December 12th, 2011

News Aggregator Thoora Shuts Down After Taking 2 Years To Launch

Thoora Shuts Down

Just 3 months after its public launch following 2 years of private beta, content discovery engine Thoora today announced that it will shut down. Thoora’s website, Android tablet app, Wordpress plugin, and all user data will be blinked out of existence on December 15th. Its failure to get a working smartphone app out the door allowed services like Flipboard and sites like Techmeme to swoop in and… → Read More

September 22nd, 2011

Thoora Releases Intelligent Content Discovery Engine To The Public

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Since its launch in 2009, content discovery engine Thoora has been in private beta. But today the site, which combines aggregation, curation and search for personalized news streams, is stepping our of private beta and is now public.

There’s no doubt that there is a content overload when it comes to news sites, blogs and social networks. Thoora discovery engine that gives users a new way to… → Read More

September 15th, 2009

TC50: Thoora Brings The Day's News Cycle Into Clouds Of Content

As the news moves away from traditional media outlets to encompass more blogs and social media, trying to follow the news cycle on the web can be an excercise in futility. There are some great topic-specific sites (the TC staff are all avid readers of Techmeme). But when it comes to monitoring the news across all topics, many of the current offerings, like Google News, can fall short —… → Read More