Startups docstoc and Mashlogic announce content integration partnership
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MashLogic and docstoc announce content integration partnership
Partnership enriches MashLogic's user experience by providing instant access to docstoc's professional document database<p>Santa Monica, CA, Dec. 17, 2008: docstoc, the professional document sharing database, and MashLogic announced today the availability of docstoc's 1.5M+ documents to MashLogic's users.<p>MashLogic for Firefox is a browser extension that analyzes web pages in real time, manages browser links and gives web users additional information upon demand from the sources they trust.<p>"MashLogic is a natural partner for docstoc," said Jason Nazar, CEO and co-founder of docstoc. "With over 1.5 million quality, professional documents in our database, docstoc provides another layer of information for MashLogic's information-hungry audience. MashLogic's platform increases the visibility of documents, presentations and files uploaded by docstoc members."<p>"In empowering users to personalize their web experience by relinking & remixing content, MashLogic is creating a new search paradigm," explains co-founder and CEO of MashLogic, Ranjit Padmanabhan. "Search engines divert users from reading content to entering keywords into a search engine, which has no contextual or personal understanding of their intent. MashLogic considers user preferences, page context and the underlying semantics to show a precise, targeted, and rich set of results including high quality documents from the docstoc professional document database. This takes place on the current page, making for a seamless user experience."<p>About MashLogic
MashLogic is building a platform that enables users to personalize and enrich their web experience. MashLogic for Firefox is a browser extension that analyzes web pages in real time, and connects users dynamically with information and services from sources they prefer and trust. MashLogic gives users the control they need to Take Back the Web. MashLogic was founded in 2007 and released their first product in October 2008. The company is incubated by Bessemer Venture Partners and based in Menlo Park, CA.<p>About docstoc
docstoc is the premier online community to find and share professional documents. docstoc provides the platform to upload and share documents with the world, and serves as a vast repository of legal, business, financial, technical, and educational documents that can be easily searched, previewed and downloaded for free. docstoc facilitates the sharing and promotion of documents across the web and has popularized the use of embedding documents throughout the blogosphere and mainstream media.<p>docstoc was founded by Jason Nazar and Alon Shwartz in 2006. The site publicly launched in November 2007, and has since attracted over 1,000,000 publicly shared documents and 300,000 registered users.<p>Contact:
docstoc
Media: Jason Nazar
Business Development: Robyn Ward
310-255-1172
bizdev@docstoc.com<p>MashLogic
Media and Business Development: Ranjit Padmanabhan
650-329-7229
bizdev@corp.mashlogic.com