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 Twine’s traffic has been growing far more rapidly than the vast majority of its startup peers.
That may not sound exciting to some disillusioned readers. Twine, if you’ll recall, was an… 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 create a web of connected knowledge encompassing the whole Internet, which will start by replacing your bookmarks bar and finish by assembling a modern-day Dewey Decimal System for the cluttered,… 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, books and libraries. With them came the modern brain, which treats recorded knowledge as an extension of itself.
Throughout these developments, previous generations have grumbled that each new advance leaves us… 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 to help its users collect and organize information, acting as a sort of semi-intelligent personal encyclopedia. It’s based on heavy-duty semantic tech developed in-house by Radar — but since it’s… 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 with CEO Nova Spivack toward the end of the week, and he filled us in on a few more details. Twine, the semantic application aimed at collecting and organizing information… 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 investment is probably in the $15-$20 million range (no giant, Metaweb-style $40+ million fundings here).
More details are due to be announced next week. Radar previously took a round of about… Continue Reading