Tag: Pierre Chappaz

Europe’s Digg Killer Raises €4 million

Tags: Wikio + Digg + Pierre Chappaz

MarcoPolo
Posted by MarcoPolo 1 year 5 months ago; via americanventuremagazine.c...

With a €4 Million Series A financing, Luxembourg based Wikio increased leadership in Europe's user-generated news sector.

The company combines both editorial and consumer ranking services to provide a balanced, yet diverse information portal. However, Europe's numerous language barriers are slowing Wikio's rise to the status of U.S. counterparts Digg and Technorati.

Linking to media sites outside of Wikio's coverage is problematic without a built-in translation service, and prohibits the global view desired by users. Although Wikio...

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Webwag enters customisable start page tussle

Tags: Webwag + Google + Franck Poisson + Marc Andreessen + Pierre Chappaz

Kevom
Posted by Kevom 1 year 10 months ago; via e-consultancy.com/news-bl...

Webwag, the latest creation of ex-Google France chief Franck Poisson, is set to go live at the end of this month, adding more competition to the 'customisable start page' arena.

Webwag is set to take on the likes of Yahoo and Google, as well as independent ventures such as Pageflakes and Netvibes, another France-based start-up that’s backed by Netscape boss Marc Andreessen and Kelkoo founder Pierre Chappaz.

According to Poisson, Webwag will shortly launch a toolbar, allowing users to import bookmarks and other sites into widgets on...

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