Periscope Gets Better Maps, Skip Ahead And 3D Touch Shortcuts Including ‘Teleport’
Some pretty notable updates for Periscope, the live broadcasting service owned by Twitter, just dropped today. Included among the new…
Uber’s Southeast Asia Rival GrabTaxi Launches Carpooling, Its First Peer-To-Peer Service
The league of taxi apps rivaling Uber is alive and well after GrabTaxi, the SoftBank-backed company that rivals the U.S.…
Airbnb Working On ‘Experience Card’, A Preloaded $1K MasterCard And Rewards Program
While Airbnb dukes it out with local regulators and fights off encroaching rivals, the company continues to look at ways of increasing the margins…
Square’s S-1: Of Ratchets And Unicorn Valuations
Over the last 18 months, those of us following the venture and startup space have gone on a rollercoaster ride…
Chamath Palihapitiya Is Getting Into the Carrier Business, Too
There are few traditional businesses that investor Chamath Palihapitiya isn’t interested in disrupting. At a StrictlyVC event in September, he…
PeerSpace Raises $5 Million Series A, Expands To New York City
PeerSpace, a short-term meeting space reservations marketplace, has announced a $5 million Series A round of financing led by Foundation Capital…
Helsinki’s Open Ocean Closes New €100M VC Fund, Recruits Richard Muirhead As London General Partner
Another day, another new VC fund closes in Europe. This time it’s the turn of Helsinki-headquartered Open Ocean, backer of…
Open Ocean Closes New €100M Fund, Recruits Richard Muirhead As London General Partner
Another day, another new VC fund closes in Europe. This time it’s the turn of Helsinki-headquartered Open Ocean, backer of…
NY Attorney General Rules Daily Fantasy Sports Illegal, Orders Sites To Cease-And-Desist
Today, the NY Attorney General dropped a bomb on daily fantasy sports sites like FanDuel and DraftKings. Sites like them…
NY State Rules Daily Fantasy Illegal, Orders FanDuel & DraftKings To Cease Operations
Today, the NY Attorney General dropped a bomb on daily fantasy sports sites like FanDuel and DraftKings. Sites like them…