Hot topics

  • battlefield-13a_01battlefield-13a_02

    • MightyQuiz
    Mark Hendrickson
    June 18th, 2008

    OKCupid Spins Off Quiz Engine, HelloQuizzy

    OKCupid, a free online dating site, found that users were not only interested in creating and taking its tests to establish their compatibility with others. They were also using them for a range of plutonic purposes out of general curiosity about themselves and how they compared to friends. So the site spun off a new web property called HelloQuizzy that serves as both a destination for user… → Read More

    Mark Hendrickson
    March 14th, 2008

    Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup for Spring 2008

    The fledgling startups listed below will present their ideas and initial products to investors at this spring’s Y Combinator Demo Day on March 18. Of the 19 companies in this batch, 10 have already launched and only one remains in stealth mode. Most of them have been in development for only three months. Chatterous Chatterous connects various forms of communication so that people can message… → Read More

    Mark Hendrickson
    March 10th, 2008

    MightyQuiz: Stump Strangers with Your Arcane Knowledge

    Y Combinator startup MightyQuiz just launched with the intent of bringing user generated content to quizzes. The concept is straightforward: users can write their own quiz questions on any topic (e.g. “Aside from English, what is the second official language in New Zealand?” Answer: “Maori”). These are then categorized, answered, rated, and commented on by other users, who… → Read More