Freelancer Marketplace Ooomf Rebrands as ‘Crew,’ Announces $2M Funding Round

Freelancer marketplace Ooomf now goes by a new name. Initially built to help app developers reach bigger audiences, Ooomf was eventually relaunched under the same name as a marketplace for freelancers. Now, after announcing a $2 million funding round, the company has changed its name to “Crew.” While the ooomf.com domain will remain active, visitors… Continue reading Freelancer Marketplace Ooomf Rebrands as ‘Crew,’ Announces $2M Funding Round

Twitter Acquires Android Lock Screen App Cover

Looking to dive deeper into mobile, Twitter has acquired Android lock screen app Cover. The Cover team is moving to Twitter, and the app will remain available in the Google Play Store “for now.” Cover is a lock screen app for Android that aims to make it as easy as possible for you to access… Continue reading Twitter Acquires Android Lock Screen App Cover

What Is Vingle?

Do you have any hobbies you really love? A new South Korean-based social network called Vingle wants to help you connect and converse with people who have similar passions across the globe no matter what languages they speak! The site boasts over 2,000 interests that users can create and follow via a collections tool. Popular… Continue reading What Is Vingle?

Bootstrapped Startup Imgur Signs With First Investors, Including Reddit

After five years of bootstrapping its way to profitability, Imgur announced today a $40 million funding round raised through Andreessen Horowitz. The funding will go toward product development, growing Imgur internally and growing Imgur’s user base worldwide. Reddit, the community for which Imgur was originally built, contributed to the round. Imgur was created in 2009… Continue reading Bootstrapped Startup Imgur Signs With First Investors, Including Reddit

WhatsApp Users Send and Receive a Record 64 Billion Messages in One Day

Have you used WhatsApp lately? If so, you might have helped set a new messaging record. The real-time messaging app announced over Twitter last night that its users sent and received a record 64 billion messages in one day: new daily record: 20B messages sent (inbound) and 44B messages received (outbound) by our users =… Continue reading WhatsApp Users Send and Receive a Record 64 Billion Messages in One Day

Business Lessons To Be Learned from The Walking Dead Season 4

So here we are at the end of season 4 of AMC’s critically acclaimed The Walking Dead. This season did contain the standard blood and gore that comes with fighting zombies (or ‘walkers’ as they’re known on the show), but it also spent a lot of time showing the psychological toll that years of disappointment… Continue reading Business Lessons To Be Learned from The Walking Dead Season 4

Delta and LinkedIn Team Up to Bring You ‘Innovation Class’ Seating

Delta and LinkedIn are taking corporate-social media business partnerships to a new level by bringing innovative people together in the sky. Delta’s new Innovation Class seating is a mentoring program where the brightest and busiest can meet while flying. The idea stemmed from the fact that several bright and successful businesspeople fly Delta Airlines. But… Continue reading Delta and LinkedIn Team Up to Bring You ‘Innovation Class’ Seating

Saving UberX: Does Social Media Make an Impact?

The age of taxis is out and the time for ridesharing is now. Ridesharing, a new mechanism of getting from one place to another, has passengers using their phones to request cars from companies like Lyft, Uber, and Sidecar via these companies’ apps. It’s a great way for drivers to make some extra money, using… Continue reading Saving UberX: Does Social Media Make an Impact?