The search engine Blekko just launched ROCKZi, a visually compelling way to consume and interact with the fresh content that users care about the most. After selecting the category that you want to read (Geekery, The BiZ, Glitterati…), you are presented with articles in a grid view reminiscent of Flipboard on the iPad. You...
As we reported earlier, bookmarking startup Spool decided to move on to greener bluer pastures by joining Facebook. The service is shutting down and the team has done a wonderful job of being proactive in sending everyone their archive of bookmarks. Another tool that we’ve covered before that has similar functionality, called Pocket, is...
At the end of August, mobile TV and video platform MobiTV filed its S-1 and announced its plans for a $75 million initial public offering. Founded in 1999, the company had been one of the early movers in the movement to bring live and on-demand TV to mobile devices, which led to partnerships with...
I’ve been having some fun digging through the history of Twitter using the service “oldtweets”, which lets you search through the first year’s worth of tweets for any user you like. Jack Dorsey was really into bubble tea in the early days of Twitter. So much so, that he even tweeted (which wasn’t even...
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Without sounding overly geeky, the “interest graph” is something that is drawing attention from a whole host of new startups. Leveraging all of the data that you enter in on a social network like Facebook, sites can now offer you a new and more personalized experience based on your tastes. Having said that, Facebook...
Editor’s note: Benjy Weinberger is the engineering site lead for foursquare’s San Francisco office. He previously worked on infrastructure and revenue engineering at Twitter, and before that on search and ad engineering at Google for eight years. Microsoft recently announced that it’s taking a huge $6.2 Billion writedown over the failed aQuantive acquisition. This news, and the scrutiny...
Editors Note: This is a guest post from Jeff Keacher, an engineer in Denver, Colorado. You can find him pretending to be an entrepreneur by fixing blurry photos or extolling the virtues of backup for photographers. Also, he loves playing hockey. You can follow him on Twitter @teuobk. It’s never good to scare away your...
In a rare but telling reversal, Apple has reversed its decision to remove 39 of its products from the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) registry. The move came in response to withering public criticism and warnings that many government entities would stop buying Apple products. Apple’s change of heart was announced in an...
Dateini is an online service that hopes to bring some magic to date planning – its name is a combination of “date” and “Houdini,” which also inspired its logo. Currently in public beta, the service is already available in 10 major US cities, where you can use its instant wizard to plan an entire date night...
MobiTV, a maker of apps that let users watch live TV on smart phones, has withdrawn its request for an initial public offering to raise up to $75 million. In a letter sent to the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday, Emmeryville, Calif.-based MobiTV asked that the IPO bid it filed last August be withdrawn...