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Kickstarter’s Busy Q1 Includes $112 Million in Total Donations

April 4, 2014 no comments

Kickstarter has had a busy start to 2014 — and donation figures are only part of the story. The crowdfunding platform released its first-ever quarterly report on Wednesday, revealing $112 million in ...

Bubl’s 360-degree camera records Street View-like spherical foot...

November 5, 2013 no comments

Many of the 360-degree cameras on the market will only shoot footage on a horizontal plane, which isn’t very helpful if a subject sails overhead. Bubl’s upcoming, baseball-sized Bublcam s...

ParaShoot wearable cam heads to Indiegogo after Kickstarter suspension...

September 17, 2013 no comments

You may remember the ParaShoot wearable camera we covered a few weeks ago, which had shattered its crowdfunding target with a month and change to spare. If you decided to sink some cash into the proj...

Hammerhead LED-based bike navigation keeps you on the righteous paths ...

September 12, 2013 no comments

Developer Hammerhead Navigation thinks it has the solution to safer cycling: LEDs. It created a bike-mounted tool that does everything with its flashing diodes: turn-by-turn navigation, suggests crow...

Ubuntu Edge: Crowdfunding a Super-Smartphone

August 3, 2013 no comments

Alexey Miller, the chief executive officer of Russian natural gas exporter Gazprom, seemed to be having a megalomaniacal moment when he took over the company’s website on July 16 and demanded a...

Kickstarter plans North American expansion, launches in Canada this su...

June 27, 2013 no comments

That’s right Canucks, Kickstarter’s launching in your neck of the woods before the midnight sun sets for the season. The crowdfunding site released a teaser page today, announcing that it...

Handibot Smart Tool hits Kickstarter, cuts in 3D with mobile controls ...