Featured Startup Pitch: An automotive app store? Clickdrive’s open API approach just might make it a reality, and change driving as we know it (via StartUp Beat) Elevator Pitch: Clickdrive is a new kind of device for connected cars that allows drivers to download and run multiple driving apps at the same time to improve […]

Three Ways Crowdfunding Capital Benefits Entrepreneurs (via Meet Advisors) In half a decade, the crowdfunding industry has grown nearly 1000 percent, offering roughly $10 billion to bourgeoning small businesses around the world. As crowdfunding grows in popularity and these figures swell, the coming generations will understand… (more…)

Y Combinator alumn Statwing wants to democratize statistical analysis, and challenge Excel’s dominance (via StartUp Beat) A Q&A with Statwing co-founder Greg Laughlin. The San Francisco-based startup, which offers software built to make data analysis easier for both experienced statisticians and novices, announced at the end of January that it has raised an undisclosed… (more…)

WunderBar startup on Dragon Innovation crowdfunding platform (via ALEKSANDR TSUKANOV Entrepreneur & Philanthropist) Project launched: January, 2014From: Berlin, GermanyFunding ends: February 17, 2014Financial goal: $91,000 AUTHORS OF THE PROJECT Harald Zapp – CEO and founder of WunderBar – for many years is the enthusiast of the Internet of Things. Electrical… (more…)

Net Neutrality battle begins as Verizon appears to throttle Netflix (via The Inquirer) UNITED STATES TELECOMS CARRIER Verizon appears to have lost no time in taking advantage of a recent appellate court ruling to throttle Netflix traffic. After a surprise decision in which a US federal appeals court ruled that the Federal Communications… (more…)