Wikia Search finally canned

Wikia Search, pitched by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales as a Google killer when it launched in January 2008 is no longer. Wales wrote in a post that Wikia Search "has not been enjoying the kind of success that ... continue

ManiaTV shuts

Internet TV company ManiaTV has shut down after failing to find a buyer. The company, founded in 2004 was one of the early attempts to take online live streaming television to a mass audience. The service though failed ... continue

Sorry, there’s no easy way of putting this: Lala Sucks

Lala is gaining headlines across the tech blogosphere for a new service that allows users to play songs on the web. The glowing reviews mention support from major record labels and an extensive library. Some are calling ... continue

Gator, aka Claria, aka Jelly Cloud may have finally joined the dodopool

Jelly Cloud, the company formerly known as Claria, and before that Gator, is finally joining the dodopool, according to Valleywag. Gator first launched in 1998 with a "companion service" that offered to autofill in site passwords and deliver ... continue

Social.fm joins the dodos

Social music discovery service Social.fm has joined the dodopool, according to a report at GigaOM. Social.FM helped users find new music through their social network, in a similar way to Western Australian startup Scouta. User profiles included a ... continue

Vale eWeek’s BlogSeeker

eWeek's BlogSeeker blog tracking service, a service nearly everybody reading this post would have never heard of (and herein lies the problem) is apparently no more. Following a tip, I visited BlogSeeker to find that nothing on the ... continue