Kickstarter marks $1 billion in crowdfunding pledges

Ever thought that you'd never get anywhere by asking strangers to fund your invention? Kickstarter is proving you wrong, now that the site has raised over one billion dollars for personal projects. To celebrate, the company has revealed that after the US, the UK is the most generous backer of tech, that the most successful day for pledges is Wednesday, and that you get far more cash in the first half of the month than the latter.

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