This startup wants to be the QVC of your smartphone

Eric Feng thinks he's found the perfect intersection of media and online retail, and it's, well, a little outside the box.

The former Hulu executive and Kleiner Perkins partner is launching a new shopping platform built entirely around an obsession among certain parts of the internet with so-called "unboxing" videos.

The company is called Packagd, and Fang wants it to serve as an umbrella for a stable of apps centered on specific product categories. So far, there's only one: a tech-focused property called Unboxed. A beauty-centric addition is also in the works.  Read more...