Instagram is introducing the ability for users to share their locations with their friends via DMs (direct messages). The feature indicates that the Meta-owned social network is looking to challenge services like Apple’s Find My and Snapchat’s Snap Map, both of which are popular ways...
Spotify is enhancing the audiobook experience for premium users through three new experiments: video clips, author pages, and the ability to add visuals that appear while users listen. These initiatives are part of Spotify’s effort to improve its audiobook offering and bring listeners closer to...
The latter half of the holiday shopping season is a critical time for retailers to capture consumer attention and drive sales. With competition at its highest, ad campaigns that truly “pop” and resonate with prospective customers can make all the difference to a brand’s bottom...
After a robust career building Bonobos and advocating for founder mental health, Andy Dunn moved to Chicago with his family. A few years later, he came to a depressing realization: He hadn’t made any new friends. Dunn’s experience is representative of a larger trend: Americans are lonely....
Carl Madi spent a chunk of the last decade working for Uber and Handy, an online marketplace for cleaners. But when the pandemic struck, he saw many people lose their jobs overnight. He noticed that there was a significant shortage of medical assistants, a career...
Pinstripe aims to reimagine the secondhand market by offering sellers the opportunity to have both a digital storefront and a physical retail presence. Launched in June, the platform offers an alternative approach compared with other marketplaces like Archive, Depop, Facebook Marketplace, and Poshmark. With Pinstripe, sellers...
MealMe, a unified API that embeds food and retail ordering into consumer apps and websites, announced that it has secured $8 million in Series A funding. The newly raised capital brings the total amount raised to $16 million. Since its launch in 2019, MealMe has undergone several changes....
CoffeeSpace is on a mission to help people find partners for their startup ideas online. The startup has launched a social networking app that matches people exploring startup ideas and looking for co-founders. The startup’s algorithm only matches candidates who meet each other’s requirements. You can filter through...
