Tekarma centralizes product reviews, customer support (invites)
Tekarma, a web site that compiles user-generated product reviews and tips in one place, launched its private beta last week. For now, the site is focused primarily on electronics, household items, cars, video games and sporting goods. Users have the ability to upload a product, or edit information for any of the others, including specs, description, reviews, FAQs, web resources, a general discussion board and even product surprises they my have encountered. Follow the link… Continue Reading
FixYa, a site offering electronic device troubleshooting, raises $6M more
FixYa, an Israel-based company that operates a website to help with troubleshooting electronic devices, has raised $6 million in a second round of funding.
Investors are Mayfield Fund and Pitango Venture Capital. The company said it will use the money to expand its operations in the U.S. and Israel, as well as build new services. It claims 6 million visitors per month.
FixYa lets visitors search for answers about their product-related questions or post their own problem,… Continue Reading
Consumer electronics search engine Retrevo raises $3.2M
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Retrevo, the search engine for consumer electronics products, has raised $3.2 million more in venture capital — timing the news to generate buzz ahead the CES consumer electronics conference in Las Vegas next week.
The Sunnyvale company, which we first wrote about here, lets you research products before buying them, and and then gives you tips about use afterward. It launched last fall, and chief exec Vipin Jain tells VentureBeat the search engine has had “hundreds… Continue Reading