Pearltrees – Social Bookmarking und steigender Verwaltungsaufwand
Nachdem ich vor kurzem erst den auf Blog-Empfehlungen spezialisierten Dienst Readport näher betrachtet habe, möchte ich heute einen Blick auf den Empfehlungsdienst Pearltrees werfen. Ich bin eher zufällig über ein Video auf diesen französischen Webservice aufmerksam geworden, der vor allem durch die mindmapartige Visualisierung gespeicherter Bookmarks attraktiv wirkt. Die mit Flash realisierte visuelle Attraktivität dient auch weniger dem einfachen Ablegen als dem Organisieren von Webinhalten. Insofern ist Pearltrees nicht einfach nur ein neuartiger Bookmarkingservice, sondern eher ein Webcontent-Verwaltungssystem mit einer Social Media Komponente. Beides, das individuelle Organisieren und die Möglichkeit, dadurch mit Nutzern in Verbindung gebracht zu werden, die ähnliche Interessen haben, bildet die Grundlage für Neuentdeckungen. Es gibt mehrere Varianten, neu entdeckte Webinhalte zunächst einmal zu speichern. Pearltrees – coole flashbasierte Visualisierung von Favoriten. Gefällt mir:
Why Pierre Omidyar decided to join forces with Glenn Greenwald for a new venture in news
Oct.16 Here’s the story he told me: # In the spring of this year, Pierre Omidyar was one of the people approached by the Washington Post Company about buying the Post. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, wound up with the prize. As he was contemplating the Post purchase, he began to get more alarmed about the pressures coming down on journalists with the various leak investigations in Washington Pierre Omidyar Then the surveillance stories started appearing and the full scope of the threat to independent journalism became clear. Attempts to meet with Greenwald to discuss these plans and to find out more about how he operates were unsuccessful until this month. Omidyar believes that if independent, ferocious, investigative journalism isn’t brought to the attention of general audiences it can never have the effect that actually creates a check on power. At the core of Newco will be a different plan for how to build a large news organization. By “support” Omidyar means many things.
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Three Emerging Behaviors That Are Reshaping Branding | Wired Design
A new report from Wolff Olins outlines the three key consumer behaviors that are shaping the marketplace today. Image: Wolff Olins Today’s consumers are more informed–and more skeptical–than ever before. With technology, in many ways, the power has shifted from brands to buyers–the winds of social media can galvanize the public for or against a brand with astonishing speed, and people now vote with their dollars by supporting companies they believe in. This isn’t exactly news. It’s helpful to put that in historical context. People are side-stepping institutions At minimum, savvy consumers want to understand the give and take. This one’s a no-brainer, and it has to do with something you hear about all the time: disruption. But that’s not something that’s exclusively available to disruptive start-ups. Through devices like the Makerbot 3-D printer and sites like Kickstarter, consumers will be able to sidestep traditional manufacturing. Chipotle is another example.
Pearltrees rolls out V1.0 with its Premium Membership
Just a few months after we sat down with Pearltrees CEO Patrice LaMothe for an interview about their topping of the US iPhone AppStore, Pearltrees have today announced that their social library has launched it’s v1.0, and is rolling out the long-awaited business model. Pearltrees’ launch is decorated with a few interesting figures: 700,000 collaborators creating 30 million pearls, which attracted 2 million UVs this past month. Currently, any pearl that is created is available for public eyes: your list of tech blogs, photos of your trip to Spain, etc. The premium membership will be available for $4.99/month or $49.99/year, and will provide provide the same level of access on desktop, iPhone, and iPad. Given that the company has raised a total of $11.9M over the past few years, this may be good news for investors.
Livefyre Acquires Storify, Says The Social Curation Service Will Still Operate As Standalone Product
Livefyre, a commenting platform used by TechCrunch and other websites, is announcing that it has acquired social curation startup Storify. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Livefyre says the five-person Storify team will be joining the company, bringing its headcount to 91. Livefyre founder and CEO Jordan Kretchmer also told me via email that Storify, which allows users to bring social media comments together into a single conversation, will continue to operate as a standalone service. “Not only will we be keeping the great Storify product and brand completely intact, we will be investing in both moving forward,” Kretchmer said. “That means that there will always be a free version of Storify as we work to continue to grow the Storify community, just as there has always been a free version of Livefyre.” Livefyre raised a $15 million round in February, bringing its total funding to more than $20 million.
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