Infobox Website name Bloglines favicon logo Image Blogo225x50.gif 150px Bloglines logo. screenshot Image Bloglines screenshot.png 250px caption Bloglines feed view url http www.bloglines.com bloglines.com commercial type RSS aggregator registration Required, Free owner MerchantCircle author Mark Fletcher launch date June 2003 current status revenue Bloglines is a web based news aggregator for reading Web syndication syndicated feeds using the RSS and Atom standard Atom formats. Mark Fletcher , former CEO of ONElist , founded the site in June 2003 and sold it in February 2005 to Ask.com InterActiveCorp . ref cite web url http www.bloglines.com about pr 02082005 title Ask Jeeves Acquires publisher Bloglines date 2005 02 08 accessdate 2010 07 14 ref ref name cnet cite news url http news.cnet.com Ask Jeeves buys Bloglines 2100 1025 3 5566828.html title Ask Jeeves buys Bloglines last Olsen first Stephanie date 8 February 2005 work CNET News accessdate 14 July 2010 ref In 2005, it hosted more than 200 million searchable blog articles. ref name cnet On July 23, 2007, Bloglines released an iPhone version of their site. On August 27, 2007 the company released a public beta version of their site, with new features such as drag and drop feeds in the feed tree and a customizable start page. Bloglines offers an application programming interface that can be used to write software that can read feeds, search its database of feed entries, and ping the service when a blog has been updated. ref http www.bloglines.com services api ref Ask.com announced that Bloglines would be shut down effective November 15, 2010. ref cite news url http blog.ask.com 2010 10 bloglines update.html title Bloglines ... 4th, 2010 on line marketing company MerchantCircle announced that it would assume control of Bloglines ... in 2003 network software stub de Bloglines es Bloglines eu Bloglines ko ja Bloglines pt Bloglines zh Bloglines ... more details
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Mark Fletcher was the founder and CEO of the news aggregator website , Bloglines , and a Vice President of Ask.com until June 2006. ref name resign cite web title Moving On Fletcher on leaving Ask.com author Mark Fletcher url http www.wingedpig.com archives 2006 06 moving on 230.html accessdate 2006 06 09 ref Ask Jeeves acquired Bloglines on 8 February 2005. In February 2005, Fletcher won one of the annual Rave Award s, presented by Wired magazine Wired magazine . Fellow nominees in the Tech Innovator category were Internet entrepreneur Jimmy Wales , Adam Curry , Bill Healy and Zhang Zuoyi . Previously, Fletcher started the free mailing list service Onelist ONElist . Onelist ONElist merged with eGroups , which was later acquired by Yahoo in June 2000 and is now called Yahoo Groups . Fletcher was also a Software engineering software engineer at internet appliance maker Diba, Inc. , now owned by Sun Microsystems , and at Pixel, Inc . Mark obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego . Footnotes reflist External links http www.wingedpig.com wingedpig.com Fletcher s weblog Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fletcher, Mark ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fletcher, Mark Category American chief executives Category University of California, San Diego alumni Category Living people Category Year of birth missing living people US CEO stub compu bio stub ... more details
Mergeto IAC company date March 2010 The corporation IAC Search & Media formerly Ask Jeeves, Inc. is a wholly owned business of IAC InterActiveCorp NASDAQ symbol IACI . ref IAC Search & Media Company Overview company website , IAC Search & Media, 2006, webpage http sp.ask.com en docs about company overview.shtml IAC Company Overview . ref Its headquarters are located in the city of Oakland , California , with other offices throughout the United States , as well as in Europe and Asia . IAC Search & Media was founded in 1996 in Berkeley, California by David Warthen , Chief technical officer and veteran software developer , and by Garrett Gruener , a venture capitalist at Alta Partners and the founder of Virtual Microsystems. ref IAC Search & Media Fact Sheet corporate profile , IAC Search & Media, 2006, webpage http sp.ask.com en docs about fact sheet.shtml IAC Company Fact Sheet . ref IAC Search and Media provides worldwide information retrieval products through a set of Web sites, portals and downloadable applications. IAC Search and Media s search based portal brands include Ask.com AskforKids.com Bloglines Bloglines.com Evite.com Excite.com FunWebProducts FunWebProducts.com IWon.com MyWay.com Zwinky IAC Search & Media is a parent company of the Ask.com , division and search engine of the IAC Search & Media . The company division and the search engine shares a same name, Ask.com . IAC Search & Media s software includes spyware , such products are MyWay Searchbar , also known as MyWay Speedbar, MyWay Search Assistant, MyWebSearch or MyWeb Searchbar Ask.com Toolbar Ask.com Toolbar Notes references External links http www.siteadvisor.com sites ask.com SiteAdvisor s report on Ask.com . http www.siteadvisor.com sites bloglines.com SiteAdvisor s report on Bloglines Bloglines.com . http www.siteadvisor.com sites evite.com SiteAdvisor s report on Evite.com . http www.siteadvisor.com sites excite.com SiteAdvisor s report on Excite.com . http www.siteadvisor.com sites funwebp ... more details
