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 Send to email | Twitter Buys Twitter Search Engine Summize -- Or Not? in General |  By Silicon
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 Twitter has acquired Twitter search engine Summize -- or has it?
The deal was first reported by English blogger Josh Chandler; Path 101 founder Charlie O'Donnell confirms the deal on his blog, but doesn't cite any sources. Meanwhile, a source close to the company tells us it's not true.
So we don't know what to believe, but it sounds plausible -- Summize's real-time Twitter search is a nice feature that Twitter doesn't have. And Summize has helped Twitter out in the past -- when Twitter's "replies" feature went dead a few weeks ago, Twitter officially recommended using Summize as a quick fix.
If true, it's a great start for John Borthwick's Betaworks, which invested in Summize early on. Summize describes itself as a "sentiment mining" startup and is based in Northern Virginia.
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| NY Tech Meetup Preview: A Twofer For Betaworks |  Don't think we've seen this before: Two companies backed by the same ... group of investors* presenting at the same NY Tech Meetup.
Firefly, a cool display app for Websites, and Summize, a Twitter search engine, are two of the 14 companies that have gotten funding from John Borthwick's Betaworks since last fall. We've just started using Summize, and find it to be a pretty good u [..] Read complete article | | Published 12-May-2008 by Silicon in General
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| fav.or.it Founder Fires at Twitter and the Blogosphere, Fixes Twitter for Free |  Call it a modern anomaly, herd mentality or whatever else you want but Twitter seems to continue to grow in popularity as its downtime issues get more pronounced. Amidst recent news of a successful funding round, Twitter’s problems keep getting worse as buzz throughout the blogosphere questions Twitter’s staying power. Is it really that hard [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 27-May-2008 by Zach Epstein in NetworksServicesdowntimefav.or.itNick HalsteadstabilityTwitter
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| Twitter Mainstream? Not Yet | | "A source close" to Twitter provides TechCrunch with what is supposedly the first realistic assessment of Twitter usage stats. Conclusion: It's a lot more popular than it used to be, but still con [..] Read complete article | | Published 30-Apr-2008 by Silicon in General
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