| Date | Title | Description |
| 05.08.2024 | Стамбульская фондовая биржа приостанавливала торги на фоне падения мировых рынков | Как сообщает местное издание Turkiye Today со ссылкой на заявление биржи, Borsa Istanупbul приостановила торги на фондовом рынке из-за стремительного падения индекса Borsa Istanbul 100.
В начале торгов 5 августа индекс упал на 6,72%, до 976... |
| 12.08.2013 | Wittlebee Co-Founder (And Former Myspace Exec) Sean Percival Joins Topix As VP Of Marketing | Sean Percival, who was most recently co-founder and CEO of children’s clothing subscription startup Wittlebee, has joined online discussion site Topix as vice president of marketing.
Percival left Wittlebee earlier this year due to fundrais... |
| 21.03.2013 | Quantcast Adds Mobile App Data, Promises A Truly Cross-Platform View In Its Analytics Service | Advertising and measurement company Quantcast is launching a new service today called Measure for Mobile Apps. As the name implies, it collects data on the usage of a publisher’s iOS and Android apps.
The service is available for free, and ... |
| 07.03.2013 | Community Site Topix Sees 40 Percent Year-Over-Year Traffic Growth As Political Focus Pays Off | Topix, a site for locally focused online discussion that first launched in 2004, has seen significant traffic growth in the past year. According to CEO Chris Tolles, that’s because of the big bet that the site made on political coverage and... |
| 17.12.2012 | U.S. visa system helps stifle early stage startup Taploid | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Today we tell the sad tale of how one startup wen... |
| 17.12.2012 | U.S. visa system helps stifle early stage startup Taploid | Today we tell the sad tale of how one startup went down. Taploid, a DEMO company that hoped to be the tabloid of the social world, is folding up today after running out of money, hitting walls with U.S. immigration, and failing to get acqui... |
| 24.07.2012 | Stop worrying about the supposed tyranny of Steve Jobs already | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
So Apple had a disappointing quarter, even though... |
| 24.07.2012 | Stop worrying about the supposed tyranny of Steve Jobs already | So Apple had a disappointing quarter, even though it was surprisingly good compared to last year and the company is paying its first dividend to investors since 1995. Naturally, investors punished the company by stripping more than five per... |
| 16.07.2012 | News startup Politix nabs first editor-in-chief from Politico | In the months leading up to the presidential election, online forums are already saturated with fiery political discussion and debate.
Politix, a spin-off of profitable community news site Topix, aims to be the place for all you political n... |
| 08.03.2012 | Politix Wants To Be The Center of Your Political Identity | Over the last couple of years, online forum Topix has become increasingly focused on politics. Today at the Launch conference, the site took the next step in that direction — accompanied by a patriotic marching band, CEO Chris Tolles announ... |
| 10.11.2011 | Norwegians take top prize in startup competition, with a killer presentation | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
When Halvor Gregusson got off the stage, an audie... |
| 10.11.2011 | Norwegians take top prize in startup competition, with a killer presentation | When Halvor Gregusson got off the stage, an audience full of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and investors was cheering and the moderator was giving him a high-five.
Pretty good for a two-minute pitch about a time-tracking tool from a Norwegia... |
| 29.07.2011 | Groupon's model: Irrational, but it works | Why Topix CEO Chris Tolles thinks Groupon will succeed despite the quirkiness of its business model
It’s been dark times for Groupon ever since the group buying giant filed to go public. The company has been shredded in the media—so much so... |
| 20.06.2011 | Advertisers Ramping Up on Local Spending, Popular News Aggregator Reports | Contrary to the beliefs of some Internet entrepreneurs, local news and advertising is not dying. If advertising professionals can be believed, targeted local advertising is one of their primary goals, with the market expected to grow to $35... |
| 13.05.2011 | Google News Goes Local On Mobile: Introduces 'News Near You' | The first thing many of us do in the morning is check for earth-shattering news, and Google has just made the quest to find relevant news a little easier by introducing a geolocation-enabled “News Near You” feature in its U.S. edition on mo... |
| 04.05.2011 | Would You Like A Slashtag With That? Blekko Begins Powering Topix Search | Topix, the largely under-the-radar platform for local news, information, and influence, has been aggregating local news and community discussions for nearly 7 years. Over this time, the platform has quietly grown to over 13 million monthly ... |
| 13.10.2010 | Online news gatherer Topix aims for election-ad dollars | With its launch of Election 2010: Citizen Sound-Off today, online news aggregator Topix is now the only website to couple localized voter information with a platform for open participation. But can it channel this big election into even big... |
| 16.09.2010 | Harvard Hawking Online Cialis? Welcome to the New Era of “Web Snatchers” | Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post from Michael Markson, VP of Marketing for internet search engine Blekko, Inc. Previously, Markson was founder and VP of Business Development of news site Topix.
In the 1956 classic horror film In... |
| 27.08.2010 | Blekko search: Coming soon to a browser near you | Blekko CEO Rich Skrenta has conceded the search battle to Google without even firing a shot. Instead, he’s adopted the mantra of his co-founder Mike Markson: own a category or die.
