Outside.in gets fresh funding for local news

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… Continue Reading

Geolocation makes its home in Firefox with 3.1 beta 1. Companies start taking advantage of it

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… Continue Reading

Outside.in releasing Radar, the Facebook Feed of local news

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… 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… Continue Reading

Will Outside.in nail the community Web site? Maybe

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… Continue Reading