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Activehours Raises Seed Financing To End Payday Lending
By Jonathan Shieber Payday lending services are among the worst of the bad actors in the financial services industry in the U.S. today, charging people who have the least means and greatest needs the most usurious fees for their services. Regulators have been trying to rein in the industry since their explosion in the late…
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The ISKN Slate Is A Smart Surface To Digitize Your Sketches Without Even Realizing It
By Romain Dillet French startup ISKN (also known as iSketchnote) just launched preorders for its first product, a smart slate. It’s different from competing technologies, such as Livescribe pens or more traditional graphics tablet — it’s inexpensive, you can use regular paper and a dumb pen, as long as it has a magnet ring. Today…
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UK Home Cleaning Startup Housekeep Raises $1M To Take On Hassle, Homejoy, Mopp And Others
By Steve O'Hear The UK home cleaning market continues to lather up. Hot on the heels of Hassle.com’s $6 million fund-raise from Accel Partners, local rival Housekeep is announcing it’s closed a $1 million investment led by Pentland Group (majority owner of JD Sports and numerous other major brands), with participation from a number of…
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AUGMENT Is A Stylish, Lightweight Charger And Case Set For iPhones
By Catherine Shu Keeping your iPhone fully powered is a pain, especially if you like running a lot of battery draining apps. Mophie’s popular cases can hold a charge forever, but they are bulky. Separate battery cases are more lightweight, but they usually attach with a cord and dangle awkwardly from your phone like a…