The challenge for Blekko is that the company must figure o... |
| 27.08.2010 | Blekko search: Coming soon to a browser near you | Blekko CEO Rich Skrenta has conceded the search battle to Google without even firing a shot. Instead, he’s adopted the mantra of his co-founder Mike Markson: own a category or die.
The challenge for Blekko is that the company must figure ou... |
| 10.08.2010 | Topix Agrees To Drop "Priority Fees" For Reviewing Inappropriate Content | The state Attorneys General are busy today. In addition to the Washington AG hitting up Intelius with a fine and injunction for its years-long post transaction marketing scams, the Attorneys General from thirty three states, plus the AG Gua... |
| 27.05.2010 | TopicFire Launches Facebook News Pages | Launched in December, news aggregator TopicFire has now turned its attention to Facebook. It has generated two dozen news pages devoted to breaking news topics, populated on Facebook. These run the gamut from Apple News to World News. (Via ... |
| 04.03.2010 | With 100 Million Comments, Topix Has Quietly Become The Local Watering Hole | I’m from a relatively small city in Ohio called Pepper Pike. If I want to find out news about it, the easiest thing for me to do is Google “Pepper Pike News.” The number one result is quite useful: Topix.
In fact, Topix is the number one re... |
| 30.08.2009 | Fwix provides local news, wants you to be an iPhone correspondent | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Fwix, a web site that wants to give you a blend of traditional local news and user-contributed stories, has launched today with an undi... |
| 30.08.2009 | Fwix provides local news, wants you to be an iPhone correspondent | Fwix, a web site that wants to give you a blend of traditional local news and user-contributed stories, has launched today with an undisclosed amount of funding from Silicon Valley venture capital firm BlueRun Ventures.
Fwix’s stated goal i... |
| 20.07.2009 | Hey Newspaper Guys: Google's Not Making Money From News | It’s become popular for old school newspaper folks to hate on Google and other aggregators for somehow “profiting” off of their content. This is wrong on many, many levels. First, the aggregators send traffic to newspaper sites. They’re pro... |
| 12.07.2009 | Thanks Everyone: The Real Time CrunchUp + The August Capital Summer Party. | Update: We’ve got the photos up for you to check out.
Thank you to all of you who came out to support the 2009 Summer CrunchUp! We broke 600 attendees to the Real Time Stream CrunchUp, double our initial expectations, and we hosted lots mor... |
| 08.07.2009 | Win A Ticket To The Real-Time Stream CrunchUp This Friday | For the past few weeks, TechCrunchIT editor Steve Gillmor and I have been pulling together speakers and demos for our Real-Time Stream CrunchUp this Friday. What started as a roundtable and a few demos, quickly grew into a full-fledged mini... |
| 06.07.2009 | Going Once, Twice… Last Chance to Catch Tickets for Friday's August Capital Outing and Real Time Stream CrunchUp | The last batch of 150 tickets to attend our 4th annual summer outing on July 10 at August Capital are available now (now sold out), courtesy of Eventbrite. Once these go, the only way in is to attend our Real-Time Stream CrunchUp (which we ... |
| 01.07.2009 | Agenda For Real Time Stream CrunchUp (And Third Wave of August Capital Party Tickets) | Our Real Time Stream Crunchup is only a week and half away (get tickets here). We’ve been working hard to pull together the best startups, investors, engineers, and marketers developing products and platforms which take advantage of real-ti... |
| 01.05.2009 | The Conversation Is What Matters, From Learning To Journalism And Beyond | A few months back, I wrote about how important the conversation here on Techdirt is for the overall site. The blog posts here (and the discussion starters in the Insight Community) are conversation starters. They’re to get a topic and a poi... |
| 05.08.2008 | The value of good web design | Even scammers know that websites need to ‘look convincing’. Is your website lacking credibility by dint of bad design? PAUL WALLBANK
By Paul Wallbank
It’s 15 years since the “on the internet, no-one knows you’re a dog” cartoon appeared in T... |
| 26.07.2008 | Techcrunch August Capital Event Wrapup | Thank you to the nearly 1,100 people who flowed through the Quadras Conference Center for our Mobile Web Wars event and the party at August Capital immediately afterwards. We were able to donate $7,500 to Malaria No More, which will protect... |
| 25.07.2008 | Details For Tonight's 3rd Annual TechCrunch Meet-Up At August Capital | We look forward to seeing you tonight at the 3rd Annual August Capital Meet-Up (the pictures are from last year’s event). Details on the event are below. If you are attending, things kick off at 5:30, right after the Mobile Wars round table... |
| 19.06.2008 | Topix Nabs 6 Content Partners To Become Local Info Hub | Topix, the local news community that allows readers to submit and edit stories, has secured deals with six content providers as it moves to establish itself as a one-stop-shop for local information.
