DocStoc opens DocStore for buying documents
DocStoc, a service that helps you share documents (such as templates for contracts and legal agreements), has been experimenting with ways to help users make money from those documents, such as advertising. Today it’s taking the logical next step: The company is opening a DocStore where documents can be bought and sold.
It’s tempting to see this move by DocStoc to copy competitor Scribd — both companies offer ways to upload documents, so you can share… Continue Reading
Document-sharing site DocStoc rebrands to keep up with rival Scribd
DocStoc , the site that lets you post, share and embed PDFs, documents and other files — much like its prime competitor Scribd — has emerged from beta with a new look and a new business model . While the site is growing rapidly — now with 4.8 million unique monthly visitors — it’s still running to catch up.
Changing the way it brings in revenue, the company has introduced DocCash, a program that will split… Continue Reading
Diffuse those PDF web land-mines with DocShots
Some links to PDF files can be like web land-mines. They’re regularly added to webpages as downloadable links, but without the proper marking, you may just think they’re regular links rather than downloadable documents. A new Docstoc release, DocShots, helps diffuse those land-mines.
DocShots is a free service that installs a snippet of code on your website or blog that lets users browse a document overlaid on top of your content without downloading it. On a… Continue Reading
Document sharing startup Docstoc adds private documents, sync
Docstoc, the self-described “YouTube for professional documents,” is launching two new features that take it beyond basic sharing and toward becoming a full suite of products for online documents — MyDocs and Sync.
MyDocs lets you store all your documents for private use then publish them publicly later on, while Sync will keep documents updated, so that a change to a document on your computer will also be updated online, and vice versa.
Before this, Docstoc was… Continue Reading
Zoho adds document sharing to its growing lineup
Zoho, a company that offers a growing variety of cheap and free online office applications, just launched Zoho Share, a service for sharing documents on the web or within your company.
Now, all documents, presentations, spreadsheets and PDFs created using Zoho Apps can be viewed as an embeddable file, similar to Scribd or Docstoc. Those documents can be shared publicly, or just internally, as with Microsoft’s Sharepoint. (Which is why Zoho calls the service “Sharepoint meets… Continue Reading
Docstoc raises $3.25M, starts running banner ads
Docstoc, a site that’s billed itself as the “YouTube for professional documents”, has raised $3.25 million in a second round of funding. It’s also rolling out a new plan that allows document providers to run banner ads.
The Beverly Hills startup competes against companies like Scribd to help users post and share documents online. While Scribd launched first, Docstoc tries to stand out with its focus on professional documents. For example, when the service launched in… Continue Reading
Roundup: Search Wikia to take on Google, Adready, Ideeli, EyeQ, more
Here’s the latest action:
1. Search Wikia could go live by Christmas, to take on Google
2. Nick Denton, the nemesis of Silicon Valley, makes himself editor of Gawker
3. DocStoc, fresh with cash, gives away $50 Amazon gift certificate daily to user uploading best quality docs
4. AdReady, the Seattle advertising startup offering online banner ads, raises $10M more
5. Why Google is going after Wikipedia
6. EyeQ, tracks contributions of developers to projects
7. Ideeli, a invite-only Web retailer for… Continue Reading
Docstoc, “YouTube for professional documents,” launches
Docstoc, a site that calls itself the “YouTube for professional documents,” has launched to offer a way for doctors, lawyers and other professionals to post documents easily online.
The Beverly Hills, Calif., company competes against Scribd (see coverage ), Divshare (see coverage) and a number of others sites that let you post documents online very easily. There’s little to differentiate between these sites, which offer a document viewer that lets you upload Word, PowerPoint, Excel and… Continue Reading
Roundup: Geezeo, online ads booming, FaceTunes?, Docstoc invites
Here’s a Friday afternoon roundup of the latest action:
1) Geezeo connects you to personal and financial online services
2) Online advertising worth almost $10 billion in the first half of ‘07
3) Rumor: Facebook has iTunes competitor in the works
4) DocStoc private beta invites
Geezeo, an online financial management service, now connected to even more financial institutions – We’ve recently covered Mint, a personal finance site that lets you aggregate your online bank accounts, then analyze things like your… Continue Reading
New companies, continued: MusicShake, Cake Financial, Ponoko, TripIt standout
Ten more companies presented during today’s afternoon portion of the Techcrunch40 conference. If we were able to have stock in these companies, here’s the order we’d rank them: MusicShake, Cake Financial, Tripit, Ponoko, Everywhere, CrowdSpirit, DocStoc, Flock, StoryBlender and TeachThePeople. Summaries of each company follow.
MusicShake, a music-creation app — This is site is winning kudos because it looks addictive. According to the logo on the webpage, it’s a “Music making game which is no need of… Continue Reading
Docstoc, the “YouTube for professional documents,” raises cash
Docstoc, the company that describes itself as the “YouTube for professional documents” has closed a small first round of financing.
Docstoc, along with competitor Scribd, makes it easy for people to upload and post entire documents on the Web — where they can be easily read without clicking on links.
The companies have stirred controversy because of the potential for copyright infringement. Scribd, which launched earlier this year (see coverage), and which is open to the public,… Continue Reading
Roundup: Google phone, Bancrofts bought off?, Yelp, Docstoc, Bittorrent & more
Here’s the latest action:
Google phone details — Google’s Eric Schmidt had said Google wasn’t releasing a Google Phone, but the WSJ has the latest details about its significant action in the phone area nonetheless. Namely, it is working with other manufacturers.
Yahoo executive Daniel Rosensweig joins Quadrangle Group, a private equity firm — The former Yahoo operating chief will join the New York firm and help it on media, tech and communications investments. More here. Quadrangle’s investments include… Continue Reading