chat chat, talk talk talk. We love it, you love it. Messaging apps are hot for 2016 (again) and there’s seemingly a niche platform for all of us. There are also big platforms for the rest o

It’s A Facebook And Google World On Apple’s App Store, Poke Hits #1 A Day After Its Release

Remember all of this hoopla over <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/12/21/facebook-poke-app/">Facebook's latest standalone app, Poke</a>, yesterday? You aren't the only one that is interested, appar

A Whisper Is A Stronger Social Signal Than A Public Shout

Yesterday was a surprisingly interesting news day, given how close we are to celebrating the holidays. Facebook struck while the iron was hot and released a brand new standalone iOS app called “

Snapchat Co-Founder Evan Spiegel Responds To Poke: “Welcome, Facebook. Seriously.”

Snapchat co-founder Evan Spiegel responded to Facebook's new Poke app today with the brief statement, "Welcome, Facebook. Seriously." He declined to comment further.