Pearltrees grabs another €1.3 million

Chances are, you’ve already heard of Pearltrees - possibly because the company caught attention when it sponsored LeWeb in Paris or more recently the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. And if you haven’t, now is the right time to acquaint yourself with the service: the French start-up founded in 2008 has just scored another €1.3 million in funding to change the way you navigate the web. The social book-marking and navigation start-up – which allows users to organize and share their favorite websites via a system of digital “pearls” – has raised roughly €3.5 million to date. The inital €1 million raised was in June 2008 followed by €1.2 in June of the following year (in addition to some public funding from the French government). As the company seems to have a rather consistent annual funding pattern, we only hope that the valutation or shares aren’t being compromised. Ok, perhaps not everyone has a grasp on what Pearltrees is all about – but those which have seem to be die-hard fans.

Exploring the 'Net and Star Trek with Pearltrees Over the past few days, you may have noticed that we've embedded a new tool known as Pearltrees in certain articles on TG Daily. As you can see, Pearltrees embeds a significant amount of supplemental information related to a post in a way that is easy to navigate, while giving you a chance to preview content before you even click a link. There's a lot more to Pearltrees, though. During a recent interview, the company told us they are engaged in building an expanding a comprehensive "social curation" community. What does this mean for you? Well, you can "team-up" with people who share your interests to curate a topic, thereby providing improved context, more depth and high-quality information. "Obviously, it would be pretty difficult to find all of this content in any reasonable amount of time using Google or another search tool," Pearltrees rep Oliver Starr told TG Daily. To collaborate on a topic, simply click the "team-up" button in an embedded pearltree, like the Star Trek one above.

Pearltrees Reaching 10 Million Page Views-Will Introduce Private Curation “Soon” Exploring the 'Net and Star Trek with Pearltrees Over the past few days, you may have noticed that we've embedded a new tool known as Pearltrees in certain articles on TG Daily. For example, we added a "pearltree" in a post about WikiLeaks and accident-prone Japanese nuclear facilities, and another in an article describing the enigmatic Anonymous and their nemesis Backtrace Security. As you can see, Pearltrees embeds a significant amount of supplemental information related to a post in a way that is easy to navigate, while giving you a chance to preview content before you even click a link. There's a lot more to Pearltrees, though. What does this mean for you? Well, you can "team-up" with people who share your interests to curate a topic, thereby providing improved context, more depth and high-quality information. "Obviously, it would be pretty difficult to find all of this content in any reasonable amount of time using Google or another search tool," Pearltrees rep Oliver Starr told TG Daily. So, how to get started?

blog Pearltrees Beta 0.8.1 is online, a new release that brings more control, more comfort and more simplicity. No revolution here, the purpose is only to bring a nicer and more interesting social curation experience. Here’s what you can expect: A more convenient and aesthetically pleasing UI A more intuitive interface Pearls are now slightly larger and easier to move. Improved ergonomics in our browser For more comfort, the navigation keys have been moved up to the top of the display, reduced in size and sharing a pearl or pearltree on Twitter or Facebook now only requires a single click. Share your discoveries with one click! Improved management and communication for teams Collaborative curation has been very successful. A better communication between team members First of all, teams now have an editorial panel that can only be edited by the founder of a team. Logged team history Sometimes, a team member may move or delete unintentionally one of the pearls or pearltrees of the team.