Trapit for iPad aims to fix mobile browsing with artificial intelligence

July 19, 2012 12:01 AM Jennifer Van Grove
Jennifer Van Grove

Browsing is flawed — on the Web, but even more so on mobile. That’s the message Trapit co-founder Hank Nothhaft conveyed to me as he demoed his solution to the problem: a Trapit iPad application that uses artificial intelligence to …

Siri sibling Trapit launches as intelligent discovery engine for the web’s content

November 14, 2011 9:01 PM Jennifer Van Grove
Jennifer Van Grove

Say hello to Trapit. The latest offspring from CALO, the DARPA-commissioned artificial-intelligence project that gave birth to iPhone virtual assistant Siri, launches in public beta Tuesday as a personalized discovery engine for the web.

The service offers web denizens a …

News discovery site TrapIt could be Pandora for news stories

June 24, 2011 3:22 PM Matthew Lynley
Matthew Lynley

TrapIt, an online service that’s designed to help individuals discover new content on the web, launched pretty quietly on Tuesday and is still cruising in a private beta. VentureBeat had a chance to try the site out for a few …