Twine, explosively growing, is an early success

Twine, explosively growing, is an early success

It hasn’t been long since Twine, a semi-intelligent bookmarking service, launched last October. That means it’s too early to call the company a surefire success. On the other hand, all signs so far are pointing that way: A casual check I recently made revealed that… Continue Reading

Twine goes fully public with next-generation bookmarking

Twine goes fully public with next-generation bookmarking

Twine, a bookmarking and knowledge-tracking application developed by Radar Networks, is leaving its closed beta tonight with an array of new features, in hopes of becoming one of the definitive websites of the next generation of the Internet.

Here’s why it might succeed: It hopes to… Continue Reading

How big an opportunity is the external memory?

How big an opportunity is the external memory?

Before the advent of the written word, the story goes, humans had to either store all their memories in their own heads, or by oral tradition passed down through designated members of their tribes. With trade came notation of facts and figures, and later alphabets,… Continue Reading

Early Twine review: Twitter meets Wikipedia

Early Twine review: Twitter meets Wikipedia

We’ve been excited about the prospect of Radar Network’s web app Twine for some time. The application, still in an early beta version, finally opened to press tonight (but not the general public), so I’ve been testing it out for a first-impressions review.

Twine is intended… Continue Reading

Radar Networks receives $13M for Twine, plans to start opening in March

Radar Networks receives $13M for Twine, plans to start opening in March

The funding round for Radar Networks that we briefly mentioned last week has been officially announced. It turns out that the company took $13 million more, and added Ross Levihnson, the former News Corp. exec and head of Myspace, to its board of directors.

We spoke… Continue Reading

Radar Networks receives new funding for Twine

Radar Networks, the San Francisco semantic web startup, has received a fresh round of funding for development of its first application, Twine.

New investor Velocity Interactive Group participated in the round, according to Dan Primack at peHUB. We’ve also heard from our own sources that the… Continue Reading