@WalmartLabs (Kosmix) News Bites

We're getting a very positive response to Tweetbeat Firsthand, our Twitter news filter that scans any Web site and shows you tweets by the people and organizations mentioned on the page. Check it out and let us know what you think! http://www.kosmix.com/labs/firsthand/ on July 22

We're giving away a one-year subscription to the Wall Street Journal online! To enter the draw, tweet this to your Twitter followers: Tweetbeat Firsthand http://ow.ly/2aZDO brings Twittery context to online news. RT & follow @tweetbeat to enter to WIN 1 year of WSJ.com! on July 21

Read more on Kosmix and the mystery of Deep Web. Inside India's Hindu Business Line: http://bit.ly/7hALYL on December 29

Looking forward to hosting the Girls in Tech Resume Workshop at Kosmix HQ tonight! If you're looking for a job or want some tips on building a stellar resume, this is the place to be. http://bit.ly/4AjKx on November 19

At SDForum in Palo Alto tonight, Kosmix and Google will debate two very different approaches to the Deep Web. Should be a lively discussion! http://bit.ly/1izuGg on November 12

Kosmix Startup Smackdown: The Movie! Here's the highlights vid of our ping pong tournament last week. It's Silicon Valley's own version of "Balls of Fury." http://bit.ly/LDIpM on November 09

Tonight is Kosmix Startup Smackdown! We're gearing up for a FIERCE ping pong tournament with Evernote, Polyvore, Talenthouse, TheFind, RhythmNewMedia, SkyFire & Meebo! on November 05

Big news at Kosmix today: We just acquired a very cool startup called Cruxlux, which charts relationships between people, places and things--like an automated version of "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon." Details on our blog: http://blog.kosmix.com/websearch/kosmix-acquires-cruxlux/ on October 20

We're attending GigaOm's Internet Salon today, all about what's next for the Web. Check out the discussion here: http://bit.ly/3WBOc7 on October 19

We're presenting at SF New Tech tonight! We'll have five minutes to give a quick overview of MeeHive, our personal news site, and to plug our newest iPhone app, MeeTV. Come on out--we'd love to see you! Ticket info and all the details here: http://bit.ly/4zD6Ad. on October 14

Latest Kosmix Blog Post: How Wikipedia can make a giant leap ahead for the Semantic Web. http://blog.kosmix.com/ on September 15

We're doing a giveaway at Kosmix today, using a cool Twitter raffle app that one of our engineers developed. If you'd like to play, retweet the following message on Twitter: RT @kosmix: Woot! It's #Kosmix Giveaway Day! RT this message before 4 p.m. PT today to enter to win! on August 26

Have you checked out the Kosmix blog? Here's a link to our most recent post--about what Google's new "Caffeine" means for the search space: http://blog.kosmix.com/. on August 12

Great Lunch 2.0 panel with Kosmix, Mozilla and FriendFeed last week. Click here to watch the five minute highlights video, which has some good insights about what it takes to build a company in this environment: http://www.kosmix.com/corp/about on August 10

For those who won't be able to join us for our Lunch 2.0 panel this Thursday with Mozilla and FriendFeed, we're going be streaming the panel online. Here's the link to watch the panel live, and learn how these three companies are driving change online: http://bit.ly/TKNGx on August 04

Psst! Kosmix is hosting a Lunch 2.0 panel on 8/6 with Mozilla, FriendFeed and Louis Gray. RSVP at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4104128. Spaces are filling up quickly, so you may want to act fast to reserve your spot. on July 24

Check out http://www.facebook.com/meehive to see the latest about Kosmix's personal news site. on July 22

We've had a tremendous response to RightHealth.com Staff Physician Steven Chang's appearance on "View from the Bay" on Friday. You can see his segment on energy drinks here: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=view_from_the_bay/health_fitness&id=6920297. on July 20

Energy drinks pose serious health risks to kids. Dr. Steven Chang of Kosmix's www.righthealth.com will share the scoop on today's View from the Bay (ABC7 in San Francisco, 3 p.m. PT). on July 17

The Wall Street Journal quotes Kosmix co-founder Anand Rajaraman in their piece about the Twitter Hacking: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/07/15/twitter-hacking-spurs-ethics-debate-over-leaked-files/ on July 16

Here's the video clip of the BBC piece on the Future of Search Engines--it's an interesting overview of the space, and includes an interview with Kosmix co-founder Anand Rajaraman. http://www.vimeo.com/user1010759/videos on July 15

Kosmix in the BBC, featured as one of the "Search Engines of the Future". http://is.gd/1vcAJ on July 13

Check out the "Future of Search" podcast by Andrew Davis of Tipping Point Labs. http://tr.im/rJXs. Really interesting stuff from SEO expert Bernie Borges, DuckDuckGo and Kosmix's co-founder Anand Rajaraman. on July 10

We're looking forward to attending TechCrunch's Real Time Stream CrunchUp tomorrow--should be some great ideas there. on July 09

We're seeing an interesting trend in news consumption: TONS of people use MeeHive to follow updates about their favorite television shows. The notion of what goes on the "front page" is quickly evolving! on July 07

Kosmix was featured in a WIRED story yesterday entitled, "Cool Search Engines that Are Not Google." Reporter Ryan Singel tested 50 different players in the space, and came up with a list of his top picks. http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/06/coolsearchengines on July 01

Users keep describing our personal news site, www.meehive.com. as an "addiction"--that's gotta be a good sign! on June 29

Great Kosmix profile in the SJ Mercury News: "Instant encyclopedia on crazy-awesome internet steroids". http://bit.ly/16RtvX on June 25

Kosmix is going to be hosting a Lunch 2.0 event on July 21--if you're in the Mountain View neighborhood, we'd love to have you join us! We'll send around content and invite details soon. on June 24

Kosmix is hiring! We're looking for an algorithm junkie to help design, implement, and deploy high-performance, scalable systems for massive data storage and distributed processing. If this sounds like you, check out the job description at http://tinyurl.com/mlbxpr. on June 19