Google likes to make sweeping changes in bulk, getting rid of features that it thinks don’t really matter. Why don’t they matter? Its users tell them so by not using them.
In a “Winter Cleaning”, there were some minor cuts, as well as a somewhat major one — the shutdown of Punchd, its loyalty card app and service. Merchants must not have been getting quite the bang for their bucks by… → Read More
We’ve just gotten word that that Google plans on acquiring digital loyalty card service Punchd. The team, which consists of developers Reed Morse, Xander Pollock and Niket Desai (and formerly Grantland Chew), will most likely still be working on Punchd within Google according to our source. While our original source pegged the deal at a low seven figures, a second source pegged the acquisition… → Read More
It was a pretty exciting at 500 Startups Demo Day part deux today, namely because the accelerator had two sessions — one at 10am and a later one at 5pm, both drawing in a lot of startup mentor and investor attendance.
For those of you have not yet visited the 500 Startups office in Mountain View, the view is impeccable and the layout and interior design is extremely well thought out. For example… → Read More
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