Refimprove date February 2010 IceRocket is an Internet search engine which specializes in real time search. Based in Dallas, Texas Dallas , Texas , it launched in 2004 hoping to market itself solely through word of mouth. ref http www.clickz.com 3391731 ref IceRocket is backed by Mark Cuban and headquarters headquartered in Dallas, Texas . The company has received angel funding from Mr. Cuban and has taken no Venture Capital funding. IceRocket is generally for blog searches but has expanded into searching the popular social networking websites Twitter and MySpace as well as allowing searching of news and the world wide web . IceRocket s Big Buzz feature allows users to search Blogs, Tweets, news, images etc all from one page. See also Bloglines BlogScope Technorati http www.streamcrab.com streamcrab.com real time stream search engine References reflist External links http www.icerocket.com IceRocket website searchengine website stub Category Blog search engines Category Web 2.0 fr IceRocket ... more details
APML Attention Profiling Mark up Language is an XML based format for capturing a person s interests and dislikes. Overview APML allows people to share their own personal attention profile in much the same way that OPML allows the exchange of reading lists between news readers. The idea behind APML is to compress all forms of attention data into a portable file format containing a description of the user s rated interests. The APML Workgroup The APML Workgroup is tasked with maintaining and refining the APML specification. The APML Workgroup is made up of industry experts and leaders and was founded by Chris Saad and Ashley Angell ref http apml.org geeks workgroup Australian The APML Website ref . The workgroup allows public recommendations and input, and actively evangelises the public s Attention Rights . The workgroup also adheres to the principles of Media 2.0 Best Practices. Services Services that have adopted APML Bloglines is an RSS reader. It is one of the major RSS readers on the web, with its main competitor being Google Reader . Bloglines announced it will support APML ref http www.bloglines.com about news 147 Bloglines Blog ref . OpenLink Data Spaces is a Distributed Collaborative Web Application Platform, Social Network and Content Management System. Specifications http www.apml.org developers spec Specifications at apml.org Example Example taken from the http apml.pbwiki.com APML wikisite . syntaxhighlight lang xml ?xml version 1.0 ? APML xmlns http www.apml.org apml 0.6 version 0.6 Head Title Example APML file for apml.org Title Generator Written by Hand Generator UserEmail sample apml.org UserEmail DateCreated 2007 03 11T01 55 00Z DateCreated Head Body defaultprofile Work Profile name Home ImplicitData Concepts Concept key attention value 0.99 from GatheringTool.com updated 2007 03 11T01 55 00Z Concept key content distribution value 0.97 from GatheringTool.com updated 2007 03 11T01 55 00Z Concept key information value 0.95 from GatheringTool.com updat ... more details
Sphere was a blog search engine . The Sphere search engine delivered blog posts based on algorithms that combine semantic matching with authority factors to deliver results relevant to the search query. Sphere also organized bloggers by topic. The company produced an application called Sphere It allowing users to seek blog posts related to news articles based on the contents of a particular web page they re viewing. The function was accessed from a browser navigation bar plug in. Upon clicking the plug in button, a semantic analysis was performed on the text within the page and blog posts related to the text of the article were returned. The search engine required that Javascript is turned on in the visitor s browser. Sphere had a variety of content distribution venues among major publishers where blog results from Sphere were presented, contextually, within news stories or other content. Sphere was founded by Tony Conrad, CEO, Martin Remy, CTO, Steve Nieker, CIO and Toni Schneider, Advisor. The company was based in San Francisco, CA. In April, 2008, Sphere was acquired by AOL to be operated as a wholly owned subsidiary. ref cite web last Schachter first Ken title AOL Buys Sphere url http www.redherring.com Home 24126 accessdate 2008 09 18 ref In 2010, Sphere was merged into AOL News. References Reflist See also Bloglines Technorati AOL Inc. searchengine website stub Category Blog search engines ... more details
