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XOXO Festival: From Kickstarter, with love

The two-day tech conference offered a glimpse of the crowdfunding site’s past, present, and promising future. 

On Sep 18, 2012 by Austin Powell

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The naked authenticity of Amanda Palmer

The Dresden Doll bares all about her Kickstarter campaign, the power of the Web, and her cross to bear.

On Sep 14, 2012 by Austin Powell

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The cutest flash drive ever

Flashpals not only helps save your data. It's helping save endangered species. 

On Sep 11, 2012 by [email protected]

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Charlie Kaufman and Dan Harmon break Kickstarter record

Their new project, Anomalisa, is now the most-funded Kickstarter film of all time.

On Sep 10, 2012 by Fidel Martinez

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Game on: Fans have pledged $50 million on Kickstarter’s gaming projects in 2012

Funding in Kickstarter's Games category has skyrocketed this year, up $47 million from 2011. 

On Sep 7, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini

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Homestuck Adventure Game raises $600,000 on Kickstarter in 24 hours

The next big Kickstarter project is something you've likely never heard of: a video game adaptation of the cult webcomic hit Homestuck.

On Sep 5, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini

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Diaspora cofounders turn project over to the community

Maxwell Salzberg and Daniel Grippi are stepping away from their Kickstarter-funded Facebook alternative to focus on their new image remixing site, Makr.io.

On Aug 29, 2012 by Michelle Jaworski

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The Daily Dot theme song

One year, 3 million served, and finally, a catchy tune to call our very own.

On Aug 24, 2012 by David Holmes

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“Arab Spring” Kickstarter suddenly suspended

Former journalist Matthew Vandyke was about $4,000 short when his documentary project was taken offline yesterday.

On Aug 22, 2012 by Jennifer Abel

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iAMscientist brings crowdfunding to research

Site targets projects that might be considered too small-scale to benefit from grants.

On Aug 21, 2012 by Fidel Martinez

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Online effort to immortalize Nikola Tesla continues with documentary, online museum

The Oatmeal isn't the only one working to call attention to "the world's most famous unknown inventor."

On Aug 20, 2012 by Aja Romano

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Kickback Machine keeps track of past Kickstarter campaigns

Are Kickstarter crowdfunders doomed to repeat the past? Not if a new site called The Kickback Machine can help it.

On Aug 17, 2012 by Fidel Martinez

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Kickstopper: A $1 conceptual art project to define “conceptual art”

Kickstarter allows users to crowdfund "conceptual art" projects, but how does the site define "art?" One comedian's Kickstarter project aims to find out.

On Aug 16, 2012 by Fidel Martinez

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We Are the Youth captures the inspiring stories of LGBT teens

With captivating portraits and extensive interviews, photojournalism project We Are the Youth lends support to LGBT teens. 

On Aug 14, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky

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Help Mitt Romney pay his fair share of taxes with MittStarter

The Republican presidential hopeful paid a lower tax rate than most middle income Americans.

On Jul 27, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger