Knowledge Management DARPA Hires Company to Build a Machine Reader That Scours the Web The intelligence community is inputting data to the Web at an amazing rate. That mountain of data can be overwhelming to mere humans who are trying to read through pages and pages of information to pinpoint exactly what they're after. Mark Rutherford of CNET News reports that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has hired a… Play Doug Coleman View comments
Startups On Being - Or Finding - a Great Startup Advisor: Video Interview with TechStars Mentor Jud Valeski With fifteen years of experience in Internet-based entrepreneurialism, Gnip CTO Jud Valeski is well qualified to offer expertise to startups, which he does through the Boulder, Colorado-based TechStars summer program. In this interview, we see him working hands-on with the young team developing EverLater, a site for social web-using travelers… Jolie O'Dell View comments
Events Guide ReadWriteWeb Events Guide, 27 June 2009 We've added a few good events to our schedule this week. So, pull up your calendars and block off days for the ones that match your interests. This events guide is a regular feature here on ReadWriteWeb. We publish it every weekend, as good a time as any to review your conference plans. Know of an event taking place that should appear here? Let us… Andrew Lobo View comments
mobile Non-Programmers Can Create an iPhone Newsreader App With TapLynx Have you ever wanted to create an iPhone app, but can't code your way out of a wet paper bag? Users of NewsGator's NetNewsWire iPhone news reader will have to wait a little longer for the next version of that application because its creator, Brent Simmons, has been busy working on a new iPhone framework called TapLynx. The goal of TapLynx is to… Mobile Doug Coleman View comments
Startups Video Interview with TechStars Co-Founder & Exec. Director David Cohen Three years ago, David Cohen and three friends started a summer program for startups. The idea was that over three months, around ten startups would get enough money to survive and enough guidance to build great ideas into viable companies. Today, TechStars boasts a remarkable roster of startup mentors and an equally impressive stable of program… Jolie O'Dell View comments