August 5, 2013
Olacabs Makes Live Traffic Heatmaps In India To Solve Its Cab Problem
Getting a cab in Mumbai isn’t the same as it is in other countries, according to one of the taxi app startups in India. Olacabs‘ co-founder, Bhavish Aggarwal, said it’s…
LinkedIn Now Lets Jobseekers Apply For Positions Directly Via Its Mobile Apps
Last month, LinkedIn introduced the ability for users of its social network for the working world to search for jobs via its iOS and Android mobile apps. Now it will…
Samsung Invite Promises Next Galaxy Will Show Its Giant Face On September 4
What is usually a dreaded Monday morning inbox was today brightened by an invitation (below) from Samsung to see “the next Galaxy” unveiled in Berlin on September 4. Though the…
OFF Pocket Is A Privacy Pouch For Your Phone That Blocks Cellular, Wi-Fi, GPS To Defy Spies
The OFF Pocket is the latest privacy accessory from the creator of the spy-drone blocking stealth hoodie. It’s a water-resistant metal-fabric pouch designed to hold a smartphone and block all…
Aussie Recruitment Marketplace RecruitLoop Closes $500,000 Seed Round To Fund American Expansion
Demystifying the cabal of recruitment, Australian start-up RecruitLoop has just closed a $500,000 seed round to establish a United States presence for its hiring marketplace, which promises to undercut the…
Amid Speculation That Yahoo Was Sniffing Around, Blinkx Acquires Video Content Syndication And Ad Platform Grab Media
Amid speculation that online video syndication and advertising platform Grab Media could be on Marissa Mayer’s Yahoo acquisition list, AIM-listed Internet Media platform Blinkx has moved to acquire the property…
Futureful’s Predictive Discovery Engine Gets New Interface, Expands From iPad To iPhone
Helsinki, Finland-based smarter web surfing startup Futureful, which launched in the U.S. on iPad back in January — and is best described as a predictive discovery engine (rather than a…
Rocket Internet Launches Jovago To Bring Online Hotel Booking To Africa
It’s often said that the question, ‘what if Google launches something similar?’, is the kind of thing that keeps entrepreneurs up at night. But if you’re a burgeoning e-commerce startup…