Topix will now use Eventful as an events ... |
| 19.06.2008 | Gannett Gets Cozy With Cozi | Cozi, an intriguing Seattle based startup that’s most easily described as a social network for a family unit, is announcing an investment and business deal with newspaper conglomerate Gannett Co. later this morning. The size of the investme... |
| 14.05.2008 | Stealth search company Blekko gets $3M | Blekko, a stealth search company started by Topix co-founder Rich Skrenta, has raised $3 million in a second round of funding, according to TechCrunch.
Little is known about the company, and right now its website contains nothing more than ... |
| 17.03.2008 | Steve Jobs Was Only Half-Right: People Do Read – Even Kids – They Just Do It Online | When Amazon introduced their e-book reader, the Kindle, Steve Jobs made a strong proclamation regarding the book industry that received a lot of attention: “It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don’t rea... |
| 07.02.2008 | Look Out Topix – Google Launches Localized News Service | Topix has made a name by aggregating tens of thousands of local news sources and aggregating them online (they also like citizen journalists). It was only a matter of time before Google expanded their news product to compete more directly w... |
| 07.02.2008 | Google sets out to replace your local newsstand | Google News has risen to widespread usage by utilizing its search technology to aggregate current stories quickly. While this approach worked well for big news items, it was relatively weak for smaller items pertaining only to certain areas... |
| 03.01.2008 | Caught up? Here’s everything from Blekko, Dash’s price, to Android sighting | The holiday break felt especially long this time, so here’s a longer roundup than usual — of everything you may have missed over the last few days:
Ebay’s Kijiji tries to tar Craiglist’s reputation — The NYT has a story about Kijiji, a comp... |
| 04.12.2007 | Poll: Is the Technorati Percolator Useful as a News Aggregator? | Today Technorati, one of the leading blog search engines along with Google Blog Search and Bloglines/Ask.com, launched a re-design. I chatted with new Technorati CEO Richard Jalichandra today about it. He noted that the new design is about ... |
| 02.11.2007 | Where Do You Want to Go Today? uLocate Can Help You Decide | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Though it was more or less accidental, it’s been Location-Based Computing Week at Xconomy. We kicked off the week with a story Monday about EveryScape, which has introduced a ... |
| 28.08.2007 | 10 Days of CrunchGear: It's Over | The cakes have been eaten, the random numbers generated, and we have the winners. First of, we want to thank all those who submitted. I’m here are our final winners and a special cavalcade of cakes for you all to drool over… except for the ... |
| 24.08.2007 | 10 Days of CrunchGear Giveaway: The Final Countdown | Just because 10 Days of CrunchGear is over doesn’t mean we don’t want you to win something great.
Your goal is create a cake wishing CG a happy first birthday. I don’t care if it’s a Twinkie with a candle in it — it has to say “Happy Birthd... |
| 27.06.2007 | Roundup: Page’s helicopter, Metaweb changes, Sequoia’s $100 rule, more | Here’s the latest action:
Page draws attention with helicopter landing — The Google co-founder’s colorful arrival at the Foo Camp this past weekend was captured on film. Scott Beale, always good with imagery, has the clips on his site Laugh... |
| 26.06.2007 | Topix CEO Steps Down; VP Chris Tolles Takes Spot | This is a quick post because I’m getting on a plane to Europe, but fast-growing news site Topix has a new CEO. Rich Skrenta has stepped down, and VP Marketing Chris Tolles has taken his position. See Tolles’ blog post on this here, and ever... |
| 15.06.2007 | Thoof, a news ranking site that wants to serve the masses | (Updated at bottom with more discussion on differences from Digg, others)
Thoof is the latest company seeking to offer news readers articles that are relevant to them.
The Austin, Tex. company launched today, boasting an approach it says is... |
| 07.05.2007 | Top 17 Search Innovations Outside Of Google | Written by Nitin Karandikar
There are an abundance of new search engines (100+ at last count ) – each pioneering some innovation in search technology. Here is a list of the top 17 innovations that, in our opinion, will prove disruptivein th... |
| 03.04.2007 | The dirt on Amazon, Steve Jobs, Topix, Fatdoor, MySpace, VC tax and more | Here’s the latest action:
Amazon’s odd and scary patent — First, Amazon rolled out a product called Mechancial Turk (image left), where people do tasks for you that a machine couldn’t perform. Strange name, we thought, but nicely couched in... |
| 01.04.2007 | Topix Aims For Citizen Journalists | News site Topix.net will relaunch this evening under their newly acquired domain name Topix.com. They are also launching a new product that will allow readers to write and edit local news articles directly.
The news was first written about ... |
| 14.03.2007 | Roundup: Walking robot, MySpace News, Dot-Watt boom and more | Here’s the latest action:
Dexter, the first robot that “walks like we do” — Entrepreneur Trevor Blackwell started a robot company in Mountain View, Calif. called Anybots a few years ago (we wrote about it). He built a robot called Dexter, a... |
| 06.11.2006 | Topix Raises $15m More for Local News Search | News search engine Topix.net has announced that has taken $15 million in additional funding from three large media companies, Tribune, Gannett and McClatchy. The company raised a round about 18 months ago for an undisclosed sum that was onl... |
