Ushahidi’s Juliana Rotich: The Greater Global Lesson Is Local “Context Intelligence” (Video)

An Internet-connected world does not mean a homogenous world.
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Meta Wants to Become the Next Augmented-Reality Glasses Phenom

Meta wearers can interact with virtual games, architectural renderings and other 3-D objects by using their hands.
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Now Fully Kickstartered, Pebble Raises $15M in Venture Capital From CRV

Charles River Ventures backs the Kickstarter darling.
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Kickstarter: We Don’t Have Anything Against Celebrity Projects (cc: Zach Braff)

The founders of Kickstarter today rallied behind celebrities who have been criticized for hijacking their open platform to serve a more privileged cause.
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CatLand Is the Foursquare-Tamagotchi Spawn That Apparently No One Invented Yet

“If you don’t back this Kickstarter project, we’ll kill this cat” is not the official tagline, but it should be.
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Patreon Is a Recurring Tip Jar for Fans Who Love Everything You Make

Jack Conte of Pomplamoose has a different take on paid subscriptions.
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Ushahidi Raising Kickstarter Funding for Rugged Hotspot BRCK

Ushahidi, the nonprofit tech company best known for disaster mapping, is branching out into hardware.
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What It’s Like Raising More Than $300,000 on Kickstarter

About a month ago, Willi Wu and his co-developers at Robocat sought to raise about $35,000 on Kickstarter to fund the development of a little thermometer that plugs into your smartphone’s headphone jack.

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Grand St. Raises $1.3M for Smart Gadget Store

There’s a renaissance of startup hardware companies these days, but between so many little brands and Kickstarter advance backing and manufacturing delays, it’s not necessarily easy to figure out where to buy all the nifty gadgets. Enter Grand St., the invitation-only (for now) “creative technology” online store. It has raised $1.3 million led by First Round Capital.