21 Things TechCrunch Covered This Month Instead of Disadvantaged Kids
This weekend, the Level Playing Field Institute brought together a group of middle and high school students "from minority groups underrepresented in computer science" for a brainstorming meetup and tech project competition. Here's what TechCrunch wrote about instead:
Fitwall Is A Gym That Knows If You're Working Out Too Hard, Or Not Hard Enough
Truly.am Uses Facial Recognition To Help You Verify Your Online Dates
Beatcoin Is A Music Jukebox Hack Powered By Bitcoin Micropayments
H2O-Pal Helps You Get Your Two Gallons Of Water A Day
The NSA's Website (NSA.gov) Is Down
Bang With Friends Rebrands As 'Down' To Match You With Friends Of Friends By Hotness
Fab.com Updates Site To Give Better Recommendations As It Pursues Global Growth
Breather Aims To Launch Its Network Of On-Demand Rooms In New York In Early 2014
This Is What Instagram Ads Look Like
Vine Update Lets Users Edit Videos, Save Multiple Drafts
LongTail Video Rebrands As JW Player Because That's What Customers Know Them For
Stipple Launches Image Attribution Service Stipple Search, Plus A Mobile App
SFX Buys Readability Developer Arc90, Fame House and Tunezy To Give Its Electronic Dance Music Business A Digital Content Spin
Cruise.me Makes Booking A Cruise Social And Not Horrendously Difficult
About.me Launches Collections, A Pinterest For People
Pulse Will Become A One-Stop Content Shop For LinkedIn, Using LinkedIn Profile Logins For Curated Content
Facebook-Based Greeting Card App Cleverbug Rebrands As CleverCards, Adds Gift Products & More
Paperless Post Brings Its Design-Focused Greeting Cards & Invitations To iPad
Post $1.6M Seed Round, Ruffl Launches Real-Time Dining App For London
Handybook Hoovers Up $10M To Bring Its On-Demand Cleaning And Household Services To 5 New Cities
Can You Click Your Way To Happiness? New Self-Help Service For The Stressed & Sad, Happify, Makes Big Claims
Careful—no one tell these kiddos that this is the state of the industry they're pursuing. They might just end up becoming doctors instead.