Meet Cliick: another dating app wannabe, but one that’s taking a bit of a leftfield approach to the perennial problem of matching singles. Instead of proffering profiles for users to swipe through and judge, a la Tinder (and its myriad imitators) Cliick is using news stories as the swipeable connective tissue — linking users to each other when they like or discuss similar stories.
There’s a new service called Whim for people who are tired of all the chatting in the current batch of dating apps,To be sure, there are other online dating services that purport to focus on making real-world connections, (rather hosting than awkward, back-and-forth messaging sessions that may or may not lead to actual dates or hookups) — that’s basically the reason…
E-commerce has created a world of incredible, even disturbing convenience. The average American living in a major city can now outsource nearly every chore imaginable, while having everything she would ever need delivered to her home within a couple of hours. But along with the convenience comes a growing suspicion we may be overpaying. Prices on the web change constantly. On one day in 2013, Internet Retailer magazine found that Amazon changed prices on 40 million products. And price changes arenât...
Target, the second largest general merchandise retailer in the U.S., announced this morning that it will start testing beacon technology in 50 of its stores nationwide. With beacon technology, the company says it will be able to send information about deals as well as recommendations directly to consumers’ smartphones, provided they opt in to receive these alerts. Initially, the…
Designed for pet-loving households, DogSync (a recent winner of our patent-pending TC Radio pitch-off) is a task manager that helps families communicate and sync tasks like feeding, walking, or letting out Fido.So how do you sync real-life events like walking your dog?The basic premise behind DogSync is that while extremely lovable, pets require a lot of care. This can get complicated…
Everlane, the fashion shopping site focused on selling high-quality apparel at lower prices than traditional designer retail, has today made the move to mobile. The company has now launched its first native smartphone application with the launch of Everlane on iOS, which allows shoppers to browse and buy its luxury items right from their phone. However, the app has a couple of interesting…
Personalised shopping app and U.K. startup Mallzee has raised new funding. The so-called ‘Tinder of fashion’ — in reference to its Tinder-esque UI that invites you to swipe right if you like and swipe left if you don’t as you shop for clothes through its mobile app — has swiped £2.5 million in additional investment.
