Online delivery service Just-Eat raised $64 million, and has its sights set on expansion. Surely it would target America, the home of fast food, right? Wrong. CEO Klaus Nyengaard tells us why he doesn't want to roll out in the U.S any time soon.…
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Just-Eat plans to devour rivals with $64m funding
European online food delivery service Just-Eat plans to consolidate its position as the industry's global leader with a bumper new round of funding led by private equity group Vitruvian. And that means more expansion and more acquisition.…
Read MoreForget recipes, Food52 wants to crowdsource cooking itself
Since its launch in 2009, Food52 has become a premier destination for community-vetted recipes online, but its founders Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs have grown even more ambitious. They want to build a crowdsourced clearinghouse of culinary knowledge that cooks can access anywhere on the Web.…
Read MoreYumvY aims to make recipes easy for wannabe chefs
Finding a recipe is easy. Cooking it can be tough. Startup YumvY hopes to change that with a GPS-style step-by-step Web app that takes those of us who haven't been to culinary school through the process of getting dinner on the table.…
Read MoreCupcakes! Food Network builds an interactive cookbook
Food Network’s digital strategy has always been fairly straightforward: to supplement its cable TV content and promote its on-air talent. Consequently its Website, its social media efforts and its mobile apps are all linked to its programming. But this week Food Network deviated from that strategy.…
Read MoreCondé Nast starts clipping recipes with ZipList buy
The aim of ZipList has always been to work with the big food media brands, and now it's getting its wish. Condé Nast has acquired ZipList for an undisclosed amount, linking the startup with some of the biggest food titles both on and off the Web.…
Read MoreiFood.tv lands on connected TVs, expands mobile strategy
After years of building up its cooking video library, iFood.tv is making the move to both bigger and smaller screens. This week, it plans to launch apps for the Boxee, Google and Yahoo connected TV platforms, while last week it launched its first Android app.…
Read MoreZipList’s everywhere recipe box lures 1M cooks
When ZipList launched its digital grocery list and recipe clipping service in 2010, it dreamed of becoming the premier destination website for home cooks. But those dreams were quickly dashed as ZipList couldn’t compete against the big cooking sites. So ZipList decided to partner with them.…
Read MoreFoodspotting makeover emphasizes personalized dish discovery
Just in time for its second birthday, food-finding app Foodspotting is rolling out some major design changes. Starting Wednesday, regular users of the app will notice a redesigned interface and a new logo, meant to emphasize new personalization and social features.…
Read MoreHacking solutions to the world’s resource problem
This weekend in New York City, dozens of developers gathered for the second Cleanweb Hackathon, where programmers spent the weekend building mobile and web apps around new ways to manage energy. The event is the latest sign the ecosystem around clean technology is changing.…
Read MoreEater and HowAboutWe launch dating service for foodies
Eater.com, the popular blog network that covers bar and restaurant news across 15 metropolitan areas, has teamed up with online matchmaking service HowAboutWe to launch "Eater Dating." The service will encourage people to set up foodie-centric first dates, such as "Eat oysters at the Ferry Building."…
Read More5 tips for using your Apple gear to stay fit and healthy in 2012
Losing weight is on a lot of people's minds post-New Year, so this is a perfect time to revisit tips and tricks about how to use Apple technologies to help you get healthier in 2012. Attitude, food and activity monitoring can contribute to a healthier you.…
Read MoreA better recipe for digital cuisine
Digital recipes and cookbooks need to emulate the world of digital music. By creating a standard recipe format similar to the MP3, we could overcome the artificial barriers between cooking Websites, apps and our bookshelves. Only then could we be build truly comprehensive digital cooking libraries.…
Read MoreWhy it’s impossible to build a digital recipe library
When you find that perfect recipe on the web, you want to hold on to it. We tested several recipe apps with the aim of creating a digital library of culinary masterpieces. But we discovered that while recipe aggregation tools are useful, they still fall short.…
Read MoreFoodily goes mobile with a yummy new iPhone app
Foodily, the website that lets you find recipes and share them with your Facebook friends, has launched a superslick offering for the iPhone. A big benefit that's new to the iPhone app is that users can post personal photos of their latest culinary creations.…
Read MoreGoogle Ventures-backed Nosh checks into Google Places
Mobile app Nosh launched just three months ago from Firespotter Labs, whose CEO Craig Walker was one of the founders of Google Voice. It now has 1 million ratings of dishes and on Tuesday the company announced a series of updates, including integration of Google Places.…
Read MoreGojee shows that big data and food is a delicious combo
Gojee, a recipe search site that knows what I have in my pantry and uses that knowledge to deliver fresh ideas for dinner, has reached 50,000 users. But it may be most useful as a lesson on bringing big data to applications and the masses.…
Read MoreToday in Mobile
Google Offers went live today in a pretty modest fashion: Google users in Portland received an e-mail offering $10 worth of food and…
Read MoreMaking Food Fit for the Web
Food is the next frontier for mobile, big data and web services to change our lives, but in order to make that happen we need open standards, or any kind of standards for identifying ingredients, importing recipes and tracking nutritional data.…
Read MoreBBQ&A: Zuora’s CEO Grills Up Bulgogi and Eggplant
Summer may officially be over, but to say good-bye to the first round of our BBQ&A video series, we invited Zuora CEO Tien Tzuo to show us how to grill up some delicious eggplant and bulgogi beef, a traditional Korean barbecue dish.…
Read MoreBBQ&A Video: ODesk CEO Grills Up Delicious Salmon
Just in time for the Labor Day weekend, we bring you the second installment of our web TV series BBQ&A. In this episode, oDesk CEO Gary Swart turned up the heat with a homemade feast fit for a Silicon Valley king.…
Read MoreRecipes from a Web Worker Kitchen
Most freelancers and telecommuters are lucky enough to have a full kitchen right in our office, since we work at home. We…
Read MoreThe 11 Best iPhone Apps of 2009
Bolstered by arrival of the 3GS, launch of in-app purchasing and push notifications, the iPhone apps of 2009 have become richer and more robust experiences. Across 11 categories, here were this year's standouts.…
Read MoreWeekly App Store Picks: October 23, 2009
The long-awaited weekend has finally arrived and with it comes the opportunity to consider purchasing some shiny new Apple (s aapl) hardware.…
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