October 13th, 2011

Union Square Ventures, Others Invest In Alternative Search Engine DuckDuckGo

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In a blog post, Union Square VenturesBrad Burnham just announced that the firm has invested in DuckDuckGo, a startup building a nifty search engine with less clutter and more privacy.

Scott Banister, Jim Young, Jeff Miller, Joshua Schachter, Kal Vepuri, Joshua Stylman and Peter Hershberg also invested in the round, writes founder and CEO Gabriel Weinberg. → Read More

June 20th, 2011

DuckDuckGo To Google, Bing Users: Escape Them Filter Bubbles!

We all want solutions tailored to our needs for a lot of things, online and offline, but does that include a search engine that shows results for queries based on dozens of factors (and more importantly, hides from you certain results based on those factors)?

Well, I’m inclined to think that’s not such a bad thing at all, or at least not that big a deal.

DuckDuckGo, a tiny alternative search→ Read More