Outside.in gets fresh funding for local news
Local news and discussion site Outside.in has raised an undisclosed amount of new funding from existing investors. Let’s hope the New York startup has enough money now to keep the going during a tough time for many media and news organizations.
Local search sites like Judy’s Book have failed, but it looks like Outside.in co-founder John Geraci may have been right when he told us the competition just launched too early; Outside.in says traffic grew 400… Continue Reading
Geolocation makes its home in Firefox with 3.1 beta 1. Companies start taking advantage of it
Well it didn’t take long for Mozilla to build support for geolocation directly in to the Firefox web browser. Just a week after it officially launched the Geode plug-in for Firefox 3.0, Mozilla today launched Firefox 3.1 beta 1, which eliminates the need for the plug-in. I had a chance to talk with one company that is particularly excited about this functionality, Outside.in, makers of the location-based news and information service Radar.
Up until recently, Radar… Continue Reading
Outside.in releasing Radar, the Facebook Feed of local news
Local news and content site Outside.in is launching a tool this week called Radar, which filters news based on both distance and relevance to better zero in on local news that people will find personally meaningful.
Outside.in is a local site that’s trying to succeed where former competitors Judy’s Book and Backfence failed. Such sites, which pull in news, blog postings, commentary and other content from local sites, haven’t really taken off for a number of… Continue Reading
Outside.in takes $1.5M more in funding
Outside.in, a local news and blogging site, has taken $1.5 million more in funding, bringing its lifetime total to $2.4 million.
Users of the site can write stories, comments, blog posts or reviews of locations in their neighborhood, as well as building up their own personal “neighbor” profile. The site is working on a “major” overhaul, expected to be complete within a week.
Another so-called “hyperlocal” site, Backfence, shut down earlier this year. We recently reported on… Continue Reading
Will Outside.in nail the community Web site? Maybe
Updated with full list of names of angel investors
How do you build the perfect local community Web site — with news, events, comments and more?
If you manage to, it will be a grand slam. It becomes the talk of the town, people spend more time going there, and local advertisers spend money there.
A wave of companies have tried, but failed. But Outside.in, a new Brooklyn, NY start-up is looking very good — as good, if… Continue Reading