Infobox Software logo Image Snarfer logo.png name Snarfer developer Snarfware, LLC latest release version 1.0.2 latest release date June 15, 2008 operating system Microsoft Windows genre Feed reader license Freeware software Freeware website http www.snarfware.com Snarfware.com Snarfer is a free RSS feed reader produced by Snarfware, LLC . It was created and developed by James Holderness member of RSS Advisory Board ref cite web url http workbench.cadenhead.org news 3033 james holderness and paul querna join rss title James Holderness and Paul Querna Join RSS Advisory Board accessdate 2008 11 19 ref , William Templeton, and Kirk Colvin ref cite web url http www.prlog.org 10016711 snarfware llc releases major snarfer rss reader upgrade.html title Snarfware LLC Releases Major Snarfer RSS Reader Upgrade date May 14, 2007 accessdate 2008 11 19 publisher PRLog ref . According to its producers, Snarfer is the most downloaded RSS reader from CNet s download.com , being downloaded more than 158,000 times. ref cite web url http www.snarfware.com companypress4.htm title Snarfer Press Release October 5, 2007 date 5 October 2007 accessdate 2008 11 20 ref ref cite web url http www.snarfware.com rss reader.html title News about Snarfer accessdate 2008 11 20 ref These are among Snarfer s features ref Cite web url http www.snarfware.com snarfer.htm title About Snarfer publisher Snarfware accessdate 2008 11 19 ref ref cite web url http techjamboree.com 2008 09 21 snarfer a free rss reader title Snarfer, a free RSS reader date 21 September 2008 accessdate 2008 11 20 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref Tabbed window Drag and drop management of feeds and folders Scheduled updating of feeds Embedded browser with simple navigation controls Embedded video support Customizable view Keyword searching Sharing articles by e mail Import and export in OPML format Bloglines synchronization The last release of Snarfer was on June 15, 2008 and, on the main page, a caption reads At this tim ... more details
RSS Tracking is a methodology for tracking RSS feeds. History RSS feeds have been around since 1999 as a form of internet marketing, however unlike other forms of publishing information on the internet, it is difficult to track the usage of RSS feeds. Feed tracking methods have been growing in popularity Technology There are currently many methods of tracking RSS feeds, all with their own problems in terms of accuracy. Method 1 Transparent 1x1 pixel images These images can be embedded within the content of the RSS feed by linking to the image which should be held on the web server. The number of requests made can be measured by using the web server log files. This will give a rough estimate as to how many times the RSS feed has been viewed. The problem with this method is that not all RSS feed aggregators will display images and parse HTML. Method 2 3rd Party services There are services available on the internet that will syndicate your RSS feed and then track all requests made to their syndication of your RSS feed. These services come free and paid forms. The problem with this method is that all analytical data about the feeds are controlled by the service provider and so not easily accessible or transferable. Method 3 Unique URL per feed This method requires heavy web server programming to auto generate a different RSS feed URL for each visitor to the website. The visitor s RSS feed activity can then be tracked accurately using standard web analytics applications. The problem with this method is that if the feed is syndicated by a search engine for instance then this will defeat the purpose of the unique URLs as many people could potentially view the RSS feed via a single URL. Method 4 Estimating number of subscribers from the log files. Some aggregators for example, Bloglines and Google Reader include a number of unique users on whose behalf the feed is being downloaded in the HTTP request. Other readers such as web browsers can be counted by noting the number of ... more details
Infobox Software name NetNewsWire logo Image NetNewsWire.png 64px NetNewsWire icon. screenshot Image NetNewsWire App.png 250px caption NetNewsWire 2.0.1 under Mac OS X v10.4 . developer NewsGator Technologies latest release version 3.2.15 latest release date March 7, 2011 latest preview version 3.2b28 latest preview date September 21, 2009 operating system Mac OS X genre News aggregator license Proprietary software Proprietary website http www.newsgator.com individuals netnewswire newsgator.com individuals netnewswire NetNewsWire is an adware desktop news aggregator for Mac OS X , featuring a three paned interface similar to Apple Inc. Apple s Mail email client Mail client. It was developed by Brent and Sheila Simmons for their company Ranchero Software. The application was originally shareware , but became free with the release of NetNewsWire 3.1 on January 10, 2008. NetNewsWire 3.2 moved to an advertisement supported model, with an option to purchase the application to remove ads. NetNewsWire was one of the first desktop RSS file format RSS readers on any platform when it first appeared publicly on July 12, 2002. Version 1.0 was released on February 11, 2003, and version 2.0 was released in May 2005. NetNewsWire s features