Search Watch Out Google, Vertical Search Is Ramping Up! Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus. This week at DEMOfall I saw two vertical search applications that made me think that this area is getting mature and ready for prime time. Pluggd and Retrevo launched technologies that are not only good at finding podcasts and consumer electronics (respectively) - these sites categorize… Alex Iskold View comments
RSS Readers Bloglines Does UI Upgrade Too... To Left Pane Hot on the heels of the well-received Google Reader re-design, I received a tip tonight (thanks Mike Rundle) that Bloglines has also done a slight re-design. On their blog they note: "You might have noticed a few fancy little changes we've made to your feed tree on the left pane today. You'll like them even more when you learn what's behind… Richard MacManus View comments
RSS Readers New-look Google Reader Is Stunning! Google Reader, Google's web-based RSS Aggregator, has had a re-design and I am impressed. It now has a look n' feel very much like Gmail, which I believe is a pointer to this product being prepped for mainstream promotion - and/or merged with Gmail. Probably a bit of both, as a standalone RSS Reader is always going to be needed. You'll recall… Richard MacManus View comments
DEMOfall 2006 Pluggd: A Chat With CTO Jonathan Thompson Pluggd's HearHere technology allows people to search inside podcasts - i.e. jump to an exact position in audio or video. Pluggd presented at DEMO and Alex Iskold caught up with their CTO and co-founder Jonathan Thompson for a quick interview... R/WW: What is your company about? Jonathan: Pluggd is a company focused on helping consumers… Alex Iskold View comments
DEMOfall 2006 Widgetbox calls to widgetize the Web Blogged Live from DEMOfall by Alex Iskold Ed Anuff, founder and CEO of Widgetbox gave a sharp presentation this morning introducing Widgetbox - the online widget marketplace. Widgetbox is an end-to-end solution for both widget developers and widget consumers. The Widgetbox site provides a nicely organized directory of widgets - with categories… Alex Iskold View comments