July 16th, 2012

Facebook’s News Feed Sorely Needs A “Read It Later” Button, And That’s Where Spool Comes In

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Here’s a common problem: you notice an awesome article, video, or song in the Facebook news feed but there’s no easy way to save it for later. So while Facebook only bought the talent and not the tech behind Spool, a content caching service, I bet within a few months they’ll help Facebook launch a news feed button for saving external content to the web and your mobile device.

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January 4th, 2012

Spool Raises $1 Million To Let You Cache Content To Mobile And Push It To Friends

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When Spool debuted at TechCrunch Disrupt in September, the app and browser extension was focused on caching videos, articles, and other web content to your mobile device. It was like Instapaper on steroids. Today, Spool will announce $1 million in new funding and an expanded vision — allowing people to push that cached content directly to the devices of their friends. Investors include, SVAngel… → Read More