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Launch of the first public Silk site: The Next Web Index sander

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Today the first publicly available Silk site has launched: The Next Web Index!

The Next Web Index is a technology companies database that runs on the Silk platform. The content has been created by The Next Web and is partially based on data from Wikipedia and TechCrunch’s CrunchBase. It contains profiles for over 73,000 companies, 88,000 persons and 6,000 related organizations. Think companies like Groupon, Netflix and Tumblr, persons such as Steve Ballmer, Elon Musk and Jerry Yang, related organizations such as Atomico and Y Combinator, and products such as Google TV.

The Next Web Index is a powerful resource for finding information about technology companies. Silk’s added value becomes particularly clear as you enter explore mode, which lets you search, sort and view the information in a breeze. Use the controls on the left to find the information you’re looking for. Generate sophisticated overviews such as CEOs under 30 who have raised over $1 Million in early funding rounds.

The Index is still work in progress. The editors from The Next Web are updating the content continuously, but as of today it’s out there to be enjoyed by everyone. The pages contain feedback links and all contributions are greatly appreciated by the TNW team.

This is a great day for us here at Silk. Finally everyone can see what we’ve been working on the past two years. The next step is the launch of the Silk editor, which lets everyone create Silk sites like The Next Web Index.

If you didn’t request an invite yet, make sure to request it on our homepage.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Web Development Again Salar

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Why we don’t support Internet Explorer

We’ve already talked about some of the technology choices we’re making as a company. And while our choices on the back-end can hardly be labeled as mainstream, the most difficult choice we actually had to make was related to the client-side as it directly affects our users. Obviously, Javascript on the client is a given, and we love it. However, as most web developers know, the differences between browsers are enormous and developing for all of them is almost impossible. Still, current conventional wisdom dictates that you should support recents versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox and the WebKit based browsers (basically, Safari and Google Chrome). We, however, have decided to drop Internet Explorer support entirely.

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