MashLogic adds links to ‘take back the web’
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A new browser plugin called MashLogic launched in invite-only testing today, and it has a pretty lofty goal — in the words of David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners — which incubated the company — MashLogic is “a startup to save the web.” More concretely, the plugin can add useful links based on your interests, and block spammy links too.
The Internet has become “a big honkin’ billboard,” Cowan says, where hyperlinks on popular websites are… Continue Reading
SaaSy security suits small businesses
[Editor's note: This is an Op-Ed piece by David Cowan, a managing partner of Bessemer Venture Partners. He blogs at WhoHasTimeForThis.blogspot.com.]
In 2006, investment in U.S. security startups plummeted more than 50 percent (Venture Source), even as overall venture investing expanded 12 percent.
It’s no secret that too many startups are chasing the ever more elusive enterprise IT security budget, and so investors are pulling back. And while hackers have shifted their sights to the juicier consumer… Continue Reading