Roundup: Microsoft’s team-up with Verizon, Wolfram/Alpha’s demo, and more
Here’s the latest action:
Are Microsoft and Verizon teaming up on an iPhone rival? — That partnership may be the real source of rumors about negotiations between Verizon and Apple, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Stephen Wolfram demos Wolfram/Alpha search engine — Larry Dignan of ZDNet says the “computational knowledge engine” (a search engine that understands your questions and computes the correct answer, rather than just digging up relevant web pages based on keywords) probably isn’t a Google… Continue Reading
Audio: David Weekly, on PBWiki’s growth among businesses, and more
Wikis have been popularized over the last several years as group-friendly ways to share information. They let people collaborate on projects from one place online, letting you do useful things like track who made what change to the text of a document in a wiki.
PBwiki has been one of the companies leading the charge. Today, it claims to be the largest provider of hosted business wikis, with more than 30,000 businesses on board, company chief… Continue Reading
Wikimania — Pbwiki the latest wiki company
Just when you thought there were too many lightweight wiki companies around, another one is emerging with momentum.
Pbwiki has raised $2 million more from Mohr Davidow Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture firm, as has been reported elsewhere.
Wikis are Web sites that let multiple people edit their pages, the most famous one being Wikipedia. They’re good for people working in small groups on projects. Why would Mohr Davidow invest in this, when you’ve already… Continue Reading
PBWiki gets $400,000 for hosted wiki product
See our mention of the Burlingame company’s $400,000 seed funding from Chris Yeh and Ron Conway here.
Digest of lastest news from Google machine
(Updated: Corrected PBWiki seed amount and added reference to Seraph investor)
Here’s the latest news on the Google bull in the Silicon Valley china shop:
Google unveils a Gmail application via your mobile phone — Phone must be Java enabled. It lets you get Gmail directly, bypassing browser.
Socialtext launches second round of Wiki Wars — After Google buys the wiki company Jot, competitors in the wiki industry scrambled to respond. Chief among them is Socialtext, which took issue… Continue Reading