The days of the crazy bridesmaid dresses appear to be on the wane as more and more brides and bridesmaids try to find dresses they actually like. Ilana Stern founded Weddington Way to help them.…
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What would have happened to Tumblr without Yahoo? Trouble
While Tumblr's sale to Yahoo back in May was generally acknowledged as a needed influx of cash for the company that was struggled to make money through advertising, new documents reveal just how much cash Tumblr had.…
Read MoreInvestors rally around Groupon after appointment of new CEO
The appointment of a new (but not new to the company) CEO at Groupon has investors more confident in the company, as it looks to re-invent itself and boost sales.…
Read MoreTwitter tells brands: If you tweet more, people will buy more in stores — seriously
Do all those promoted tweets and social-media efforts by big brands have an impact on in-person retail sales? Twitter says a new study it commissioned found that they do.…
Read MoreGumroad wants to make selling content as easy as sharing content
Gumroad -- which lets users sell magazines, music, comic books, items for fan clubs and other digital content -- is expanding its simple payments platform to include subscriptions.…
Read MoreInstagram video adds Android 4.0 support, lets you import video from library
Instagram announced a few updates to Instagram video on Wednesday, including the ability to import video from your phone’s media library, the…
Read MoreHow Beauty Army is using lessons from NASA to sell lip gloss and mascara
Beauty Army is still small, and has far less traction than a company like Birchbox. But Mars missions and mascara have more in common than you might think.…
Read MoreMarissa Mayer appoints former Google Zagat head to lead Flickr
Flickr has a new leader who comes from Google, where he was in charge of integrating Zagat into the company's products.…
Read MoreTwitter announces improvements to security and authentication features
Twitter announced Tuesday that it launched improvements to its user verification feature that will no longer require users to get a code…
Read MoreSeven years later, here’s how Facebook is changing your News Feed so you’ll read more stories
Nearly seven years after Facebook launched the News Feed, engineers are re-thinking how certain updates should show up in your feed, and how that plays into the Facebook experience. Here are some changes they're making.…
Read MoreGoogle Ventures tops the list of most active corporate VCs since 2012
A new report analyzing trends in venture capital found that Google Ventures has been the most active corporate VC since early 2012, which makes sense as the firm has Google's financial backing and ambitions to compete with the top Valley firms.…
Read MoreAngie’s List acquires home cleaning and organization startup BrightNest
Angie’s List announced on Monday that it acquired BrightNest, the company we wrote about in March that was one of several startups…
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