Social search product Aardvark: Yahoo Answers meets Twitter — but better

Social search product Aardvark: Yahoo Answers meets Twitter — but better

Public details have been scant about the social search product from The Mechanical Zoo, a company chock full of former Googlers that just announced it raised $6 million from August Capital and Baseline Ventures. But for the last three months, I’ve actually been a beta… Continue Reading

Jyve, gives you collaborated search results

Jyve, gives you collaborated search results

Jyve is another search engine trying to use online collaboration to answer your questions.

It is like Cha-Cha, which does something similar, letting real people answer your questions. But Jyve says it is better because it can link you with experts in the topic area… Continue Reading

YouTube’s spoils, Yahoo answers, Danger, fuddy US companies & more

YouTube’s spoils, Yahoo answers, Danger, fuddy US companies & more

The latest roundup of the action happening in Silicon Valley:

First evidence of YouTube wealth — What do you do with your money, when you get it? One way is to spend $20 million to buy Andre Agassi’s Tiburon estate. That’s what Stuart Peterson, of Artis Capital… Continue Reading