Category: Technology

By Greg Kumparak It seemed inevitable, but the day has finally come: Justin.tv, the life streaming service that birthed (and was quickly overshadowed by) the game broadcasting service Twitch, has closed its doors. From here on out, their focus is solely on Twitch. At one point, Twitch was but a video category on Justin.tv, meant…

By Jordan Crook Sosh, the recommendations app that helps find the best stuff to do in your city, is today launching a brand new branch of the service dedicated to restaurants. With the introduction of Sosh Concierge, Sosh will now give users same-day access to exclusive restaurants that are hard to book with on late…

By Sarah Perez Unless you’re an interior designer, one of the challenges with shopping online for furniture and other upholstered accessories is not knowing whether or not the colors and patterns you like actually go together. A new company called Guildery aims to solve that problem by offering digitally printed collections of pillows, drapery, lampshades,…

By Christine Magee Editor’s Note: Christine Magee is an analyst for CrunchBase. Venture capitalists may have rested their case for investing in legal startups, according to data from CrunchBase. Investments in law-related startups declined sharply this year, after peaking last year with over $150 million committed in 57 venture rounds. Aside from large rounds for…

By Alex Wilhelm Egnyte, a company that sells a hybrid cloud storage product, today announced integration with EMC’s VNX line of on-premises data storage hardware. The deal means that companies that have invested heavily into EMC hardware can use Egnyte on top of their current hardware stack, and get the normal benefits of cloud storage…