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Some Tech Behind Inception And Avatar Becomes A Reality On Your iPad And iPhone
Jul 25th
Several years ago, it seems like just about everyone saw the film Titanic. This past year, it seems the same was true for Avatar. And this past Summer, it seems as if everyone is seeing Inception. All three films share something in common: their use of Autodesk Maya, a piece More >
A Look Behind The ‘Words With Friends’ iPhone Gaming Phenomenon
Jun 10th
Back in fall 2008 — an eternity by mobile standards — I wrote about a fun little iPhone chess game called Chess With Friends. The game hit the App Store at a time when there were at least fifteen similar apps on the market, but it had one key differentiator: it tapped into More >
The Founders Behind Diapers.com Launch Soap.com: “All The Robots Are In Place”
Jun 3rd
Marc Lore and Vinit Bharara have figured out a formula for selling low-margin goods online and shipping them overnight to customers. The two entrepreneurs have built Diapers.com into the largest seller of diapers and other baby products on the Web. Diapers.com is on track to bring in $300 million in revenues this year. More >
Behind The Scenes, Location Turf Wars Have Begun
Jun 2nd
Over the past several months I’ve moderated or been on a number of panels with many of the top players in the location space. A common theme keeps recurring. When someone brings up rivalries between any of the companies, it is always downplayed in favor of an “everyone wins” message. More >
Google Hires Team Behind Online Travel Guide Ruba (Updated)
May 22nd
According to this blog post, Google has acquired online travel guide and community Ruba. Ruba is a visual travel guide and tour review site that provides travelers with visual guides written by other travelers. The blog post is embedded below. UPDATE: Google tells us that they didn’t actually acquire Ruba, but the team behind Ruba will be joining More >
Apple Flash Ban Good for Greystripe: Company Behind “iFlash” Ads Sees 200% Growth
May 13th
No Flash on the iPhone? It’s not a problem for advertisers, apparently. Developers tasked with creating rich media ad units for Apple’s popular mobile devices have been busy porting their Flash-created ad collateral into an iPhone-friendly HTML5 format using mobile ad firm Greystripe’s “iFlash” ad technology, which provides a Flash-like ad experience. More >
Tagwhat Leaves Read-Only Augmented Reality Browsers Behind
May 7th
Tagwhat, an augmented reality creation and distribution system, publicly launched this week bringing the world of augmented reality into the realm of Web 2.0.
While other augmented realtiy browsers, such as Wikitude and Layar, let the user provide information overlays over live video, Tagwhat allows users to create these overlays as well.
According to More >
Textie: A Handsome, Simple Messaging App From The Guys Behind Tweetie & Borange
Apr 29th
Before Twitter bought Atebits, Loren Brichter was busy. Not only was he hard at work on a follow up to Tweetie for Mac and a version for the iPad, but he had a secret side project that no one knew about. Until now. Meet Textie.
Textie is a dead-simple application with one purpose: free More >
Index Ventures Puts Heavyweights Behind New Seed Fund
Apr 25th
Index Ventures, a European based venture fund that has also invested heavily in U.S. startups, will launch a new seed fund on Monday to focus on early stage deals. Partners Neil Rimer, Danny Rimer, Saul Klein and Mike Volpi will manage Index Seed. The fund is partnering with existing seed fund The Accelerator More >