9 May 2008, 6:15 pm
We introduced Spotplex in February 2007 as a potential Digg killer that served up popular stories by monitoring how many people read them. Somewhere along the way, it also turned into an Alexa-like analytics service. Unfortunately, neither market worked out for them and they’ve been forced ... read more
9 May 2008, 5:36 pm
Want to be one of the first to customize your site’s search results using Yahoo SearchMonkey? Sign up for the developer preview here and tell them TechCrunch sent ya. The first 100 people to mention TechCrunch in their application will obtain access to the service. They will also get tickets... read more
9 May 2008, 4:34 pm
A class at MIT built some mobile apps for Google’s Android operating system and presented them today. CrunchGear’s own superblogger Doug Aamoth reports on the seven apps—loco, Flare, GeoLife, Re:public, Locale, Kei, and snap—that he saw. Below is a slightly edited version of the ori... read more
9 May 2008, 4:17 pm
Daniel Burka, co-founder and head designer for Pownce, has generated some buzz by posting a screenshot teaser of an upcoming release (shown above). From what we can see in the shot - a search box, an upload link, and parts of the words “Artist” and “Playlist” - it appears t... read more
9 May 2008, 4:00 pm
Inquisitor, the Safari search plugin billed as “Spotlight for the web”, has been acquired by Yahoo. The plugin enhances the browser’s standard search engine by offering suggested links and bookmarks in real time as the user types. Yahoo has already made some minimal changes to th... read more
9 May 2008, 2:27 pm
San Francisco based Zivity, a self described “community-powered showcase of female beauty,” will add a high profile technologist to their executive team next week. Napster co-founder Jordan Ritter, who was subsequently the CTO of Cloudmark and Columbia Music Entertainment (and a man who ... read more