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SurrealDB raises $6M for its database-as-a-service offering

There’s plenty of vendors in the managed database services market — and plenty that are well financed. Take a look at SingleStore, which last October raised $30 million to bring its databa

Courier lands $35M to build a service for app notifications

App notifications, well intentioned or no, have become a part of daily life. A 2018 study out of Duke University estimated that — aside from email and work app alerts — the average person

Travel savings tool Service shuts down, citing COVID-19 downturn

Service, a tool that helped you get compensation when there are flight delays and find lower hotel rates after you’ve already booked, today said it would shut down its service. The company, whic

Laundrapp and Zipjet merge to form largest on-demand laundry service in UK, seal new funding

Two of Europe’s biggest on-demand laundry startups are merging today. Laundrapp from London and Zipjet from Berlin are confirming the completion of a previously-rumored merger through which the comb

Walmart.com now sells Handy’s installation and assembly services

In March, Walmart announced it was partnering with Handy to sell its in-home installation and assembly services in over 2,000 of its brick-and-mortar retail stores. Now, that partnership is expanding

Crunch Report | Boomerang Joins The Subscription Games

It's the 500th episode of Crunch Report. Boomerang joins the subscription games, Lincoln tries to boost sales with chauffers and Justin Kan's new legal startup AtriumLTS. All this on Crunch Report.

Crunch Report | Snap files publicly for its massive IPO

Snap files publicly for its massive IPO, Uber will pause its service in Taiwan starting February 12th, Pokémon GO crosses $1 billion in revenue, Facebook lets you search images by content and Licking

Microsoft snatches HP CRM and service business from rivals Salesforce and Oracle

In what has to be characterized as huge win for Microsoft, it announced this morning it had secured a 6-year deal with HP, Inc to run Microsoft Dynamics’ customer relationship management (CRM) a

Service Protect will automatically detect when your flight is delayed and request compensation

Service is an app we’ve covered before – the startup acts as an intermediary between you and businesses where you’ve had bad experiences. So this means whenever your bags are lo

SXSW goes apeshit for on-demand startups

It’s a tough world out there for on-demand startups — confusion around the W2 vs. 1099 conversation, tough margins, and customer service are but a few of the initial obstacles for these compan

Service, The Customer Service Startup, Launches Its iOS App

Service, the LA-based customer service startup that recently closed a $3.1M seed round, just launched its iOS app. As a refresher, Service acts as an intermediary between disappointed customers and b

Customer Service Startup Service Raises $3.1M Led By Founders Fund

Khosla Ventures famously backed Gripe.io, a startup which allowed disappointed customers to complain loudly on social media about service providers that had failed them (restaurants, hotels, airlines

Twitter Ditches “Casual Friday”, Lets Employees Do #FridayForGood Community Service

Clearly, I'm interested in how companies interact with their surroundings, as I feel like it's an important part of pushing our industry forward. Nobody likes to think about five developers locked in

Are You Ready For Faster Internet Speeds, Kansas City? Google Fiber Starts Wiring Homes For Service

As you might be aware, Google Fiber has set out to make all the world, or at least Kansas City, have fast and accessible Internet access. Today, the <a target="_blank" href="http://googlefiberblog.blo

Want To Pitch A VC While He Cleans Your House? Exec And Shervin Pishevar Thought So

<a target="_blank" href="https://iamexec.com/home">Exec</a>, which is a service focused on San Francisco professionals, does all types of tasks for you at pretty decent rates. I've used the service to

iFixit helps others void warranties with Gear Teardown

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/no-disassemble.jpg">Kyle at the great site <a HREF="http://www.ifixit.com">iFixIt.com</a> has just opened a new service dedicated to the

Wal-Mart sells box of rocks disguised as Nintendo DS (twice)

<img src="http://crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/rocks.jpg" alt="rocks" />I've worked plenty of thankless retail jobs so I can sympathize with the grind but please, customer service people,

Point and Find at Nokia World 2008: Point at objects, figure out where you are

http://www.viddler.com/player/df48093d/ One of the most exciting things I’ve seen at Nokia World 2008 is the Point and Find service: aim a phone camera at an object and the camera detects what i

Xbox Live and Zune going down for maintenance on Monday

Anybody who completely relies on Microsoft for all of their entertainment needs is going to be bored straight out of their minds when Monday, September 29th rolls around. At 12:01 AM PST, both the Xbo

Verizon announces month-to-month service plans

Just a day late of the rumored date, Verizon has announced month-to-month, contract free service plans. If you’re willing to pay full price for a phone or can bring your own handset to the table
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