Roundup: March Madness, Starbucks start-ups, Zannel and more

Roundup: March Madness, Starbucks start-ups, Zannel and more

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March Madness alerts — Palo Alto mobile search company 4INFO will send you an alert in the final minutes of any of NCAA March Madness game that looks like it could be an upset. It sends final scores too. To sign up, text… Continue Reading

Freebase, the database, wants to be global brain

Freebase, the database, wants to be global brain

Metaweb Technologies is a new start-up seeking to create a massive public database that will store all of the world’s digital information, creating what one insider calls the “synapses for the global brain.”

Led by Danny Hillis, an expert in intelligent machines, it has an ambition… Continue Reading