Roundup: Amazon takes over reader social networking, IE8 to subtract ads, bad signs from China and more
Amazon buys social network for book lovers — Shelfari, a small social network for bibliophiles, has been acquired by Amazon.com, according to John Cook at the Seattle PI. Amazon also has a stake in Shelfari’s main competitor, LibraryThing.
Internet Explorer to subtract some ads — A feature called… Continue Reading
Driverside revs up with first funding, steering toward mass market
Driverside, a consumer-focused website that aspires to be the one-stop destination for information on cars, has raised its first funding. The investment is for less than $5 million from Catamount Ventures.
Along with RepairPal, another recently-launched competitor, Driverside is aiming for a big win. Realizing that… Continue Reading
RepairPal turns the key on car site, setting stage for DriverSide rivalry
Coincidence, or just intense competition? Two auto-related sites, RepairPal and DriverSide, have launched within a week of each other, and they do something very similar.
They aim to add a type of information to the Internet that so far hasn’t made it on to any website,… Continue Reading