include the ability to create custom feed views, custom downloading and opening of podcast s, synchronization of feeds and feed status between computers, Bloglines support, and a built in tabbed browser. In October 2005, NewsGator bought Ranchero and NetNewsWire, bringing their NewsGator Online RSS synchronization service to OS X. ref cite web last Fleischman first Glenn title NewsGator Acquires NetNewsWire work TidBITS publisher Adam C. Engst date 2005 10 10 url http db.tidbits.com article 08278 accessdate 2007 05 30 ref NetNewsWire 3.0 was released on June 5, 2007. ref cite web last McNulty first Scott title NetNewsWire 3.0 now available work TUAW date 2007 06 05 url http www.tuaw.com 2007 06 05 netnewswire 3 0 now available accessdate 2007 06 ... more details
Infobox Website name Skweezer favicon screenshot Deleted image removed Image Skweezer v4.gif deletable image caption 1 Monday, 24 September 2007 caption Skweezer Home Page v 4.0 url http www.skweezer.com http www.skweezer.com type Mobile browser Mobile HTML transcoders Mobile HTML Transcoder registration Not required, Free author Skweezer, Inc. owner Skweezer, Inc. launch date 2003 current status Active Skweezer is a Mobile browser Mobile HTML transcoders Mobile HTML Transcoder for users of handheld devices such as personal digital assistants and mobile phones . Skweezer reformats and compresses web content in order to reduce a web page s file size and makes the downloaded content easier to view on a small screen http palmtops.about.com cs productreviews fr Skweezer.htm?terms skweezer . Skweezer was developed by Skweezer, Inc. f.k.a. Greenlight Wireless Corporation and initially released in 2003 . Skweezer s technology is used to mobilize Web content service by search engines , Web portal s, and wireless carrier s such as IAC InterActiveCorp http www.irconnect.com ask pages news releases.html?d 106740 , Bloglines http blogs.zdnet.com mobile gadgeteer ?p 159 , and Orange SA http www.mirror99.com 20051018 skweezer technology provides optimized web access for the new orange world portal of orange bhab.jspx . Currently Skweezer is available in English language English , French language French , German language German , Italian language Italian , Portuguese language Portuguese , Spanish language Spanish , and Japanese language Japanese languages and serves customers in over 175 countries worldwide http www.wirelessdevnet.com news 2006 oct 24 news8.html . Mobile browsing innovations Skweezer has introduced several Mobile Web mobile browsing innovations since its inception, including the first Portal based transcoding engine Skweezer 2003 Globally distributed mobile advertising platform Skweezer Ads 2004 Pagination system that splits large Web pages up for viewing on cell ... more details
Cleanup rewrite date May 2009 Infobox Person name Jacques Imbert image image size 150px caption birth date Birth date and age 1929 12 30 mf y birth place Toulouse , France Jacques Mad Jacky Imbert was born on Birth date 1929 12 30 mf y , in Toulouse, France . In the 1960s, he was one of the most feared French mob leaders in the south of France. His operation was localized in Marseille , where he is still considered The Last Godfather . ref name autogenerated1 http www.expatica.com fr articles news french mobster cleared of cigarette swindle 18882.html News French mobster cleared of cigarette swindle News from France Expatica Bot generated title ref His French nickname is Jacky Le Mat . ref name autogenerated1 Rise in the underworld The first report by police was in 1963. He was a suspect in the attempted killing of mobster Jean Baptiste Andr ani. ref name autogenerated1 In 1967, he was again the main suspect in the drive by killing of Marseille mob boss Antoine Gu rini. After this murder both Mad Jacky s and Tany Zampa s crews shared the underworld business of Marseille and its suburbs. Their main activities consisting of prostitution, drugs, protection and racketeering. But his partnership with Zampa did not last long. They had a dispute over protection rights. In 1968, he became trotting driver with his friend Alain Delon . In 1973, he was the champion of France. ref name timesonline.co.uk http www.timesonline.co.uk tol news world article394574.ece dead link date March 2010 ref Attempted murder by Zampa Gang On February 1, 1977, Mad Jacky survived a murder attempt by Tony Zampa s crew. Legend has it that one of the men said a swine like him isn t worth le coup de gr ce let him die like a dog . He was shot many times, but doctors removed only seven bullets from his body. His right arm remained paralysed as a result of the attack. ref name bloglines.com cite web url http www.bloglines.com blog TomHunt?id 124 title MobNews Powered By Bloglines publisher Bloglines.c ... more details
that it would acquire Bloglines from Ask.com . Ask had earlier announced it would shutter the service. ref http www.goodgearguide.com.au article 367110 bloglines shutdown avoided merchantcircle ... more details
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