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August 29, 2006

Spotback is getting better

We released a new version with cool new features. Here's a summary of the major new features in this release:

1. New opening screen: enter a few words that describe what you are interested in (or pick from the cloud) and you will instantly receive relevant stories.

Spotback new welcome page

2. News alerts by email: the personal tag tracker was upgraded and now includes email alerts and RSS updates.

Spotback email alerts

3. Search results can be tracked via RSS.

Subscribe to search results via RSS

4. Customize your own news page: full control over your news page, including drag-and-drop user interface and support for multiple page configurations with quick switch between configurations.

Customize your own news page

Read review on TechCrunch: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/28/spotback-startpage-gets-even-better

August 17, 2006

6 Web sites that make the net super-awesome

TalkingApes.com names 6 Web sites that make the net super-awesome:

Sites mentioned in the list: YouTube.com, TechCrunch.com, Spotback.com, Wikipedia.com, Wordpress, FeedDigest.com

From the story:

...Spotback serves news based on your ratings, serving you news that you care about and discarding that which you don’t — making it one of THE sites on the net for everyone. This kind of technology is extremely useful in making sure you’ve got EVERYONE covered.

We are honored!