Fwix provides local news, wants you to be an iPhone correspondent
Fwix, a web site that wants to give you a blend of traditional local news and user-contributed stories, has launched today with an undisclosed amount of funding from Silicon Valley venture capital firm BlueRun Ventures.
Fwix’s stated goal is to be a “newswire for all things local,” sifting through mainstream local media sources, blogs and other social media sites — to bring it all to a single place for you at Fwix. If you visit Fwix,… Continue Reading
FlickIM, a better chat for iPhone
FlickIM is a new lightweight chat feature designed specifically for the iPhone.
It’s more nimble than competitors, and lets you exchange YouTube videos and Apple movie trailers.
More significantly, it’s the first feature produced by a group of nine young developers led by two former UC Berkeley students, Darian Shirazi and David Macintosh, both 20 years old. Their company, Next3, seeks to make communications easier for the 20-something generation, and has just raised $1.6 million in a… Continue Reading
Nationalism in the startup world
[Editor's note: Darian Shirazi, 20, caught our attention last year, when he sold his company Fotodunk, to music social network iLike. His piece is especially relevant today, because he was inspired by Facebook's example. Facebook has momentum, and will be making news today at its developers conference.]
In 1830, Eugene Delacroix’s painting Liberty Leading the People symbolized French Nationalism during the July Revolution.
Marianne, who represents liberty, is still France’s icon today.
In Silicon Valley, I see… Continue Reading
iLike makes move on music, video and now mobile media: Buys Fotodunk
[Update: The Fotodunk purchase price was $120,000. Our previous guess of between $1 and $5 million stemmed from a confidential discussion that turns out to have been misinformed. Apologies]
You’ve been hearing a lot about iLike lately, and they have more coming.
It’s a fresh a way of seeing a list of the music your friends are listening to, and to get recommendations on independent artists based on your tastes (we wrote about it here).
VentureBeat has been… Continue Reading