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Factal, which alerts companies of breaking news events, raises $3.3M after doubling revenue in 2020

New funding: Factal, the Seattle startup which monitors breaking news to help companies assess risks to their business, has raised… Read More

Corporate news alert startup Factal launches 24/7 global service with core Breaking News team

Factal, which provides incident and news alerts for corporate users, announced Tuesday that it’s started round-the-clock global coverage after more… Read More

Breaking News founders launch Factal, delivering real-time news and incident alerts to companies

When NBC News shut down its popular Breaking News website and app in late 2016, the team heard not just from… Read More

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NBC shutting down Breaking News, the online journalism startup it acquired in 2012

Breaking News, the 24-hour-a-day online news site, is being shut down by NBC News, five years after the network acquired the… Read More

Apple Watch apps: Starbucks, Microsoft, and other Seattle-area companies jump on board

There are few things more sad to the iPhone faithful on launch day than a connected, yet unfulfilled, Apple Watch (beyond… Read More

Tap to tip: Apple Watch app from Breaking News lets users notify editors of nearby news

With its new Apple Watch app, Breaking News wants to give everyday people an easy way to notify editors of… Read More

News nearby! Breaking News app adds ‘proximity alerts’ based on user location

The Breaking News app for iPhone is breaking new ground in the world of personalized mobile news alerts. An update to… Read More

Breaking News tries to redefine what ‘breaking’ means to you with new ‘mute,’ and ‘whoa!’ buttons

I remember seeing a Twitter update from Breaking News this past March about the Buffalo Bills releasing quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick.… Read More

Here’s how Breaking News reported truth during the Boston Marathon bombings

By now, you’ve probably read, watched or heard content about how several media entities reported false information on more than one occasion days… Read More

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