- May 25, 2016
Steven Loeb's Channel
- May 25, 2016
Slack grows to 3M daily active users and 930,000 paid seats
The company has tripled both numbers in the last year, as it justifies its big $3.8B valuation
- May 25, 2016
Password management company Dashlane raises $22.5M
The company also partnered with TransUnion to create credit monitoring and identity services
- May 25, 2016
Foursquare launches a bot for food and drink recommendations
Marsbot is currently available on iOS in New York City and San Francisco
- May 24, 2016
eBay acquires Ticketbis to expand StubHub internationally
With the aquisition, StubHub will be expand its footprint in Latin America, Europe and Asia
- May 24, 2016
Twitter officially changes the 140-character limit rules
The company is no longer counting replies and media, including video and photos
- May 24, 2016
Ryan Howard launches new heart-focused wearable called iBeat
Howard is the former CEO of Practice Fusion, and his device is meant to monitor heart health 24/7
- May 23, 2016
In-store brand engagement platform eyeQ raises $3.5M
The company allows brands to give offline customers a more personalized shopping experience
- May 23, 2016
Facebook buys Two Big Ears to bring better audio to VR
The company launched Facebook 360 Spatial Workstation, a suite for designing spacial audio for VR
- May 23, 2016
New England sees VC drop for second consecutive quarter
There was $1.7 billion invested in Q1, with only 157 deals, the lowest amount since 2010
- May 23, 2016
Rovio hits it big as The Angry Birds Movie tops box office
The movie made $39 million, giving it the second biggest debut for a video-game movie in the U.S.
- May 22, 2016
Kleiner Perkins looks to raise $1.3B across two funds
Despite the VC downturn, firms have had little trouble raising big funds this year
- May 21, 2016
M&A roundup - week ending 5/21/16
AT&T bought Quickplay; GoDaddy acquired FreedomVoice; Direct Eats purchased Abe's Market
- May 21, 2016
How does UrbanSitter make money?
UrbanSitter uses a subscription model, letting parents and sitters to pay extra for premium features
- May 20, 2016