Chicago Tribune Scribd Goes Social, Adds News Feeds and Followers Scribd has quietly become one of the world's most popular websites. The service lets you share documents, presentations, and PDFs online; its embedding feature alone has revolutionized how documents are used and shared. Still, many pieces of Scribd have been a silo; many users search for a document (often finding it via Google), download it, and leave. So how do you keep users engaged with your product? By launching a new wave of social features, of course. That's exactly what Scribd has done. Scribd Gets a Social Media Makeover The changes are immediately apparent, starting with the homepage. There's also a new navigation system on the left hand side. Profiles have also changed. The entire thing is a social media makeover. While a lot of users will still just drop in, grab documents, and leave, we wouldn't be surprised if user engagement on the site gets a strong boost.
The Coveted Kansas City's Best Source for News, Weather, Sports & More | KansasCity.com Carl Sagan Collection Since its creation in 1976, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (formerly known as CSICOP - the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal) has been honored by its association with founding member Carl Sagan, David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and the Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Peabody-winning television producer, and recipient of the National Academy of Science’s highest honor, the Public Welfare Medal. Many of us first came to science and skepticism by way of Sagan’s PBS series, COSMOS, but his dedication to skeptical inquiry began long before we saw him on television. Early efforts to inform the public about science, pseudoscience, and the difference between them began in the late 1960s, and from them Sagan created one of the key principles of the skeptical movement: extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Skeptical Inquirer Carl Sagan — Ann Druyan —
DRUDGE REPORT Scribd’s iPaper Plan Scribd, the San Francisco-based startup that was dubbed the “YouTube of Documents,” has finally become worthy of that sobriquet. While I don’t care much about community around documents, I love the concept of the dead simple sharing of documents. And that’s precisely what this 10-person startup that raised close to $5 million in funding from Redpoint Ventures has done with its new viewer called iPaper. The company has also introduced an API that will make it easy for others publishers to plug Scribd into their systems. Like the YouTube video player, the iPaper viewer utilizes Adobe’s Flash technology. The iPaper app does pretty much everything you expect from Adobe Acrobat Reader, despite its tiny footprint.
CALIBER Atlanta News, Sports, Atlanta Weather, Business News Image Library Search Results Displaying of matching photos The Christian Science Monitor Fertile Ground for Startups Who needs job security? In June 2008, as the recession was moving from bad to worse, Caterina Fake gave up a comfortable, executive-level job at Yahoo! (YHOO) to launch a company. Fake isn't alone in betting on that. "VAST AND UNTAPPED"With that backdrop, BusinessWeek set out to find the world's most intriguing new companies. History shows that great companies are often built during bad times. Entrepreneurs, financiers, and historians point to several other reasons for this phenomenon. Entrepreneurship is also becoming more global. Still, recessions certainly present challenges for entrepreneurs. Fake has some experience working her way through tough times. Today, Fake is back to being careful with her cash. So far, Hunch has built up to about 300,000 users and has been gathering information about those people by asking them 5 to 10 questions. Return to the Most Intriguing Startups Table of Contents
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