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Skully Founders Balled so Hard at the Strip Club and on Sports Cars With Your Money, They Forgot to Make Motorcycle Helmets

Kellen August 10, 2016 73

Two years ago, almost to the day, we shared an Indiegogo project for a futuristic, Android-powered motorcycle helmet that was generating all sorts of buzz from major car-related publications, the tech sector, and even celebrity chefs (random, but true). The...

Pebble Back on Kickstarter This Morning With Pebble 2 and Time 2, Already Surpasses $1 Million in Funding

Tim May 24, 2016 42

Yesterday, we wrote that Pebble was teasing something new on its website with a countdown, but no one knew exactly what the countdown was counting towards. First thought to possibly be the launch of a new wearable, we now know that Pebble is back on...

PayPal is Done Protecting the Crowdfunded Garbage You Keep Backing

Kellen May 9, 2016 19

Backing items on crowdfunded sites is almost always a pretty bad idea. That's not to say that there haven't been some good ideas and products come through your favorite host - like Kickstarter or Indiegogo - over the years, but the true success stories are few...

Exploding Kittens, Kickstarter’s Most-Funded Game, Now Available for Android

Tim April 20, 2016 6

Kickstarter's most-funded game, Exploding Kittens, is now available for download from Google Play. Priced at $1.99, Exploding Kittens is a multiplayer card game that has been redeveloped for mobile devices. On mobile, you can play online with strangers from...

Backing a Crowdfunded Smartphone is a Terrible Idea. [Opinion]

Kellen January 22, 2016 49

If there is one, almost guaranteed to be terrible, financial decision you could make in tech today, it would be by backing a crowdfunded smartphone. That includes those from random companies you have never heard of that open up "pre-orders" for break-through...

Nextbit: CDMA Robin Shipments Delayed a Couple of Months

Tim January 22, 2016 30

Nextbit is pushing back the shipping date of the Robin smartphone for CDMA networks, the company announced through its Kickstarter page. In an update to backers, the company admits it was being a bit, "optimistic," and "got a little carried away," in the...

Official Kickstarter App Finally, Finally Launches for Android

Tim January 21, 2016 9

On the verge of being almost too late, Kickstarter has launched an official Android application onto Google Play. I say almost too late because, you know, Kickstarter is sorta lame these days, am I right? Back in the day, a few interesting ideas would pop up...

Cloud-First Robin Smartphone Pre-Order Now Live, Priced at $399

Tim October 21, 2015 35

Nextbit's Robin, the cloud-first smartphone that raised over $1.3 million on Kickstarter, is now up for pre-order priced at $399. According to the site where it is for sale, shipment is said to begin in February of 2016, which is quite a few months away. ...