Fwix sorts out $2.75M to aggregate local news
Fwix, a site that allows users to find news impacting their local areas, has brought in $2.75 million in a first round of funding from BlueRun Ventures, among others. At the same time, it announced the launch of its API platform, allowing online publishers to add feeds of local news to their sites and widgets, enriching their own content for their local viewers, and helping to monetize their offerings.
Based in San Francisco, Fwix doesn’t just… Continue Reading
Fwix provides local news, wants you to be an iPhone correspondent
Fwix, a web site that wants to give you a blend of traditional local news and user-contributed stories, has launched today with an undisclosed amount of funding from Silicon Valley venture capital firm BlueRun Ventures.
Fwix’s stated goal is to be a “newswire for all things local,” sifting through mainstream local media sources, blogs and other social media sites — to bring it all to a single place for you at Fwix. If you visit Fwix,… Continue Reading
Local news aggregator Fwix expands to 25 more cities
Fwix uses the ubiquitous-in-Silicon-Valley concept of information feeds, exemplified by sites like Facebook and FriendFeed. But somewhat differently than those sites, it takes feeds from other sites around the web, like Craigslist and Yelp, and aggregates them based on what city you’re in. Menlo Park, Calif.-based Fwix only launched on Thursday, for a few major cities. But it claims to be getting decent traffic and is rolling out to 25 more cities today.
Fwix sees itself… Continue Reading