Why SaaS fragmentation is giving rise to new markets
Guest Post Fragmentation between software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions is affecting the average business that has moved to the cloud. Here's why.
Twitter users: Do you want a LinkedIn-style who-viewed-your-profile feature?
May 30, 2013 1:58 PM
John Koetsier
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo said yesterday that company engineers can roll out any experimental features they're testing to one percent of the social network's users.
Q: Is Quora the next big blogging platform?
January 23, 2013 2:41 PM
Christina Farr
A: Yes. And every author will enjoy the benefits of an in-built audience.
With death of LinkedIn Answers, Q&A king Quora has a moment to shine
January 18, 2013 7:20 AM
Sean Ludwig
LinkedIn will shutter its Answers Q&A service at the end of January, a sign that the service wasn’t driving enough engagement on the site. Could Quora use this moment to take the spotlight?
56 percent of young Americans want to vote via their smartphones
September 19, 2012 12:15 PM
Meghan Kelly
Do you want the United States' presidential election to be more like American Idol? Sixty percent of smartphone users say yes, at least when it come to voting on your mobile phone.
Cofounder Charlie Cheever moves away from day-to-day operations at Quora
September 12, 2012 7:00 AM
Sean Ludwig
Quora co-founder Charlie Cheever will soon move away from day-to-day operations at the popular Q&A site he helped create back in 2009.
Quora takes aim at Wikipedia with new topic pages & trending topics
September 11, 2012 2:51 PM
Tom Cheredar
Social network Quora made some interesting additions to its service today in an attempt to become the Internet's go-to place for detailed information about any topic.
Paul Ryan uses Q&A site Quora to slam Obama
September 10, 2012 2:14 PM
Sean Ludwig
Taking advantage of powerful social media channels, Republican VP nominee Paul Ryan has posted criticisms against President Obama on the popular question-and-answer service Quora.
Q&A site Quora releases its highly anticipated Android app
September 5, 2012 12:22 PM
Christina Farr
The question of when Quora will finally release its Android app has finally been answered. It's today. Quora for Android landed in Google's Play store and the Amazon appstore.
Quora adds embeddable quotes on a quest for more exposure
August 20, 2012 12:16 PM
Jennifer Van Grove
Question-and-answer service Quora searches for a bigger audience with the addition of a new feature.
Caution, lurkers. Quora Views shows who is reading posts
August 1, 2012 2:17 PM
Christina Farr
Quora, a question and answers popular with Silicon Valley insiders, has rolled out a new “Views” feature, so users can publicly see who is reading their posts and where they found them.
The product update, announced on Quora’s blog today, …
Facebook alumni startup funding up 137 percent over last year
May 18, 2012 12:48 PM
Sarah Mitroff
Mark Zuckerberg and his current employees aren’t the only ones making it big in Silicon Valley today. Former Facebook employees who have struck out on their own and started companies — referred to as the Facebook Mafia — have collectively …
Funding daily: Get answers for your most pressing questions
May 14, 2012 4:17 PM
Sarah Mitroff
Happy Monday, funding news enthusiasts. We’ve got a few stories for you today, from question and answer site Quora to data intelligence startup InsightSquared.
If you’re hankering more funding news throughout the day, you can subscribe to our Deals Channel …
Q: Which company raised $50 million? A: question-and-answer site Quora
May 14, 2012 2:58 PM
Sarah Mitroff
Current Facebook employees aren’t the only ones making deals this week. Two former Facebook execs raised $50 million at a $400 million valuation for question-and-answer site Quora, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Adam D’Angelo and Charlie Cheever founded Quora after …
Like a help desk for life: Wizpert puts you in touch with experts instantly
April 25, 2012 5:00 AM
Devindra Hardawar
You can find the answer to plenty of questions online, but sometimes it’s helpful to chat with a particularly knowledgeable human. New York City-based Wizpert aims to simplify the process of finding and chatting with experts instantly — and in …
Social Q&A service Beepl automatically finds experts for your questions
January 16, 2012 4:30 AM
Cody Barbierri
The Internet has long been a go-to resource for getting a question answered, but oftentimes the answers you get come from less than stellar “experts”. Beepl, a social Q&A service hopes to solve that problem. The site launched out of …
Avvo fights for transparency in law and medicine with its Quora competitor (video)
December 19, 2011 11:57 AM
Meghan Kelly
Question and answer company Avvo, a competitor of Quora‘s that focuses on medical and law queries, is fighting off legal battles while developing its service. It has one goal: make these otherwise elusive professionals as accessible as possible.
“You’ll stumble …
Saving Chanel, but losing the web
Guest Post
Much to the dismay of pretty much everyone on the web, a federal judge decided yesterday to allow luxury brand Chanel to seize and shutter 228 web domains that it argued offered counterfeit versions of its products.
The decision, and …
Review: Quora’s new iPhone app is great for casual and experienced users
September 29, 2011 6:44 PM
Michael Sinanian
Quora, the much buzzed-about social question-and-answer service, has released an app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, ending a long period of relative quiet from the company since it opened to the public over a year ago.
Quora users have …
Opinionaided answers 2M questions, bringing decision-making instant gratification
August 11, 2011 3:43 PM
Meghan Kelly
Decision-making app Opinionaided announced today it has helped answer 2 million questions and raised $4.3 million.
The investment will help it continue to answer life’s pressing questions, from “If everything was free, would the world be a better place?” to …
