May 3, 2013 @ 8:06 am By Kotaku  |  

For the last few days, I’ve been playing Star Command, a mobile game that’s had people excited for a very long time now. Beginning life as a Kickstarter project, it’s gone through several major delays, and arrives this week on the App Store an example not just of excellent portable strategy, but of the realities of Kickstarter funding… Read More

Read more in: Offerings  |  Tagged gaming, iOS, iphone, kickstarter, mobile, star command, video games

April 28, 2013 @ 10:07 am By Miamia Herald  |  

Like most entrepreneurs, Lester Mapp is a busy man and if you’ve ever heard of an iPhone bumper made of material used in the aerospace industry, you know why. Mapp, of Aventura, developed the AL13, a bumper case for iPhone 5 and 4/4S. “I got the idea when I went to a trade show and… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, General News  |  Tagged al13, iphone, kickstarter

April 12, 2013 @ 12:14 am By Gadizmo  |  

Remember how we were bemoaning the fact that the original SOSCharger didn’t work with smartphones? Well guess what, SOS Ready has heard the pleas of the smartphone owners and have put up a Kickstarter campaign for their newest line of hand-crank smartphone chargers. Not only is this great for emergency situations like a blackout, it’s also great for camping… Read More

Read more in: Offerings  |  Tagged hardware, iphone, kickstarter, tech

April 11, 2013 @ 9:18 am By Pocket Gamer  |  

Earlier today, we went hands-on with War Balloon Games’s hotly anticipated space sim Star Command. This is the oft-delayed and long-awaited mobile game that’s enjoyed two Kickstarter campaigns and attracted almost $200,000 in crowdfunded cash. It’s kind of a big deal around here, okay. As I explained in my Star Command preview, it might not quite be what you’re… Read More

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March 18, 2013 @ 3:28 am By iRights  |  

(Staff Translation) The film producer Christian von Borries asks the systemic question: „Imagine Apple would be a State – would one prefer to live in Apple or China?“. In a documentary essay film he researches the question whether States are led like businesses or whether business are led like States. The raw aterial was filmed… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, Global, Offerings  |  Tagged apple, china, indiegogo, iOS, iphone

March 9, 2013 @ 10:38 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

The Amiigo Fitness bracelet has been covered here on these pages but also in many other news publications.  Hailed wide and far as a crowdfunding success for the tech arena, Amiigo still has 7 days left on their crowdfunding campaign with over $490,000 raised.  The project leaders have raised their objective not once but twice…. Read More

Read more in: Featured Headlines, Offerings, Strategy  |  Tagged amiigo, android, fitness, indiegogo, iOS, iphone, tactics, tech

February 28, 2013 @ 8:44 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

Lumawake, a widely covered crowdfunding project announced in a backers update that their project was in peril due to lack of funds.   The universal Apple iPhone dock was widely hailed as a unique product with revolutionary design and incredible features. Originally the Lumawake team was turned away by crowdfunding trail blazer Kickstarter.  Undeterred Lumawake… Read More

Read more in: Offerings, Strategy  |  Tagged apple, iOS, iphone, kickstarter, lumawake, selfstarter

February 18, 2013 @ 2:23 pm By Fast Company  |  

KICKSTARTER’S NEW APP LOOKS A LOT LIKE INSTAGRAM OR VINE. COINCIDENCE? MORE LIKE “INEVITABILITY.” Compared to a made-for-mobile app like Instagram, Kickstarter is a pretty complicated platform. You don’t just have an image you can like or comment on–you have a whole concept to explain, its media, its ticker, its tipping point, its reward structure,… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, General News  |  Tagged iOS, iphone, kickstarter

February 14, 2013 @ 9:59 am By Techcrunch  |  

It’s Valentine’s Day and what better way for a crowdfunding site to show its love for you than release an iOS app? The new app will go live on iTunes shortly and allows users to follow their funded projects and search for new projects from the comfort of their iOS device. No word on an Android version… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, Uncategorized  |  Tagged iOS, iphone, kickstarter

February 6, 2013 @ 8:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The folks that brought you the snooze button for your iPhone… … are now crowdfunding a product that turns your iPhone into a wallet. Read more at Cult of Mac Have a crowdfunding offering you’d like to share? Submit an offering for consideration using our Submit a Tip form and we may share it on… Read More

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February 5, 2013 @ 5:07 pm By Mashable  |  

Back in Oct. 2011, two developers, Adam Grossman and Jack Turner, put a video on Kickstarter with an ambitious goal: help them bring their magical-looking short-term weather prediction app to the public. The app is called Dark Sky [iTunes link], and it’s a weather app with a very cool twist: It just offers short-term, hyperlocal forecasts. Using the app,… Read More

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February 2, 2013 @ 10:02 pm By TUAW  |  

Last year, e-commerce site TinyLightbulbs formed in Denver, focusing on products that are funded via crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo. TinyLightbulbs brought five of the products available on its site Macworld/iWorld 2013, including: SlingShot: This smartphone stand received more than US$70,000 in funding on Kickstarter and acts as a combination tripod and cradle for your iPhone. An… Read More

Read more in: General News, Offerings  |  Tagged apple, cablekeeps, iOS, iphone, slingshot, soft touch flex, soundjaw, tinylightbulbs, ultima

January 8, 2013 @ 8:17 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

As a gadget / tech lover the advent of crowdfunding has really created a windfall of new devices to covet – for both iOS and Android devices.  I am constantly amazed at the creativity and ingenuity crowdfunding has allowed to bring to the masses and quickly too.  Not all devices will be a big hit… Read More

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December 21, 2012 @ 6:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

As reported in CNet Apple reacted today to news of the imploding Kickstarter campaign by Edison Junior for their POP charger.  Yesterday Jamie Siminoff, CEO of Edison Junior and POP project lead, published a Kickstarter update informing their funders the project was being cancelled and all funds returned due to the change to the Lightening cable…. Read More

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December 21, 2012 @ 8:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Fully Crowdfunded project POP by design house Edison Junior achieved their Crowdfunding dreams on September 1st of this year.  The original goal for funding was a $50,000 target – the proceeds of which were to take to market their product POP also known as Portable Power. Their Kickstarter campaign was launched and they quickly surpassed… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, Featured Headlines  |  Tagged apple, christie street, edison junior, iphone, kickstarter, pop