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Former Homestead Founder Returns to SV Curious — And With $7.5 Million in Funding
Justin Kitch is back with Curious, a lifelong learning startup aimed at connecting teachers and students on “subjects as varied as salsa dancing, integral solving, pipe soldering … and knife sharpening.”
Facebook Timeline Makes Its Way to Windows Phone, at Least in Beta
The Windows Phone 8 app is still in beta, but adds some long-requested features, including support for high-resolution photos.
Yahoo Updates Mail, Adding Native iPhone and Windows 8 Apps (Like We Said)
A new look for a flagship property.
Desti, a Virtual Personal Assistant for Travel, Launches on iPad
Can artificial intelligence improve vacation-planning? Desti thinks so.
Disney Unveils New Home Page With Entertainment Focus
A fresh look for an old brand.
Goko’s HTML5 Game Portal Goes Back to Beta After Failed Launch
The Redwood City, Calif.-based company has issued an apology, after the first few days of the service didn’t go so well.
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eBay Quietly Tests Local Same-Day Shipping Service in San Francisco
E-commerce giant eBay began testing a same-day delivery service on Sunday, quietly sending out invitations to San Francisco residents. Dubbed “eBay Now,” the mobile app-based service allows city residents to order items $25 and above from local businesses, and have the purchases delivered directly to their homes on the same day. The service, which was first noticed on Sunday by TechCrunch, is currently in its pilot phase, though it may roll out to more cities in the future.News Byte
TasteMakerX Raises $1.8M for Mobile Social App Platform
TastemakerX, a San Francisco start-up that is developing a social mobile platform focused on “targeted taste graphs,” said it had raised $1.8 million in funding from a variety of venture firms, including Guggenheim Partners, Baseline Ventures, True Ventures and Tekton Ventures, as well as angel investors. The company said it will release its TastemakerX Music mobile app as a private beta in early March 2012.Asana Launches to Public — Finally Moving Out of Private Beta
In Sanskrit, “asana” means “sitting down” and refers to strong but relaxed postures in yoga, presumably so frustrated workers can achieve a digital form of nirvana.
Guitar Teaching App Instinct Rocks Your Browser (Video)
New York-based start-up Instinct wants the next generation of rock stars to get their training right from the Web browser, and it is building a teaching tool to do it.