Gist raises $6.75M for a smarter email inbox

Gist raises $6.75M for a smarter email inbox

Gist, a startup that helps people cope with information overload by organizing their email and more, has raised $6.75 million in a first round of institutional funding.

The Seattle startup is still in private beta testing, and I haven’t had a chance to see the product in action. Still, the concept sounds very cool — it integrates with Microsoft Outlook and Gmail to aggregate emails and related material (links, attachments, news articles) by people and company…. Continue Reading

Roundup: News sparks market mayhem, gamers hate Spore DRM, DoJ eyes Google antitrust case, and more

Roundup: News sparks market mayhem, gamers hate Spore DRM, DoJ eyes Google antitrust case, and more

With both DEMO and TechCrunch 50 going on, there’s almost too much to report. Here are some of the extra bits:

Old news becomes new problem — A six year old article about a United Airlines bankruptcy filing re-appeared on Google News Monday morning, triggering a massive sell-off of the company’s stock and deftly illustrating the potential dangers of modern (dis)information dissemination.

Spore spawns DRM hatred — The much-anticipated game Spore (see our interview with creator Will Wright) has… Continue Reading