Category: News

  • Beanstock Media Acquires Mobile Publishing Startup Onswipe

    By Anthony Ha Ad tech company Beanstock Media is announcing that it has acquired Onswipe, a startup that allows publishers to create tablet- and smartphone-optimized versions of their websites. Onswipe founder and Chief Marketing Officer Jason Baptiste suggested that bringing the two companies together will allow them to create “an end-to-end technology stack for publishers”…

  • Twitter Launches New Ad Product, Promoted Video, Into Beta

    By Sarah Perez Twitter announced this morning it will began beta testing a new feature called “Promoted Video,” which is aimed at brands looking to upload and distribute their videos to the Twitter network. The feature, which expands upon the Twitter Amplify program, was previously revealed during Twitter’s recent earnings announcement, when new CFO Anthony…

  • Shift Is Developing A Debit Card That Lets You Spend Digital Currency, Loyalty Points And Regular Money

    By Sarah Perez In the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere in the world, 100 people are testing out a debit card that lets them pay with bitcoin and Ripple, and, in the future, regular money and loyalty points. These users are a part of a pilot program run by the Y Combinator-backed startup called…

  • Shotclock Turns Messaging Into A Popularity Contest

    By Natasha Lomas Meet Shotclock: an app which bills itself as the fastest way to share photos or videos with your friends. It runs with the camera view as its permanent backdrop so you’re always ready to shoot, lets you snap a photo or take a video — and then hit one button to simultaneously…

  • Tinder Hires Amazon’s Jerry Heinz To Lead Engineering

    By Jordan Crook In the wake of a sexual harassment scandal, Tinder has some positive news to share around a recent hire. Jerry Heinz, former head of Engineering at Amazon, has recently joined Tinder as VP of engineering, overseeing the team of thirty as the mobile dating app continues to scale. Heinz led the effort…