Archive for June, 2007

Pluggd begins delivery of better audio search

Pluggd, a Seattle company, has delivered a widget that lets you search audio (and soon, video) on third-party sites in more sophisticated ways.
It has been working away on a technology that allows you to search for specific terms or themes within audio. We wrote about the company six months ago, when it launched a [...]

MySpace to follow Facebook, will “probably” open platform

MySpace will likely move to open its platform to outside developers of applications, much like Facebook has done, according to MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe in an interview with the FT.
Facebook’s open approach to outsiders — letting them freely plug in their services, and allowing them to make money — has sparked significant activity at the [...]

XLNTads and Spotzer, two different ways to make ads cheap

Why spend money to create expensive TV commercials, when you can get users to do the work for you?
Because its downright dangerous, and not necessarily as cheap as it sounds.
XLNTads, a self-funded startup in Conshohocken, PA, wants to help large corporations manage user-generated ad campaigns and help them avoid the brand-damaging setbacks and unexpected costs [...]

iPhone sucks oxygen out of room

Today the arrival of the iPhone will leave time for little else.
Here’s a smattering of companies already exploiting the iPhone’s launch for a little publicity of their own:
Zoho offers iPhone version — The Pleasanton, Calif. online web application company is offering its Zoho office applications for the iPhone, called the iZoho. This allows users to [...]

Roundup: Solar-motorbike, Webwag, Marchex, Google Gadget Ventures, more

Here’s the latest action:
The solar-powered motorbike from SunRed in Spain — Read the little story about how the company hopes to make a prototype soon, and needs venture capital to do so.
Marchex launches huge Web site — The public company said it has launched more than 100,000 local and vertical Web sites, publishing more than [...]