UberVU lets you track and maintain conversations across the web
UberVU, a company that tracks comments across sites like Twitter, FriendFeed, and Digg, recently launched the public beta test of its new data service. Now you can type any term into the uberVU site, and it lets you see how many people are discussing the term and where that conversation is happening.
At first, that probably sounds like old news, given the many other tools for tracking trends on Twitter and elsewhere. Luckily, uberVU has been… Continue Reading
UberVU’s new tools pull conversations back to your blog
It’s becoming increasingly hard to keep track of discussions scattered across the web. That’s what a startup called uberVU hopes to change. It looks at sites like Twitter, Digg, FriendFeed, and many others, and aggregates the comments related to a single URL (for example, a blog post). That way, it’s possible to see the entire conversation about, say, one of my posts in a single thread, regardless of where the comments were made. And now,… Continue Reading
Backtype launches comment-tracking tools, gets seeded
Backtype, a company that lets users aggregate and search comments across most blogging platforms and social sites, is rolling out a new feature today called Backtype Connect. Now, instead of searching for comments by keyword, users can enter the URL of a particular blog post or article to view comments written in response across the web. This includes tweets referring to the URL (even if it has been abbreviated). The Toronto, Canada-based company also brought… Continue Reading
Seedcamp, ‘08: In a pack of copycats, two start-ups shine
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Seedcamp is a European tech event that picks 20 promising European companies then gives a handful of winners £50,000 euro and three months in London to get their products ready for the next round. Last year, the judges chose five companies, one of which, Zemanta — a blog plug-in that helps you find content relevant to your post — recently raised capital from American investors. This year, the judges chose seven. While most of them… Continue Reading