Yoono pulls in $4M to shoot down Flock, misses the mark
Ever find yourself surfing the web and wishing you could update your Twitter or Facebook status, keep tabs on FriendFeed, chat with your buddies over any instant-messenger and spontaneously discover and share an endless stream of new videos, photos, and websites — all from a… Continue Reading
A roundup of scenery from the Web 2.0 Expo: an annotated photo gallery
I spent four days this week at the Web 2.0 Expo at the Moscone West convention center in San Francisco. Here is a summary of the scene, including photos and my impressions of the show.
I attended the RockYou/Clearspring/Mixercast reception on Tuesday night at Bong Su,… Continue Reading
Yoono takes aim at Clipmarks
(updated version)
Yoono is the latest start-up to offer a “web clipping” feature to let you manage your reading and collaborate with others.
For those who’ve never heard of Yoono, it is a French company that offers a social search engine. It gives you downloadable toolbar that,… Continue Reading
Wikia to launch social search engine — amid a sea of others
Wikia, the San Mateo start-up founded by Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales, is working on a search engine that will use the same strategy as Wikipedia’s user-reliant encyclopedia.
The project is secretive, but has a preliminary launch date of the first quarter of 2007, the Times of London… Continue Reading
Yoono, a social search engine — without tagging
Yoono is a tool that finds pages relevant to the one you are surfing on, and locates people who are also interested in that site.
This company is notable because similar players like StumbleUpon have become popular lately.
France-based Yoono relies on the goodwill of other users,… Continue Reading
Two-timing, YouTube ruckus, French connection, the Friendster patents & more
Roundup:
Entrepreneurs who have two companies – The Mercury News has a story summarizing the exploits of the guys with two start-ups, Kevin Rose & Jay Adelson (Digg, Revision3), Scott Rafer (MyBlogLog, Mashery) and Evan Williams (Odeo, Twitter). The idea that one is not enough, because… Continue Reading
Updates: Employees paying price of VC; MojoPac’s problems
Turns out, employees are getting the short end of the stick lately at venture-backed companies.
Check out this report from Cooley Godward, a big Silicon Valley law firm, which shows the “rule of three” is being discarded. In former years, venture capitalists got about one-third… Continue Reading