Oren Boiman‘s Magisto released a “narration algorithm” to extract dialogue from users’ stories and expanded tools to translate raw camera video into meaningful stories.
Emily Best‘s Seed&Spark – a crowdfunding and distribution tool for filmmakers – launched a redesigned website and welcomed four new team members this month, including a head of original content who will be producing short-form films to continue the conversation between filmmakers and their audiences.
Appthority‘s Domingo Guerra is featured in an analysis of mobile device management – he spoke to the security issues public apps bring to personal devices.
Jack Gonzalez‘s MapJam is now a feature mapping tool in the Weebly App Store. Weebly’s drag-and-drop platform hosts more than 20 million websites, and MapJam offers a drag-and-drop tool for customized, branded map creation and sharing.
Rakesh Tondon‘s on-demand fashion service LeToteexpanded into maternity wear, bringing a subscription rental solution to the months when women restart their wardrobe from scratch.
Deepankar Rustagi‘s VConnectlaunched a redesigned homepage to spotlight customizable merchant stores and products.
And Linden Tibbets (IFTTT) led a notifications summit at betaworks in New York. His “if this, then that” service connects your favorite apps so that they work together.

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