Songkick Finally Gets Around To An Android App, Claims No.2 Spot Behind Ticketmaster
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Music startup Songkick, which tracks your favourite bands and tells you when they are gigging, has gotten plenty of traction on the Web and on iOS. But a missing link in the platform play has been Android. That changes today with the launch of their Android app.
By scanning a user’s music library, Google Music account, or Last.fm app, the Songkick for Android app lets users create a concert calendar based on the artists they like and their location.
On Android, all the usual features are present such as importing your favorite artists from Facebook, Pandora or your Last.fm accounts; receive alerts on new concerts; comparing the best ticket offers and a host of social features.
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Continue ReadingBy scanning a user’s music library, Google Music account, or Last.fm app, the Songkick for Android app lets users create a concert calendar based on the artists they like and their location.
On Android, all the usual features are present such as importing your favorite artists from Facebook, Pandora or your Last.fm accounts; receive alerts on new concerts; comparing the best ticket offers and a host of social features.
Songkick[...]
Yext lands $27M to perfect local business listings
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New York City-based Yext, which offers a simple way to control your business data across local search publishers, announced today it has landed an additional $27 million in a fifth round of funding.
Yest says it will use the funding to expand its platform to more publishers. The company now distributes information for over 50,000 businesses on more than 50 sites. The latest round was led by Marker, a new fund by Crescent Point Capital founder Rick Scanlon.
“We think global discovery is going to be fragmented, which ultimately benefits users,” Yext CEO and co-founder Howard Lerman told VentureBeat in an interview Tuesday.
The company initially started out as a phone transcription[...]
Continue ReadingYest says it will use the funding to expand its platform to more publishers. The company now distributes information for over 50,000 businesses on more than 50 sites. The latest round was led by Marker, a new fund by Crescent Point Capital founder Rick Scanlon.
“We think global discovery is going to be fragmented, which ultimately benefits users,” Yext CEO and co-founder Howard Lerman told VentureBeat in an interview Tuesday.
The company initially started out as a phone transcription[...]
Habbo’s future is bleak as child sex scandal explodes
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Things are looking bad for Habbo, the Finnish virtual world for teens, as explosive revelations about the site continue to ripple through the industry.
Earlier this week a report by the U.K’s Channel 4 News alleged that Habbo — a cute, blocky isometric environment which lets young users chat to each other — had become a haven for pedophiles, pornographic chat and inappropriate content. It also accused the site of knowing about the sort of activity that was taking place but failing to do anything to stop it: an image totally at odds with the site’s family-friendly style.
That led to venture capital Balderton, which had been an investor in Habbo’s parent company[...]
Continue ReadingEarlier this week a report by the U.K’s Channel 4 News alleged that Habbo — a cute, blocky isometric environment which lets young users chat to each other — had become a haven for pedophiles, pornographic chat and inappropriate content. It also accused the site of knowing about the sort of activity that was taking place but failing to do anything to stop it: an image totally at odds with the site’s family-friendly style.
That led to venture capital Balderton, which had been an investor in Habbo’s parent company[...]
Peak Games grows to No. 3 social gaming firm by focusing on the Middle East
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Peak Games, a publisher that focuses on emerging markets for games such as the Middle East, says it has become the third-largest social game publisher on a worldwide basis.
On a daily basis, Peak Games has more users than Electronic Arts. That’s a big accomplishment and it shows how big the Middle East has become as a regional gaming market.
The Istanbul, Turkey-based company said it has 9.7 million daily active users worldwide on Facebook, compared with 56 million for Zynga and 12 million for King.com.
In the past year and a half, the company has accumulated 29 million monthly active users. But the numbers don’t show up in AppData, which keeps stats for Facebook games.
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Continue ReadingOn a daily basis, Peak Games has more users than Electronic Arts. That’s a big accomplishment and it shows how big the Middle East has become as a regional gaming market.
The Istanbul, Turkey-based company said it has 9.7 million daily active users worldwide on Facebook, compared with 56 million for Zynga and 12 million for King.com.
In the past year and a half, the company has accumulated 29 million monthly active users. But the numbers don’t show up in AppData, which keeps stats for Facebook games.
That[...]
eCommerce Recommendation Site Uncovet Wants To Own The “Style Graph”
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Uncovet is launching to the public today as a recommendation engine for offbeat clothing and design items. Founder Heather Lipner tells me that the larger play is using data received from purchases and social shares to capture user’s “style graph.” The company considers itself a spontaneous recommendation engine like Fab and Ofakind, except focusing on personalization, current trends and seasons vs. inventory it needs to unload. Like Fab, users get rewards and discounts for signing up their friends and followers[...]
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