Factual wants to be the center of the web’s open data

Factual wants to be the center of the web’s open data

The team behind Factual, a website that’s launching its beta test today, has an ambitious goal — to become the central location where people share, find, and mash-up data.

Founder Gil Elbaz points to sites like the Open Directory Project and MusicBrainz, as promising examples of… Continue Reading

Opposing Views raises $1.25M to explain complicated issues

Opposing Views raises $1.25M to explain complicated issues

A Los Angeles startup called Opposing Views has raised $1.25 million to continue building a new kind of discussion site. We won’t get a chance to see the site until its public test this summer, but chief executive Russell Fine says Opposing Views will bring… Continue Reading