Fontana couple tries kickstarter to open bakery - San Bernardino County Sun
27 May 2012, 4:02 pm
Kendra and Terry Farmer, who prepare cake pops and cupcakes at a commercial kitchen in Chino, have turned to online funding platform kickstarter in an attempt to raise $25,000 to open their own bakery for their company, which they call De "Bite ...

iPhone Viewfinder Eases Shooting in Bright Sunlight [VIDEO] - Mashable.com
25 May 2012, 6:56 pm
A new kickstarter project might have the perfect solution for you. The Daylight Viewfinder attaches to an iPhone 4, 4S, or the newest iPod Touch or iPad. The Viewfinder blocks out external light, letting you see your phone’s screen glare-free ...

Behind the scenes of a failed kickstarter project - Gigaom.com
24 May 2012, 6:57 pm
A little more than half of the projects on kickstarter fail, and when they do it can be hard to find them as was reported earlier this week. But understanding those failures can help others avoid the same fate and may indicate areas where the ...

iPhone-Powered Guitar, gTar, Rocks kickstarter - PC Magazine
22 May 2012, 5:34 pm
Ever tried to learn how to play the guitar only to give up after strumming a few strings, realizing it's harder than you thought? Well, a new iPhone-powered guitar called gTar might just help you play a tune in no time. The all-digital gTar promises to ...

Fundable debuts as a kickstarter for corporate set - CNN Money
22 May 2012, 7:54 am
(gigaom.com) -- The cult of kickstarter and the looming promise of the JOBS Act, which will let entrepreneurs to raise capital from non-accredited investors on a certified platform, have presented an opportunity that Fundable wants to pursue.

Bicom turns to kickstarter to fund its new playGo AP1 AirPlay device - engadget
21 May 2012, 7:37 pm
Monroe, CONNECTICUT – May 21, 2012 – BICOM, Inc., developers of innovative DSP solutions for telecommunications and consumer electronics for over 20 years, announces the next generation playGo USB, the playGo AP1. playGo AP1 is an AirPlay ...

Hands on with Pebble smartwatch, the most successful kickstarter project ever - CNN
14 May 2012, 8:49 pm
(Wired)-- In the big scheme of consumer electronics, smartwatches can't match smartphones, tablets, or even ultrabooks in piquing public curiosity. And glancing at a photo of the Pebble smartwatch, you wouldn't notice anything too different or ...

kickstarter API Bug Reveals Unlaunched Projects - PC Magazine
14 May 2012, 12:21 pm
Crowd-sourced funding website kickstarter revealed Sunday that a bug involving its private API allowed data from unlaunched projects to be accessible from that API. kickstarter engineers discovered the bug on Friday, co-founder Yancey Strickler (left) said ...

How kickstarter Is Saving Hardware Innovation - Mashable.com
13 May 2012, 6:56 pm
Pebble Technology, the startup behind Pebble Watch, couldn’t find venture capitalists to back it. But within 28 hours of putting the project on kickstarter, it had raised more than $1 million. Pebble isn’t the only hardware startup to run ...

Indie films find financial backers online through kickstarter - Los Angeles Times
10 May 2012, 10:24 am
This post has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details. Paul Li is a Bay Area doctor whose show business experience is mostly limited to visiting the multiplex. Yet Li, through the website kickstarter, managed to help underwrite the ...