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Social Startup Urturn Raises $13.4 Million, Launches Mobile App

Urturn, the London-based social startup focused heavily on the music and entertainment industry, announced Wednesday it raised $13.4 million in venture capital. The round was led by Balderton Capital, which contributed more than $10 million, with participation from Debiopharm Group. The startup also launched an iOS mobile app, and is working to incorporate more personalized actions created by select developers through Urturn’s API, currently in private beta.

Twitter’s Glass App Spotted in the Wild (And, Yes, It’s Probably Real)

Blink, and you’ll have missed it.
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LinkedIn Shuts Down “Bang With Professionals” Hook-Up App

Strictly professional, please.
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Yandex Halts Development of Discovery App After Facebook Snips Data Access

Facebook hath spoken, and another social app is on hiatus because of it.
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Facebook Cuts Off Friend-Finding Access to Vine, Twitter’s New Video App

Well, that was fast. But we knew it was coming.
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Twilio Names New Chief Revenue Officer

Another new hire to round out Twilio’s C-suite.
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Twitter Aims to Release Photo Filters in Time for the Holidays

Ho ho high-contrast.
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Instagram, You’re at War With Twitter. Just Admit It.

It’s like Apple vs. Google Maps all over again.
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The Fine Print on Twitter’s Latest Developer Dustup With IFTTT

After a third-party service drops access to Twitter features, the blogosphere went up in arms and started pointing fingers. As always, it’s not as simple as it seemed.
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The Future of Twitter’s Platform Is All in the Cards

For confused developers, the answer to Twitter’s murky platform policies lies in a new, as yet unnoticed product: Cards.
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Stepping on Stock Twits’ Toes, Twitter Rolls Out the Cashtag

With Facebook Acquisition Looming, Twitter Tightens Instagram API Access

Path and Nike FuelBand Pair Up, Flaunting the Benefits of a Private API