The Byword markdown app’s keyboard shortcuts, subtle syntax highlighting, and live, updatable word counters allow users to draft a blog post, write a story, or complete a school report in plain text. iCloud and Dropbox users can create documents in Byword on Mac and access
Swing Technologies, makers of the interactive “living photo” app SWNG, announced its employees will join the Skype team at Microsoft. Swing Technologies was founded by Tommy Stadlen and Frederick Blackford in 2014. Its debut app, SWNG, has resulted in a new visual medium to stand
Byond Immersive Suite allows brands and agencies to create, upload, and publish Augmented and Virtual Reality content in minutes with no coding skills required. Users can also create mini-games and contest campaigns, and optimize the content for different platform-specific capabilities. According to the makers, their
Firework is a Windows and Mac productivity tool that turns web apps into desktop apps that are ready to use immediately upon launch. Users can also pin the web apps to their Taskbar or Dock, or switch between multiple web apps. Firework was invented by
Software startup QLess completed $5.5 million in financing from Palisades Ventures and Act One Ventures. QLess seeks to help businesses improve their customer experience in all locations with its mobile wait management, analytics, mobile CRM, and marketing platform. QLess has created a mobile queuing platform
Conversational marketing and sales platform Drift launched Drift ABM, a platform that enables marketing and sales teams to provide a real-time, personalized experience at scale – without the need for lead generation forms – whenever someone from a target account lands on their website. [bg_collapse
Cointrack is a Chrome extension for tracking the real-time USD price of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin right inside their browser without needing to load any web pages. CoinTrack was the invention of Abiodun Adetona.
ofo, a leading station-free bike-sharing company, has launched operations in South Miami, Florida. ofo bikes provide the benefits of bike-sharing without the limitations of docking stations. Founded in 2014, the company said it operates in over 180 cities across 17 countries, and generates more than 32
Beringer Capital, a private equity firm investing in technology products and services for brands, announced the purchase of full-service digital commerce provider, BrandShop. This partnership will provide BrandShop with the capital needed to continue scaling its direct-to-consumer digital commerce services. The acquisition of BrandShop is
Ecommerce technology startup ChartMogul announced it closed $2.2 million in financing from Alven Capital Partners and Point Nine Capital. ChartMogul is an analytics platform that helps subscription businesses automatically calculate key metrics, such as monthly recurring revenue, NPS Score churn rate, GAAP revenue, and annual run