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June 24, 2008
SearchMe Launches Stacks, Gets Serious About Search Relevance
New Sequoia-backed visual search engine SearchMe launched a bunch of new features today - new video and image search engines as well as a new visual bookmarking tool called stacks.
The main new feature, stacks, allows users to bookmark and group sites and share them, visually, with others. To create a stack, you simply drag results into a newly created stack. See the how to video below, and here
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June 24, 2008
Tech Policy Poll
Quick poll: If you could suggest one tech policy proposal for the Presidential candidates to adopt, what would it be?
Later today, I am speaking on a panel at the Personal Democracy Forum about national tech policy. In the poll below, I’ve listed some general policy proposals that are important to the tech community dealing with Net neutrality, patent reform, H1B Visas, copyright, renewable energy, open-source adoption, and appointments… Continue reading
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June 24, 2008
Yoono Launches Public Beta, Gets $4 Million in Funding
Yoono, the social network browser plugin that relaunched in May, has entered public beta. The company has also announced a million extension to their Series A funding round led by AGF Private Equity.
Yoono has existed for a number of years but has recently reinvented itself, offering a retooled browser sidebar for Firefox that serves as both a social network feed aggregator and… Continue reading
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June 23, 2008
Jaxtr Finally Enables Out-of-Network Calling, Raises $10 Million
Jaxtr, the online VoIP service that also offers a social network, has launched out-of-network calling that will allow users to call phone lines around the world. The new service will allow users to call family and friends (even non-members) from their own phones for a fraction of the costs associated with traditional long distance calling. The company has also raised a… Continue reading
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June 23, 2008
John Adams’ New Job: Fix Twitter
John Adams, Twitter’s new Ops Engineer (and apparently a descendant of the guy from the HBO series), said in a Twitter message today (where else) that he’ll soon be working to “fix twitter.”
While I’m guessing that isn’t exactly how Twitter would like to have him describe his new job, we wanted to know more. So TechCrunchIT’s Steve Gillmor put a camera in his face and… Continue reading
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June 23, 2008
Chat With Facebook Friends and Share Flickr Pics or YouTube Vids On Your Phone With Jibe Mobile (Invites)
There are plenty of ways to upload photos and other content from your phone to the Web. But the premise behind Jibe Mobile is simply to be able to use your phone to share social media already on the Web with your friends, whether they are online or out with their phones. The service is launching today in… Continue reading
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June 23, 2008
Chictopia Takes On Sugar Inc With “Everybody is Ugly”
Chictopia, a social network focused on fashion, has launched a new online publishing network dubbed “Everybody is Ugly” that aims to take on Sugar Inc’s empire. The network features a number of online magazines directed towards various demographics, including Male Ugly (for men), Coed Ugly (college students), and Brit Ugly (for Europeans).
The company says that each blog will be… Continue reading
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June 23, 2008
Google’s Android Hits Snags With Mobile Carriers
Google is finding that launching an entirely new cell phone platform is taking longer than expected. When it first announced its Android mobile operating system, Google said the first Android phones would be available during the second half of this year. Now the mobile carriers that signed up as Android partners are pushing out their launches, with… Continue reading
