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Meet the Dudes Behind Dots, the iPhone Game of the Moment
You might be surprised by their Dots scores.
News Byte
Betaworks Takes Over News-Saving App Instapaper
Betaworks has bought Instapaper, the read-it-later service built and run by Marco Arment. The widely read developer said on his blog today that he wanted to focus on other projects, and Betaworks — which is also in the midst of revamping Digg — would give Instapaper the staff and attention it deserved. While Instapaper had sustained itself as a paid app, competitor Pocket already took the company-building route and raised $7.5 million over two rounds.When an App Is an Essay Is an App: Tapestry by Betaworks
After author Robin Sloan released an essay in the form of an app, the folks at Betaworks were inspired to help other people do the same thing.
Pickie Raises $1 Million as App Catalog Trend Kicks Into High Gear
The New York-based company is part of a recent trend to make shopping on the iPad easier and more fun than sifting through an offline catalog.
CasaHop President Florent Peyre Checks Out of Social Travel Site
The co-founder and president of the home-swapping site has resigned.
NewsCred Buys DayLife
No more daylight for an early attempt at Web 2.0 new aggregation, which gathered investments from the New York Times and a who’s-who list of digerati.
News Byte
Ex-Twitter Employee Joins Social Start-Up Branch
Recent Twitter defector Ian Ownbey will soon join Branch, the New York-based start-up aimed at curating “high-quality public discourse.” Engineer Ownbey will move to the East Coast to join Branch’s eight-man outfit, which is backed and mentored by the Obvious Corporation, a group composed of ex-Twitterers Biz Stone, Evan Williams and Jason Goldman. Branch’s other investors include SV Angel, Betaworks and Lerer Ventures (and more), with advisers such as Jonah Peretti of BuzzFeed.Digg’s “Blank Slate” Approach Could Hinder Its Journey Back to Relevance
Everyone loves a fresh start. But could Digg’s drastic redesign shoot itself in the foot before it even gets out the gate?
New Digg Team Publishes Redesign in Progress
Digg still had more than 16 million monthly unique visitors when it was bought, but it’s possible that redesigning out in the open may help woo back the critical techies who had deemed Digg irrelevant.
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