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, 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?
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
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
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