I wrote yesterday that the emerging news about Search Wikia seemed a tad confusing. There’s good reason for that. In an interview between Danny Sullivan and Jimmy Wales, the Wikimedia foundation boss says that he didn’t entirely intend the project to be made public yet, since it hasn’t really been started. Wales told
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Not that much it seems. With both Saddam and James Brown dead in the last week, I was expecting major ructions. Digg has raised another $8.5mn in Series B funding from previous investors Greylock Partners and the Omidyar Network who invested $2.8mn back in November 2005. It’s not yet profitable, apparently. Google blog search is now It’s Christmas and time to think of other people. Via Jack Schofield on the Guardian and then Adrien O’Leary are the three most important YouTube videos I have ever seen. (Adrien, I have ripped off your post — but this is too important not to share directly). There is, eventually, a Web 2.0 angle. The Mercury News reports, in fairly stuffy tones, on research that establishes once again that the paper itself won’t be quite the same thing before too long: By a 2–1 ratio, Americans say they would rather watch an old-fashioned TV evening news report’s coverage of an event than the sort of “citizen video” that has become I’ve always liked Pandora, the music recommendation service that provides a radio station based on the seed of a track or an act that you like. I’ve always liked last.fm too, which offers a similar service. Historically, last.fm has been the clear winner when it comes to Web 2.0ness (what do you mean that isn’t a proper Sam Sethi and Mike Butcher, ex-editors of the currently-defunct Techcrunch UK (background) have announced that they are launching a new thing. From Sam’s blog — which is currently in a state of design turmoil looking fine now, presumably under the strain of rebranding activity: After a hectic few days, Sam Sethi and Mike Butcher are back |             | |||
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