Crowdbooster, a Y Combinator-backed startup, is debuting its intelligent social media optimization, monitoring and analytics platform for companies and brands. What differentiates Crowdbooster from other monitoring platforms is that the startup’s technology works behind the scenes to understand a users social activity, and then makes recommendations a... Read more
Backlift, a Y Combinator-backed startup thats launching today, describes itself as a back-end service for front-end developers. The service takes all of the work of setting up a server environment out... Read more
Y Combinator founder Paul Graham is a father figure to countless startup hes helped accelerate, but had never taken a board of directors seat until now. Today he announced hes accepted board seat with... Read more
Automatic wants to help people drive smarter. To do so, it's got two main components: There's a small hardware dongle that connects to a car's onboard computer, which provides data about the state of ... Read more
One of the problems with fashion magazines is that they lack the element of personalization and curation that is entering the online fashion industry and retail world. Kendall Herbst, a former fashion... Read more
Kippt, which lets you collect and share content from across the web, is looking to attract developers with a brand-new API and gallery of apps. The two-person startup has relied on outside developers ... Read more
In a startup's never-ending battle for new users, data is king. When the decision to put that shiny signup button down here vs. up there can mean the difference between 40% of new visitors signing up ... Read more
Launching in beta today in California is the YC-funded Leaky. Like a Hipmunk for car insurance, Leaky’s premise is simple enough; visit the site and you’ll be prompted to fill out an onlin... Read more
Kytephone, the Y Combinator-backed startup making smartphones kid-friendly and safe, is now expanding its focus beyond the "little kids" crowd with the introduction of a new platform for teenagers and... Read more
We first covered Vayable when it launched to the public just over a year ago as a way to find interesting new travel experiences around the world. It's been growing fast since then, adding new guides ... Read more
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